Medical tourism in Europe: organization of medical treatment in France

Why do patients in Ireland – both North and South – have to wait for a hospital operation for months, and in some cases even for years, unless they have private medical insurance or they can afford expensive private surgery? Public hospital waiting lists on both sides of the Irish border are growing longer on a weekly basis. Certainly it is true: good health is priceless. But just because you can afford to go private, does that mean that you should be obliged to, and spend a great deal of money that you will never get back? There is now another alternative. European Union Directive 2011/24/EU on the Patient’s Right to seek Cross-border Healthcare was passed into law across all the countries of the European Union by 2014. It means that if a person is legally resident and covered by the public health system in one European Union Member State, he or she can go for medical treatment to another EU country and claim back some, or all, of the cost of the procedure from thei...

Presidential elections took place a little over a month ago in France and Emmanuel Macron was elected as the new president. This is the youngest French president in the country's history. Earlier Macron was an investment banker and in a consequence the Minister of Economy and Finance. It is not hard to fathom that the new president has no problem with economy. His world famous slogan sounds as "En Marche!" that means "Forward!" in English. And France moves in this direction now. The French medicine isn’t an exception. Now the French hospitals move "En Marche!". What does it mean? It means the following: earlier the French state clinics had no right to be engaged in commercial activities. This ban didn’t just complicate, but often made treatment impossible for foreign citizens. Respectively, such direction as medical tourism earlier was very little developed in France. For this reason, even today not all foreign patients know about an accessible opportunity for treatment in...

HAS is an independent government body which aim is to contribute to quality and effectiveness of healthcare system. Its main mission is to provide all patients and users with access to the effective medical care. The supreme healthcare body performs three main functions: assessment, references and certifications/accreditations: The assessment is the analysis of products from the medical and economic point of view, the analysis of technologies and work of healthcare. The supreme healthcare body defines the principles of appropriate clinical practice, establishes references in the field of public healthcare, medico-economic researches, and management both for doctors and patients. And, at last, it defines treatment process in the context of treatment of chronic diseases. This body checks work of medical facilities, it is responsible for the further training of the medical practitioners of various medical disciplines. He is also engaged in verification of websites in a heal...

The Moscow MedShow is a unique B2C exhibition in Moscow. The Moscow MedShow is an efficient B2C exhibition that will provide you a direct connection with your targeted audience – Russians that are eager to get high-quality treatment abroad. Its implementation became a pleasant tradition. The best medical facilities of the world take part in it. Participants from France, the USA, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Latvia, Japan, Poland, Israel, Lithuania, Finland, Malta, Korea and Singapore present the clinics and medical centers at the exhibition. This year France also participate in the exhibition. This event did not go unnoticed, and the French representatives are always in huge demand among participants and visitors. Participation of Medifrance Solution   This year the company Medifrance Solution took part in the exhibition. For us, it was very important to establish partnership and presence in Russia generally and in Moscow, in particular. We understand that i...