Purpose: The goal of this paper is to introduce and discuss the concepts of service convergence and service integration, illustrate them in the context of the medical tourism industry, and link them to factors that contributed to the success of a medical tourism firm. Methodology: The basis for the conceptual development of service convergence and service integration is an in-depth case study o...

Regulatory Affairs experts are the important part of Medical Device industry since it is concern about orthopaedic Implant/Instruments lifecycle, gives key, strategic and functional bearing backing for working inside guidelines to speed up turn events conveyance protected compelling products people all over globe. The responsibility regulatory affairs create execute an system guarantee that med...

Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon with policy implications for health systems, particularly of destination countries. Private actors and governments in Southeast Asia are promoting the medical tourist industry, but the potential impact on health systems, particularly in terms of equity in access and availability for local consumers, is unclear. This article presents a conceptual framework...

BACKGROUND Healthcare providers operate in a unique industry characterized by pursuit of perhaps the most noble of missions: the delivery of vital health and medical services to those in need. Distinguishing features abound, differentiating the healthcare industry from others, with such facets having the potential to compel those serving in health and medical establishments to focus exclusively...

This study builds a model to evaluate and select vendors of customer relationship management (CRM) system for the medical tourism industry from the viewpoint of medical tourism industry. Literature in related fields was reviewed, and the modified Delphi method was applied to find proper evaluation and selection criteria for the model. Then the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to det...

In this two-part series, we examine the role of industry and pain societies in two distinct ways. In this first column , the ethical issue of industry conflict of interest in continuing medical education is debated. In the forthcoming second column, we will address conflict of interest within individual leaders of pain societies. In recent years, issues of conflict of interest in medical educat...