The Role of Healthcare Facilitators in Medical Tourism

The Role of Healthcare Facilitators in Medical Tourism

Medical tourism is growing by leaps and bounds as people realize the benefits of cost saving and the excellent treatment they receive in countries other than their own. People from the CIS, for instance, had to look to European countries like Germany, France, and the UK for treatment and in all these countries the treatment is expensive not to speak of stay and travel. Asian countries like India, Thailand and Sri Lanka are proving to be the better alternatives. The deterrent is how to find the best facility at the best cost and proceed. This is where a healthcare facilitator steps in and takes care of everything much to the relief of the patient and his family.

The vital bridge

Healthcare facilitators act as the vital bridge between the patient and the treatment facility that matches their needs. If you are in the US, UK, Australia, the CIS countries or in any African country and wish to find the best facility in India, for instance, the facilitator is the one to get in touch with. They maintain a database of hospitals and surgeons across the country, know their specialization and how much treatment can cost. Healthcare facilitators put you in touch with a medical institution that will give the best in terms of quality of treatment and cost. They do this by first going through your medical records and getting their panel of medical experts to match the ailment with a hospital. Patients get the benefit of expertise and save time and a great deal of money in the process. Patients receive invaluable assistance in:

• Travel to the hospital
• Scheduling appointments
• Recommendations so that they receive personalized care
• Supervision by the facilitator’s own doctor to ensure that everything is being done right and, if not, patients may be switched to another hospital
• Assistance with documentation and paperwork
• Assistance with the procurement of medications
• Negotiating the best rate with a discount for stay and treatment
• Assistance to family members to find accommodation, food, and transport
• Personalized assistance and help whenever and wherever required for full support and peace of mind.

Small but important things

Your healthcare facilitator plays an important role by taking care of the major things as outlined above. Besides, there are small but important things that only they can handle. For example, some hospitals have the habit of milking a patient for all he is worth and ordering out unnecessary tests or prescribing unnecessary medications. The doctor on the panel of the healthcare facilitator keeps close track of each client and their treatment. Any such anomalies are detected and taken care of. This saves patients headaches and hundreds of dollars.

Another thing is that a patient may be accompanied by a family member. Hotels are expensive so your healthcare facilitator may arrange to stay in a suitable apartment complete with all services like food, laundry and even transportation to the hospital at any hour. Most medical tourism facilitators are usually working as inbound operators. When you pick someone like VB Curemart there is no such limitation. You may be in one country and you may choose to be treated in any other country and VB Curemart and their parent company VB Health helps you out from advice and recommendations to even meeting part of the costs. Your wellness matters to them.

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