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HealthCare Tourism International opens first office in Quito, Ecuador.
Quito, Ecuador (12/20/2007) - - HTI, the Los Angeles based health care tourism non-profit organization that seeks to bring governance and credibility to the global health tourism industry, has taken another step forward by opening a regional office for South America. Headed by the newly designated V-P for South America, Dr. Kenneth Farr, the office is located in Quito, Ecuador and will enhance the health tourism potential not only of Ecuador, but the entire region. Dr. Farr comes to this position after a successful international career in the field of public health, in senior management for the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, where he managed health programs in Asia and Latin America and worked closely with major players in the healtth/medical field. (See detailed biodata for Kenneth Farr and other HTI officials at www.healthcaretrip.com).
The HealthCare Tourism International team is comprised of medical, dental, tourism and business experts from all facets of healthcare. The accreditation process entails improving the non-clinical aspects of the health tourism experience, which makes it a complimentary system to the Joint Commissions International clinical accreditation system. Aspects such as business practices, recovery options and language abilities all include areas covered by the accreditation system. A separate protocol has been developed for the following types of health tourism companies: hotel providers, health tourism travel agencies, non-ambulatory transport vehicles, hospitals with concierge services, airlines, translator/conveyance companies and insurance companies. Applicants can apply for accreditation which may involve submission of documents and in certain cases onsite surveys at the organization's web site www.healthcaretrip.org.
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