Fortis - Parkway combination on medical tourism

Fortis - Parkway combination on medical tourism

March 2010

Medical tourism driven global healthcare acquisition, and welcomes Fortis' acquisition

Medical Tourism industry is welcoming Fortis healthcare's acquisition of a 23.9% stake in Parkway Holdings Limited. This strategic move will not only give global foot prints to Fortis but it will also help parkway hospitals to benefit from Fortis's integrated health systems, standards, knowledge pool and experience.

Top destinations for medical tourism are India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Mexico and by this deal, fortis will have presence in all major medical tourism market in the world. Their top hospitals in India, Singapore and Malaysia will not only have a complete list medical procedures like stem cell therapy and organ transplant available but it will also have major medical travel destination to choose from.

When some of Parkway hospital claims more then 40 % international patients ration, it is oblivious that Fortis is very well focusing on medical tourism. Chairman of the Group Mr. Malvinder singh mentioned the same in his statement. "Parkway's strong presence in Malaysia with the Pantai Group of Hospitals gives us great confidence. This acquisition will significantly expand our footprint across the region and place us strategically for geographical and clinical leadership in Asia, a big step closer to our vision of establishing a global healthcare delivery network,"

Along with 3 top hospitals in Singapore, East Shore, Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth Parkway has 39 international patient assistance centers in 17 countries throughout the world. None other hospital group has such a big number of patient assistance centers in the world. This assistance centers brings local presence, local touch and local confidence to the area they serve. It helps to lower the fear of traveling to another country or city for medical treatment.

Post Acquisition

Fortis & Parkway Asian network
62 Hospitals

Total Number of Beds in network
10,000 beds

Fortis Strenght
Low Cost healthcare model

Parkway's Strength
Cutting edge technology with innovative medical specialty like Stem Cell Therapy and Organ transplantation

Jointly the Group will offer
Qualitative services for medical tourism. Customers based pricing structure (medical surgery, service opt).

Group M.D. Shivinder Singh's statement clearly indicates group's focus on medical tourism. He said,"The potential synergy benefits from this integration includes multi-specialty capabilities, access to cutting-edge technology in stem-cell therapy and organ transplantation, sharing of medical technologies and know how, exchange of human talent, optimizing costs of operations, high brand equity through integration of premium healthcare brands in Asia as well as a fillip to medical tourism initiatives with multiple options at different price points for customers."

Mr Naresh Jadeja, President IWHTA visiting

Parkway groups flagship hospital Mount Elizabeth, Singapore

357-bed Mount Elizabeth Hospital performs the largest number of cardiac surgeries & neurosurgeries in the private sector in the region. The hospital is accredited with the Joint Commission International (JCI); and is the first private hospital in Asia to win the Asian Management Award for exceptional people development and management.

Healthcare industry needs long term planning and Fortis hospital's strategies has proved that they believe in it. After this acquisition, Fortis will have a great Pan-Asian presence with the network to 62 hospitals with combined bed strength of over 10,000. It will also have access to cutting edge technologies like stem cell therapy, organ transplantation and multi specialty capabilities.

Experts voice

Mr. Daniel Snyder,Ex CEO Parkway & Dr Lim Choek Peng, CEO and

Ex. Vice Chairman of Parkway about the acquisition.

Dan during his recent discussion with IWHTA, said "It is a fabulous move. It create a big opportunity. Fortis's integrated health systems, standards, experience and man power skills and knowledge will help parkway to achieve its goals."

 

 

Dr. Lim Cheok Peng, Parkway's CEO and Executive Vice Chairman

"We are pleased to welcome fortis as a new major shareholder of Parkway. There are lots of synergies which parkway can leverage on and we look forward to working with Fortis to take Parkway to the next level."

Dear Healthcare Travel Industry Stakeholders,

IWHTA is delighted to share the highlights of 'International Medical Tourism and Travel 2010' conference that took place in Singapore from 1-3 March 2010. The conferences attracted speakers and participants from USA, Middle East, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. The participants were hospitals CEOs, Medical Directors, Marketing Executives, Government Representatives, Professors, Consultants and Doctors. IWHTA was the supporting organization and the official online media partner for IMT&T 2010. Here is the highlights of the Day-1 sessions

Mr Naresh Jadeja, 
President,

International Wellness and Healthcare Travel Association

IWHTA president Mr. Naresh Jadeja applied his vast international experience in his presentation on 'Revising long term strategies to develop the medical tourism sector in Asia'. He explained the importance of word of mouth referrals and local touch in publicity and branding. He showed the keys to achieve success through different strategies. He explained Medical vacations, volunteer match, and innovative 'Donate a Surgery' program. It was helpful for many to understand why medical tourism has not picked up well and what is required. His presentation got very curious questions from the participants as they said many of the approaches are presented for the first time in this medical travel industry.

Chairperson, Day - One

Dr Jason Yap, Director of Healthcare Services in the Singapore Tourism Board

Chair person for day one Dr Yap is one of the pioneers of Medical Travel industry, the key person behind 'Singapore Medicine' and many medical travel concepts. Dr Yap Kick started the conference with his presentation on 'Building brand loyalty and customer retention in medical tourism - hard won privilege that must be earned.' explaining a true picture of Medical Travel Industry. He also present his views on Revenue model, along with the possible ways to raise revenue by increasing channels, no. of customers, no. of visits, no. of transactions, no. of services that too with greatly associating words viz: Know, Like, Can, Choose, Access, Heal, Recover, Smile with both patients and hospital services.

Dr Christine Cheng,

MB.BCh (Wales), FRCA (UK)

'Capitalizing the medical tourism market for the Aesthetic medicine' was the next presentation from Dr. Christine Cheng of Simply Aesthetic Pte., Ltd, Singapore. She explained the growing market and her experience on different marketing strategies. She very well shared the pros and cons of different approaches and winning formulae of success. She denied the fact that you can combine medical treatment and Tourism in one trip. She said that patients cannot go to tourist places with stitches,scars and limited energy and said that I always discourage my patients to engage in any such tourism activities.

Dr. Paul Chang, Managing Director for JCI,

He presented his thoughts on 'Preparing an organization for the Accreditation Journey'. Also he emphasized that it is a never ending journey and requires commitment from top physician and lead management team to better successed in accreditation process. He addressed many doubts about the approximate cost of the survey and what to do before you opt for the survey.

Dr. Bu Castro,

Corporate Legal counsel,

Private Hospitals Association of the phillippines.

Bu Castro, Corporate Legal Counsel of Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines did a presentation on 'Safefuarding your organizsation from paralysing legal vulnerabilities in medical tourism.' He talked about the forms that needs to get signed from patients based on international law and United Nations treaty. His examples on contract and importance of notice posters really cleared doubts of the participants about how to survive in the legal complexity.

Ms Vasanti Pillay

President

Ayurvedic Association of Singapore,

Ms. Vasanthy from Ayurveda Association of Singapore talked about 'Integrating Ayurveda and how it could promote medical tourism in the county' and her efforts to include ayurveda in the Singapore Hospitals as a alternative medicine.

Datuk Mohd Radzif Yunus,

Group Managing Director of IJN Holdings

Datuk Yunus talked about 'Developing your human resources Management strategies to achieve service excellence'. His experience and knowledge in the field of managing and developing world class facility helped to understand the importance of it.

Dr Balvinder Thakkar,

B.D.S., M.D.S. (Orthodontics)

CEO, Jaipur Dental Hospital and Orthodontics Centre

Final session for Day-1 was on 'Escaping to a new destination for a "Dental Holiday" to take advantage of the advanced technology and first class treatment. Dr. Balvinder Thakkar, Dental Surgeon and Orthodontists from Jaipur Dental Hospital and Orthodontic Center, India, presented pros of 'Incredible India' and dental tourism opportunities along with regular tourism. This young doctor from India was much exited to tap that 6 million foreign traveler visiting Jaipur, India. His plans on how to save vacation days of the patients and at the same time give them the best dental plans was very convincing.

Day - Two

Prof Dr Aw Tar Choon,

Senior Consultant,

Changi General Hospital.

Chairman for Day - 2 was Prof Dr Aw Tar Choon, Senior Consultant and widely travelled speaker, He "shared the importance of laboratory in Hospital services." He considered investment in the pre analytical processes as the best one and favored pneumatic tube transfer of samples in big hospitals. He showed how any laboratory can achieve success by proper design and tools. His neutral opinion on many topics showed his vast experience in this field

Dr Jacob Thomas,

Group medical Advisor for Sime Darby Health

Dr. Jacob Thomas, Group medical Advisor for Sime Darby Health and President of Associaiton of Private Hospitals Malaysia, did presentation on 'Procuring the state of the art medical devices and equipments- the driving forces in medical technology'. He explained success of Sime Darby Health - Malaysia through different aspects and discussed what to look for when adding equipment to your healthcare facility. He stressed on need, type of service/location, Ability to overcome, timing, appropriateness/utilization, impact on medical travel and patient outcomes as the decision making factors. He also explained importance of negative return investments like Da Vinci robotic surgery, High Field iMRI and Proton Beam Therapy.

Dr. Tshepo Maaka,

Medical Director of Serokolo Health Tourism,

A very well organized case study was presented by Dr. Tshepo Maaka, Medical Director of Serokolo Health Tourism, South Africa. "Carving out an unusual niche to capture a share of the "Medical Safari" market" was her topics. Her more than 6 years of experience in developing Medical Travel industry in south Africa was the key factor behind this.

Dr. Kongkiat Kespechara,
Hospital Director of Bangkok Phuket Hospital.

Dr. Kongkiat Kespechara, Hospital Director of Bangkok Phuket Hospital, Thailand discussed 'Collaborating with medical tourism facilitators to create comprehensive and customized medical travel packages'. He shared Bangkok Hospital phuket's strategies to develop and train medical tourism facilitators through training in SOPs, Medical Terminology etc. He also shared growth of his hospital through increase number of international patients and what extra mile they go in terms of providing services to their patients. He said our hospital has a new cloth and look advisory who help patients to look better after weight loss surgery which was very unique in this industry.

Dr. Kostas I. Papadopoulos,
CEO of Thai StemLife.

At the end of the conference Dr Kostas I. Papadopoulos, CEO of THAI StemLife, Thailand presented on Tapping "stem cell medical tourism" to take advantage of the growing significance of marrow transplants.

Message from Naresh Jadeja,

President,
IWHTA.

Overall it was a very good, unbiased conference with widely experienced speakers and provided very good networking opportunities for participants. Everyone was happy to be a part of this growing industry and wanted to find and try new innovative ways to promote medical travel in their country/hospital. Debate over the use of world 'Medical Tourism' is still going on and time will tell its fate. IWHTA will keep supporting medical travel conferences and exibitons like this in future in order to strengthen ties and intensify collaborative efforts with other healthcare related organizations to undertake a major industry renovation and ultimately advance the healthcare travel industry.

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Ms Eliane Cheong, CEO, Sime Darby Healthcare, Malaysia - Talks about medical tourism

In this issue we are going to feature our discussion with Ms Elaine Cheong, CEO, Sime Darby Healthcare Group, Malaysia. She talks about Sime Darby, quality of care and support of Malaysia government. She revels that there are more number of digestive related,gynaecological disorder and chemotherapy patients then orthopedic and other widely published trends.

Ms Elaine Cheong, (CEO of Sime Darby Group of Hospitals)

CEO of Sime Darby Healthcare Group, Malaysia. Ms Cheong qualified as an accountant and is a member of the Australia Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPA Australia) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) respectively. Ms Cheong has been with Sime Darby Healthcare for the past 24 years. During this time, she has spear-headed several cost-containment projects in the hospital and implemented many initiatives leading to enhancement of shareholders' value.

Please tell us about Sime Darby Medical Center.

As Malaysia's multiple award-winning medical centre for quality excellence and also as a JCI-accredited 393-bed tertiary care private hospital, Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya is reputed for its medical expertise and cutting-edge medical technology. For the last 24 years, we have been at the forefront of the private medical facilities sector in Malaysia, and hopefully by 2015, we would have gained an even stronger foothold in the medical travel industry in Asia.

Why Malaysia is preferred Medical Tourism destination?

Foreign patients are starting to see that Malaysia offers a unique combination of high quality healthcare & Malaysian hospitality. The level of medicine and technology available here is on par with the developed world and this region. At the same time patients can enjoy the Malaysian warmth and hospitality that is attracting millions of tourists to our country every year. We are also politically stable. English is widely spoken here and our melting-pot of cultures cater to a diverse group of people from all over the world. All this comes at very competitive rates, making Malaysia, the value-for-money choice of the region and globally.

What is the major area of treatment used by international traveler at Sime Darby Medical Center? Tell us about some of the unique features of Sime Darby?

From our 2009 statistics, the biggest group of medical travelers came for treatment of digestive-related illnesses; followed closely by those with gynaecological disorders. As we are reputed for cancer care, chemotherapy came in third. The rest of the cases were mainly for orthopaedic surgeries, as well as urological, ENT, neurological, respiratory and heart procedures.

The foreign patient growth in our hospital has uniquely been due to word-of-mouth recommendations or medical referrals. It helps that our doctors are multi-lingual too with many of them being key opinion leaders or peer-acknowledged experts in the country in their respective specialties. Foreign patients who choose to come to us also place great emphasis on our technological advances and capabilities, as that impacts their diagnosis findings and treatment outcomes. And acquiring the latest medical technology is one area we have frequently been ahead of the pack.

As a Medical Travel association we want to bring transparency in quality care data reporting and inform patients about quality of care in hospitals worldwide. What initiatives Sime Darby is taking to improve quality of care and to reduce infection rates?

Our mission is to deliver quality tertiary services and best care to our patients, in an environment that is conducive to innovation and continual improvement. Because a patient's welfare and safety are our priority, we have various processes and plans in place for this. We also use the 7 QC tools and have established a Quality Council to review status of action plans implemented to reduce and / or prevent medical/healthcare errors as well as to improve patient safety, quality and reduce risk. Standard precautions, personal protective equipment such as gowns, gloves, masks, hand hygiene, good isolation practices and participation in the Employee Health Program are used to prevent spread of infection. We have an Infection Control Committee which is chaired by a doctor that is responsible for the prevention and control of infection.

As testimony to the commitment of our initiatives, our hospital has received accreditation under Joint Commission International (JCI), Malaysian Hospital Accreditation Standards (2nd edition), ISO 9001:2000, Occupational Health & Safety OHSAS 18001:2007 and the Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2004. The hospital's main laboratory is also accredited to ISO 15189.

How supportive is Malaysian Government to Medical Travel industry? Can you discuss any initiatives by Malaysian Government to promote Medical Travel industry in Malaysia?

The Malaysian Government is very supportive in growing the medical travel industry sector. Recently announced initiatives by the Government to boost the industry include:-

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  Providing selected private hospitals with 100% tax exemption for qualifying capital expenditure incurred for 5 years for the construction of new hospitals or for expansion/modernization/refurbishment of existing hospitals and setting up of an International Patients Unit;

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  Reviewing existing advertising regulations and guidelines;

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  Double deduction incentive under the Income Tax Act 1967 for expenses incurred to obtain recognized accreditation for quality healthcare;

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  Issuance of permit to hospital vehicles to ferry patients and accompanying persons from and to airport/port and hospital/hotel of stay;

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  Approval to convert "Visa-On-Arrival" status for foreign patients entering Malaysia for medical treatment on emergency, to social visit pass upon recommendation of private hospitals registered under the Ministry of Health for promotion of healthcare travel;

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  Expedite approval of extension of stay for medical tourist at the state level; and

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  Encouraging more Malaysians or non-Malaysian medical specialists to return or come from abroad to serve in Malaysian hospitals, the specialist's non-Malaysian spouse who qualify as a professional as per the Malaysian Classification of Occupation, will automatically be offered an employment/professional pass, subject to registration with the relevant professional bodies where appropriate.

What is the most important factor to promote medical tourism?

To promote medical tourism, it is vital that international insurance plans provide for out-of-country coverage to enable these foreign patients to seek cross-border treatment

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IWHTA supports International Medical Tourism & Travel 2010

Edison, USA, February 16, 2010 —International Wellness and Healthcare Travel Association (IWHTA) president Mr. Naresh Jadeja, an expert on medical tourism trends and patient’s perspective is to address at a Singapore Health Ministry supported ‘International Medical Tourism and Travel 2010’ conference.

Experiencing the remarkable growth in Singapore Medical Travel industry, Marcus Evans is organizing a global conference “International Medical Tourism and Travel 2010” to be held on 1 – 2 March 2010, Marriott Hotel, Singapore. The conference will feature every detail necessary to better serve international patient’s pool.

‘International Medical Tourism & Travel 2010’ will experience healthcare industry leaders & experts addressing the important core issues for growth in medical travel industry. Supported by Ministry of Health Singapore, big hospitals institutions, various medical association and medical tourism facilitators the event will focus on

1.                   Technology superiority advantage for medical tourism

2.                   Exposure to new emerging destinations for medical tourism

3.                   Collaborations and strategic partnerships with various parties

IWHTA is a supporting organization as well as the official media partner for this event. Mr. Naresh Jadeja, President of IWHTA will be addressing at the event on revising long term strategies to develop the medical tourism sector in Asia’.

“Asian countries are increasing their market share and finding new markets for medical travel Industry. With proper tools and branding it can truly become leader in this industry”, said Mr. Naresh Jadeja. He added,” networking opportunities like this can expand the opportunities for entire global healthcare travel industry and help the patients.  If someone wants to enter Asian healthcare market then this is the event for them.”

Asian destinations and medical facilities have evolved as key players in the fast growing market for global healthcare service with their post surgery outcomes being at par with USA.

“IWHTA looks forward to strengthen ties and intensify collaborative efforts with other healthcare related organizations to undertake a major industry renovation and ultimately advance the healthcare travel industry. This is the reason IWHTA is supporting this event and we believe that an international organization like ours along with the experienced professional and global presence can assist medical facilities, medical travel facilitators, tourism & healthcare department, employers and healthcare clusters develop an international presence to attract patients and to better serve them,” said Mr. Naresh Jadeja.

International Wellness and Healthcare Travel Association is a USA based international non profit association promoting Medical Travel industry and offering great networking opportunity among industry leaders. IWHTA is promoting independent regional chapters and healthcare clusters and  distributes a newsletter educating its members, subscribers and international patients about affordable yet quality health care treatment available at Accredited/ certified international medical facilities.

Essentials for international hospital by Dan Synder

What is important for international hospital? answers Dan Synder?

Dan and his team have over 100 years experience leading the finest integrated healthcare systems in North American and across Asia, the Middle East and Australia. Serving the premier private and publics health systems, Dan and team are leaders in strategy, planning, integration, mergers and buliding upon the best international practices for clinical, service and operational excellence.

What role does a government support play in the development of countries medical tourism industry?

Government of Malaysia and Singapore is very active in promoting medical tourism industry in their country. For example, Singapore Tourism Board initiated a separate organization to promote Singapore's healthcare industry. Under the name of 'Singapore Medicine' it does few things.

1. It creates close co ordination between government tourism board and private healthcare industry. This Public-Private co ordination brings values to this relationship and improved communication brings faster policy results.

2. 'Singapore Medicine' has become a national brand now. All Singapore hospitals speak under the umbrella of 'Singapore Medicine'. They present themselves under that brand and their presence is widely seen because of the combined efforts.

However it is not simple to create this public private co ordination. It needs vast resources and government support. Administrators in government should be very clear about the outcomes and each individual partner should believe in the core values or the organization. If someone can manage this, then as we have seen through Singapore's example, it is really rewarding.

You were the CEO of parkway group of hospital which has more than 40 field offices throughout the world. What as per you is more important, online presence or field offices?

In order to brand your image and attract international patients there are many factors then only two. You should have outstanding web presence but also should have outstanding healthcare management system, very high quality of surgery equipments, doctors as well as field offices. Without any of these you cannot see a complete growth of your hospital.

You lead Parkway health hospitals to a new height, what is the secret behind it?

Secret of success is parkway health's Strategic priorities. Focusing on these priorities helped us achieve many milestones.

1. People: It was our priority to attract, develop and retain employees. Co ordination of doctors-nurses and

    Para medical staff is very important and we tried to improve communication between them.
2. Quality: We achieved the best documented clinical outcomes. Documented clinical outcomes are very 

    important for the patients. It creates sense of security them.

3. Service: To attain highest levels of service excellence.

4. Finance: To meet and exceed our financial goals and targets.

5. Growth: To grow the system per our strategic plans. We promote our growth by expanding network of hospitals, through international healthcare travel meetings and advertised our best documented clinical outcomes.

What factors are very important to get into international medical tourism market and have a share of it?

A hospital should have a strong online presence and great information available about their equipments, machines, skilled doctors, facilities. Hospital should be a part of an association and should be member of organized marketing efforts. Hospital should be able to show that there is no difference between my hospital and any top of the class hospital when it comes to clinical results and outcomes. A great Doctor - Nurse co ordination is required during and after any medical treatment. Hospital should measure customer satisfaction in terms of clinical outcomes, service, comfort and safety and market these as their advantages.

Is Accreditation important for medical value seekers or international patients? What is your opinion?

Accreditation is very important, not only for international patients but also for local patients. It shows your standard of care, patient safety and proper system to handle data, procedures and surgery results. If hospital wants to get into medical tourism field then Accreditation is must. There is JCI and also some countries' has its own individual programs like Singapore, Malaysia and India has its own national level accreditation program. JCI standard is undoubtedly accepted at international level as it is the only international accreditation program. So whether we like it or not, Accreditation is very important.

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Innovation in Healthcare Tourism

Innovation in Healthcare Tourism

Traveling from your home town to another world class medical facility for treatment is growing and mentioned as Medical Travel/Tourism Industry. Innovative ways are being employed to facilitate patient and match his/her needs. World is becoming flat and people are traveling across the globe for better treatment options. But some companies are employing innovative ways to cater those who don't want to go to another or distant country for medical surgery and still want to benefit from reduced cost, expert doctor and world class facility.

Mobile Surgery International(MSI) stands out in this field of providing treatment to any patient, anywhere in the world with patient's preffered US based surgical team, quality of care, reduced cost through Centers of Excellence with Global Convenience. MSI says, patient come to us, we go to the patient, or patient and surgeon meet at a mutually convenient location, we coordinate all necessary arrangements at a cost agreeable to the patient and/or the payer.

Here are the answers to our HOW?

How it works?When any patient contact MSI for surgery, MSI designs a package based on the patient's choice of destination, doctor and affordability. Patient goes to selected destination, also travels surgical team, they meet at that hospital, perfom surgery and come back. The package is currently offered at Florida, Kansas, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad in USA and Russia, China, Africa, and Middle East in Asia.

How do they cut cost?MSI cites few case examples to show when surgeon is in the decision making, you can really cut the cost.

1. There is waste in American hospitals.
An anesthesiologist may refuse to move a stable patient out of an operating room - because the patient's temperature is 35.8 C. The anesthesiologist fears that payment will be denied by a post hoc insurance review if the patient's temperature is not 36.0 C. The temperature difference is clinically irrelevant. The delay it causes wastes money by making the operating room usage inefficient and necessitating salary for a clinically irrelevant insurance clerk. If anesthesiologist, not the insurance clerk, makes the clinical decisions, it will reduce waste.

2. MSI recently visited a small hospital devoted to heart surgery. It has 60 beds and 3 operating rooms. Among its gizmos are high definition video monitors and a voice-controlled surgical robot. Their robot had been unused because a surgeon who had used it left 5 years ago. Nobody on staff knew how to make it work. Within an hour one of MSI surgeons had the robot working. Within two hours he had identified every gizmo needed for prostate surgery. MSI explains that surgical subject expertise can source prostate surgery capacity in a heart surgery hospital.

Mobile Surgery International

The above described surgeon-driven, mobile surgical model depends upon:
1. Excess operating room capacity that can be rented for little.

2. Knowledge of what is necessary and how to source it.

3. Knowledge of what is not necessary and how not to pay for it.

4. Ability to perform surgery really well

5. Mobility.

These are the packages offered by MSI.

1. Orthopedic Surgery - Total Knee Replacement includes Case Management, Logistical coordination, Operating Room, recovery room, 4 night of stay, nursing care, anesthesia and pain management, surgeon, assistant, surgical team, travel and accommodation, local and remote continuity of care, 10 days inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, FDA approved American implant.

2. Cancer Surgery - Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy includes Case Management, logistical coordination, operating room, recovery room, 1 night of stay, nursing care, anesthesiologist, pathologist, surgeon, assistant, surgical team, travel and accommodation, local and remote continuity of care.

Mobile Surgery International: A surgeon driven mobile service model cannot be all thing to people. However, for patients, facilitator, payer, employers, government, and the industry this model is a partial remedy to the economic and other barriers that keep patient from getting what they want and deserve: treatment choice and quality.

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