Medical tourism : A serious business

• Main Author: Singapore Management University
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Healthcare; Asia; Medical travellers; Medical tourism.; Business; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/pers/44; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=pers

Significant changes in the globalisation of healthcare creates market with huge potential for growth As the medical tourism movement grew in popularity over the past decade, Vishal Bali has had a front row seat watching the industry flourish in his role as the Group CEO of Fortis Healthcare Limited, a healthcare provider in the Asia Pacific region. From his vantage point, Bali notes, "There have been significant changes in the forces of globalisation of healthcare patients. The trend is maturing and geographies are shifting. Healthcare providers in different countries are taking strategic positions to compete for the global healthcare consumer "