Mills & Mills Medical Group, the leading
Spanish healthcare facilitators for medical tourists has
become the first clinic to receive accreditation under the
new Code of Practice for Medical Tourism recently launched
by Treatment Abroad.
The “Code of Practice for Medical Tourism”,
the first of its kind in the industry, has been set up to
encourage the adoption of best practice in medical tourism
through the commitment of international healthcare providers
to a voluntary code of practice.
David Mills of Mills & Mills
Medical Group says “we are delighted to have
met the standards set out in the code and to receive accreditation
from the new Code of Practice for Medical Tourism. It has
always been of paramount importance to us that our patients
have access to as much impartial endorsement and information
as possible about us as a facility and treatment provider”.
Medical tourism is growing rapidly throughout
the world and by agreeing to adhere to a code of “best
practice” healthcare
providers are giving patients the reassurance and accountability
that they need when making healthcare choices.
Keith Pollard of Treatment Abroad comments; “At a
time when medical tourist numbers are rising rapidly, transparency
and patient accountability are crucial to the continued success
of this industry. Since launching the code we have had an
excellent response from healthcare providers. There was clearly
a need for self-regulation and it is through a commitment
by overseas healthcare providers to this voluntary code of
practice that we can give an even greater level of information
to patients considering treatment overseas.
“We know that the majority of clinics already provide
a very high standard of care to its patients. The recent 2008
Treatment Abroad survey of medical tourists revealed
that 96 per cent of patients who had overseas treatment would
return to the same treatment provider; adoption of the Code
of Practice for Medical Tourism will make it even easier
for patients to make the right choice of provider.
Source: TreatmentAbroad.net
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