Telehealth Communications Enhances Medical Tourism Services to Patients Worldwide

12-Oct-2009

Video conferencing capabilities offer wide range of services, which enable patients to get the most out of their medical tourism treatments, including the opportunity to virtually meet their personal medical consultants and physicians face-to-face, prior to their actual physical arrival.

Telehealth Communications Enhances Medical Tourism Services to Patients Worldwide

Telehealth - the performance of health-related services through telecommunications technology, has opened up the doors of many practices in the health industry. The implementation of Telehealth services has had a particularly favorable impact on the medical tourism industry, where patients travel abroad to receive treatments. By eliminating communication barriers, Telehealth enables these patients to receive remote healthcare services from their medical provider abroad, which can ultimately enhance the quality and efficiency of treatment that they receive during their medical trip.

Video conferencing capabilities offer wide range of services, which enable patients to get the most out of their medical tourism treatments, including the opportunity to virtually meet their personal medical consultants and physicians face-to-face, prior to their actual physical arrival. These conferences facilitate with visual evaluation of the patient and consultation with their existing doctors, in order to initiate a treatment plan.

Once the patient has arrived for treatment at the facility abroad, Telehealth video conferencing can be used to keep concerned family members - who did not accompany the patient - updated about his/her condition, by enabling them to stay in touch with the patient, his/her doctors, or escorting family members.

Video conferencing can even be used to give patients continued remote services and consultations after they returned home.

The Shemer Medical Center – a leading medical tourism provider in Israel, has put Telehealth video conferencing services into practice with the objective of obtaining better background knowledge about the patients coming in for treatments, and being able to offer those patients more comprehensive remote medical services. Shemer’s state-of-the-art ISDN and IP video conferencing technology enables patients to receive the more efficient pre and post treatment services.

About Shemer

Shemer Medical Center has been a leading provider of medical tourism treatments in Israel for over 17 years. The institute’s ongoing relationship with all of the leading hospitals and physicians in Israel enables its patients to benefit from world-class treatments at a fraction of the cost, compared to treatment prices in Western European nations or the United States. The personal and medical treatments available at Shemer Medical Center make it a favorable option for receiving medical tourism services in Israel.