Responding to the growing need to simplify access to global health care for medical tourists, Mastercard and the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) have announced an exclusive partnership to modernize the end-to-end health care experience for patients and providers around the world. The Medical Tourism Association will utilize Mastercard’s commercial virtual card technology to go beyond arranging treatments to also facilitating fast and secure payments with health care providers. 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Launched in 2023 by The Medical Tourism Association, DarwinAI (Artificial Intelligence) is an AI-enabled marketing technology revolutionizing the medical tourism landscape. Darwin AI uses powerful AI-enabled algorithms to drive brand awareness, visibility, and patient lead acquisition in a disruptive way with terrific results.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical Tourism Association (MTA) has recently released the Medical Tourism Patient Survey 2024, which provides invaluable insights into the motivations behind healthcare consumers' medical travel decisions and the barriers to patient inflow for medical tourism organizations. This Patient Survey was developed in collaboration with the International Healthcare Research Center (IHRC), a 501c (3) non-profit organization that collects and publishes comprehensive data on global healthcare management and delivery.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 15^th annual Healthcare Revolution (May 23, 2023), the largest confluence of thought leaders in the world of healthcare, self-funded employers, brokers, and healthcare leaders, has launched, and this time with thought-provoking and insightful discussions about how self-funded employers can leverage medical tourism to achieve great healthcare outcomes for their employees at a fraction of their current healthcare spend.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical Tourism Association in collaboration with Global Healthcare Resources and the International Healthcare Research Center have launched the first Medical Tourism Moonshot to break down the major barriers preventing access and growth in medical tourism.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Many organizations are looking for quick wins in medical tourism: put up a new website quickly; implement quick services for medical travel patients; launch a quick marketing campaign; and attract international payers quickly. The reality is that if you are only focused on quick wins, you'll be quickly disappointed. Long-term success in medical tourism requires a disciplined and proactive approach that is patient-centric, promotes continuous innovation, and leverages smart relationships and partnerships.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Korea Tourism Organization and Global Healthcare Resources and the Medical Tourism Association have partnered to launch a private medical travel event for the American marketplace.