We know how difficult it is to measure medical tourism flows. e.g. How many patients travel from Country A to Country B for treatment? But if you’re planning your medical travel strategy you need to know what each medical traveller is worth. I’ve written a great deal about the problems of measurement in medical travel. The market is described in many ways – medical tourism, medical travel, … [Read more...]
The COVID-19 exit strategy—why we need to aim low
As we find ourselves in the second year of a global pandemic, the question on everyone's mind is: when will this end? Much of the narrative around the pandemic last year was that all hopes for a return to normal hinged on development of an effective vaccine. This rhetoric was deaf to the concerns of vaccine and public health experts, and for many a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has become the magic bullet to … [Read more...]
Is digital medicine a cure for the issues of health care cost, quality and access?
Health care policy proposals tend to aim at three major goals: improving quality of care, enhancing access to care and containing health care cost. Many experts believe progress toward one of these goals requires a tradeoff, with sacrifices for the other goals. For example, providing access to health care for more people may only be possible by either increasing health care cost or through cuts in … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 495,896
Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, February 15: Dominican Republic- 229,768 cases, 2944 deaths, 176,788 recoveries Puerto Rico- 90,429 cases, 1920 deaths Cuba- 38,289 cases, 266 deaths, 33,167 recovered Jamaica- 19,035 cases, 374 deaths, 12,593 recovered French Guiana- 16,456 cases, 80 deaths, 9995 recovered Belize- 12,145 cases, 313 deaths, … [Read more...]
Fast-Tracking Caribbean COVID-19 recovery and resilience
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in 2021. BBC has reported that as of 1st of February 2021, more than 100 million people have been infected with the virus, 2.2 million people have died across nearly 200 countries. There are still over 382,000 new cases every day. Although both rich and poor countries have faced the full wrath of the pandemic, the difference is, the developed countries are … [Read more...]
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