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The Guide To Cartagena, Colombia
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INTRODUCTION Each year, thousands visit Cartagena to engage in Medical and/or Dental procedures. Check out 1,2,3,4 reasons to visit Cartagena for your MEDICAL TOURISM ADVENTURE.: 1. PROEXPORT-COLOMBIA-A letter of introduction to the advantages of Medical/Tourism in Colombia. PROEXPORT is a division of the Government of Colombia.
During the past decade, Colombia has invested billions of dollars in building modern hospitals and clinics equipped with the latest technology. The country’s medical institutions now have the infrastructure and technological resources to rank among the finest health centers in the world. Testament to this is that the international arm of Miami’s highly regarded Jackson Memorial Hospital has begun negotiations with nine hospitals and clinics in Colombia to become affiliate medical facilities. Colombian doctors, nurses and other medical personnel have trained at the world’s best universities and medical centers. Many doctors and surgeons are internationally recognized and have developed groundbreaking procedures and treatments. Colombia’s areas of specialty include: • Cardiovascular treatments and surgeries What makes Colombia even more compelling as a medical tourism destination is that many procedures cost a fraction of what they do in the U.S. with no sacrifice in the quality of the medical care. According to the Medical Tourism Association, Colombia offers dramatic cost savings for some of the most common surgical procedures: Surgery USA Colombia With leisure travel and international business soaring in Colombia, the country also offers a full complement of modern tourism amenities. There are 29 non-stop flights between the U.S. and Colombia’s main cities on Continental, Delta, American Airlines, JetBlue and other carriers, as well as a wide spectrum of lodging options ranging from luxurious resorts to well-known American chains such as Marriott and Holiday Inn Express. Most hospitals assist their foreign patients with travel and lodging plans and provide translation services and a guide, if necessary. Many offer a full-time nurse to assist with healing and recovery. Simply put, Colombia offers a warm welcome to its medical guests.
3. "Foreign-trained docs as good as U.S. physicians" This appeared on MSNBC Aug. 3, 2010
Foreign-trained docs as good as U.S. physicians WASHINGTON — Physicians trained in other countries provide care just as good as U.S. doctors, according to new report published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. "Despite a rigorous U.S. certification process for international graduates, the quality of care provided by doctors educated abroad has been an ongoing concern," said John Norcini, president of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, who led the study. Norcini's team analyzed 244,153 hospitalizations of patients with congestive heart failure or acute heart attack in Pennsylvania who were treated by either a U.S.-trained or foreign-trained doctor. Patients of foreign-born international medical graduates had the lowest death rates. Patients of U.S. citizens who attended medical school in other countries had the highest death rates. U.S.-born and trained doctors fell in the middle. "These findings bring attention to foreign-trained doctors and the valuable role they have played in responding to the nation's physician shortage," Norcini said. "It is reassuring to know that patients of these doctors receive the same quality of care that they would receive from a physician trained in the United States." He said 25 percent of all doctors practicing in the United States are educated abroad. The study also found that experience did not always mean the best care. The longer it had been since a doctor left medical school, the worse the rate of death and complications requiring patients to stay in the hospital longer. "Ongoing training programs and periodic reassessment of doctors' knowledge and skills can help maintain the level of physician competence needed to deliver high quality health care," Norcini said. A second study, also published in Health Affairs, found nurse anesthetists can safely provide care without doctors supervising them. The two reports suggest ways to help provide care to more Americans at potentially lower cost, just as healthcare reform promises to extend health coverage to millions who do not have it. "Nurse anesthetists get essentially the same training in anesthesia as anesthesiologists. So in this case, a nurse is just about a perfect substitute for the doctor," Jerry Cromwell, a health economist at the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina who led one study, said in a statement. "Eliminating physician supervision will not only allow nurses to do what they are trained and highly qualified to do, but it will encourage hospitals and surgeons to use a more cost-effective mix of anesthetists." Nurse anesthetists typically earn less than anesthesiologists, who are medical doctors. Cromwell and colleague Brian Dulisse analyzed 481,440 hospitalizations covered by Medicare, the federal health insurance plan for the elderly. While more nurse anesthetists cared for patients during surgery between 1999 and 2005, there was no increase in bad outcomes. About 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the population, now have no health insurance. A new healthcare law signed in March is projected to extend coverage to 32 million more Americans, mainly by requiring them to buy it. Many groups worry the already stretched medical system will be unable to accommodate so many more people seeking regular health care services.
4. A new book: "Hidden Gem: A Guide to Surgical Editorial Reviews Product Description About the Author Hidden Gem: A Guide to Surgical Tourism in Cartagena,
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