Medical Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe has been increasing rapidly.
The region as a whole offers a variety of affordable treatments and procedures within easy reach of most travellers.

Organized in partnership with Global Health Consulting, the summit will showcase facilitators and providers from across the region including Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and surrounding countries.

The Central and Eastern European Medical Tourism and Healthcare Summit will include an exhibition area, workshops and a two day conference agenda focusing on current issues effecting medical tourism and healthcare in the region and the world in general. There will be adequate time provided for networking and forming collaborations with potential partners over business lunches, drinks reception and a gala dinner.

The Conference agenda Stream 1 - 2 days
Over two days the conference agenda will feature presentations from expert speakers from all over the world providing the basis for this highly educational forum.

Some of the topics featured in the main stream will include:

• The Croatian model for medical tourism and how is it different to other countries
• Effectively forging strategic relationships - the key driver of competitive advantage and success for health and medical tourism
• The role of insurance in medical tourism and how you should advise your
• patients - What does the medical tourist expect and what steps can you take
• to ensure that you are the best choice over others
• Patient rights. If something goes wrong who is responsible - the hospital / clinic or the medical tourism company?
• Marketing medical tourism in the current world financial downturn and what are the prospects for the future
• Healthcare accreditation and certification and its importance to the patient
• How good is your website and your internet marketing?
• What are the main drivers for patient travel - quality - cost - cultural perception - accessibility?
• Providing a total service to patients. Why do so few hospitals / clinics fail to partner with accommodation providers and aftercare facilities?

Dental Medical Tourism - Stream 2 - I day only

• Global trends in dental medical tourism Understanding medical tourism
• The structure of the market place Marketing your practice internationally and meeting patient requirements
• Linking and partnering with medical tourism facilitators and agents Case study
• How a leading dental practice began attracting overseas patients - meeting the problems and challenges
• Considerations for developing a package for your patients - what does the patient expect?
• Accreditation for dentists - there are many accreditation organisations. Who should you look to and what is the process, costs and benefits
• Asian countries are well established as medical tourism destinations. What are the reasons for this and how is it possible to be competitive

Who will attend?
Medical tourism facilitators, medical travel agents, hospitals, clinics, dentists, spas, assurers, medical consultants and organisations, government health and tourism departments, medical tourism website owners and international press and media

Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities
Global Engage is pleased to offer a variety of exhibition and sponsorship packages that can be tailored to meet your budget and exposure requirements. Please enquire directly to Steve Hambrook at Global Engage.

Please note we are currently offering a 25% early registration discount on all delegate, exhibition and sponsorship packages. 

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