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Clinica Biblica Hospital in Costa Rica has received Joint Commission International accreditation.

Congratulations!

Michael D. Horowitz MD MBA and Jeffrey A. Rosensweig have an article published in the latest International Medical Travel Journal, which is well worth a read. Here's the abstract:

Medical tourism is an emerging phenomenon wherein citizens of industrialized nations bypass services offered in their own communities and travel to less developed countries to receive medical care.

Medical Insights International, a medical tourism consulting firm run by Michael D. Horowitz, MD, MBA is now open for business. Dr. Horowitz is a contributor to MedTripInfo and we wish him great success with his venture.

According to an article in today's Harvard Crimso, Harvard Medical International (HMI), which consults to hospitals around the world, is likely to be divested from Harvard Medical School. According to the article (HMS To Drop International Consulting Subsidiary), HMI's increasing focus on health care delivery makes it a better fit for a hospital system than a medical school. Apparently HMI is to be transferred to Partners HealthCare, which includes leading Harvard-affiliated hospitals such as Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's.