Medical Tourism Facilitator

Medical Tourism provides practical option for affordable healthcare, there has been an increase of medical travel companies that came out to help clients to find the way to look for a medical solution around the world. So who is this behind the research for the best offers for a transportation company, hotels, recovery centers and even health insurance companies? They are called medical tourism facilitators.

They give assistance to the clients who are in need of immediate medical attention, they serve as the middle man, and they often add a little cost to the procedure, as the payment for their task. Using a regular travel agency, hotel and flight bookings are more expensive compared to getting the service of a medical tourism facilitator. The clients just have to sit back and relax, and wait for his/her booked schedule.

But other medical tourism facilitator, do not add any additional cost to the process, because there are these healthcare facilities who are paying these medical tourism facilitators to look for clients as a part of their marketing strategies, they offer health care service, and are seeking for international patients to fill out their empty rooms. They are allotting some budget and are willing to share part of their normal fees with a medical tourism facilitator who brings help to assist the patient.

Medical tourism facilitators plays an important role for the safe travel of the patients overseas, they also serve as the organizers and advocates. A lot of people seek for overseas healthcare, but they don’t have any idea where to start and where to inquire, they don’t know which destination are available and appropriate for their medical needs. They do not know the accredited and certified medical centers outside their countries or what travel considerations do they have to learn for different destinations.

 

Most foreign doctors can fluently speak in English, but the most of the time, their receptionist cannot. Time difference is also one of the major challenge in contacting a medical center abroad, but medical tourism facilitator have already build relationships with these medical centers and they know who to contact to get timely information and efficiently move process along.

For medical patients in an unfamiliar environment, it is always important for them to have middle man who can be their voice. This avoids arising issues, such as misunderstanding from the agreement on the cost and procedures. The patient should not be the one to deal with these, or if a flight has been delayed, the facilitator will be the one to check on every detail and just relay it to the patient. With a facilitator, the patient has to talk to one person only if she/he has some clarifications of something to check. The facilitator can take care of all these necessary scheduling changes. They respond quickly and efficiently to any issues that might occur while the patient is overseas.

For the patients who are clueless, the questions are endless, but a medical tourism facilitator can educate the patients on all the things that they need to learn prior deciding which medical health center to go. They provide accurate information to the patients. Planning on taking to go overseas especially when healthcare is involve is a challenge, but when a medical tourism facilitator enters the scene, they fill this role through giving variety of options for the patients to have a wonderful experience.

But there are also important things a patient should know before negotiating to a medical facilitator:

1.    How long has the facilitator been in the medical health industry?

2.    How many patients has he/she managed?

3.    Does he/she has testimonials from previous patients/

4.    Can he/she provide all the roles for a valuable experience for the patient?

If you are satisfied with all the answers, that facilitator might be the right one you are looking for, to a successful overseas medical experience.