Re: [TMIC] travel for medical purposes

2009-03-25 Thread gorbat 
I misplaced the original email on this subject, so I don't know who to address 
here, I apologize.  I happened on this article today and thought it might be of 
interest.

Regarding travelling abroad for serious medical care, or any medical care I 
guess, here is an interesting article the washington Post published:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/health/21patient.html?em  - I would consider 
Googling and then calling on the person identified in this article as follows 
before I spent any money:
But there are no comprehensive data that adequately compare overseas surgical 
outcomes or other quality measures to those used in the United States, said Dr. 
Sharon Kleefield of the Harvard Medical School and a specialist in overseas 
health care quality measures. No matter how high your hospital is rated, there 
are issues with regard to quality and safety when you travel for medical 
treatment, she said. [my highlight and bold]

This is referenced in the above article but thought it was important enough to 
highlight:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/31/medicaltourism.pdf
New AMA Guidelines on Medical Tourism

Re: [TMIC] travel for medical purposes

2009-03-25 Thread gorbat 
correction:
NY Times Health section, not the Washington Post
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  Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [TMIC] travel for medical purposes


  I misplaced the original email on this subject, so I don't know who to 
address here, I apologize.  I happened on this article today and thought it 
might be of interest.

  Regarding travelling abroad for serious medical care, or any medical care I 
guess, here is an interesting article the washington Post published:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/health/21patient.html?em  - I would 
consider Googling and then calling on the person identified in this article as 
follows before I spent any money:
  But there are no comprehensive data that adequately compare overseas 
surgical outcomes or other quality measures to those used in the United States, 
said Dr. Sharon Kleefield of the Harvard Medical School and a specialist in 
overseas health care quality measures. No matter how high your hospital is 
rated, there are issues with regard to quality and safety when you travel for 
medical treatment, she said. [my highlight and bold]

  This is referenced in the above article but thought it was important enough 
to highlight:
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/31/medicaltourism.pdf
  New AMA Guidelines on Medical Tourism