Global Healthcare Policy & Management Forum
With the rapid growth of global healthcare market, many
social, ethical, and legal issues around this trend have emerged. However, scholars and
experts around the world have few chances to talk with each other and develop
ideas and solutions for global health issues. The
goal of this forum is to develop academic insight and theoretical frameworks related to medical travel. This forum intends to be a sustainable platform
for knowledge sharing of scholars and experts in global healthcare field.
Host
Yonsei
Institute of Health and Welfare
Organizing
Committee
Ki Nam
Jin (Yonsei University, South Korea)
Neil
Lunt (University of York, UK)
Meghann
Ormond (Wageningen University and Research, The Nethelands)
18-19 October 2016, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
18 October 2016, Tuesday
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9:00 – 9:30
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Registration
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9:30 – 10:00
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Opening
Ceremony
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Jin, Ki Nam, Professor of Health Administration, Yonsei University
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10:00 – 12:20
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Session1
| Policy & Governance Issues
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Chairperson
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Jin,
Ki Nam Professor of Health Administration,
Yonsei University
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10:00
– 10:30
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Resistance and the governance of
international medical travel
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Meghann Ormond, Cultural Geography, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
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10:30 – 11:00
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US healthcare in a global context: Roles and
motivations of providers and the state
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Andrew N. Garman, Dept of Health System Management, Rush University, US
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11:00 – 11:20
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Tea/Coffee
Break
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11:20
– 11:50
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The
Governance of medical travel in Japan
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Mika Toyota, Dept of Culture and Tourism Studies, Rikkyo University,
Japan
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11:50
– 12:20
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Cross-border
patient mobility in the Greater China region: Emerging issues and health policy
implications
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Alex Jingwei He, Dept of Asian and Policy Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong
Kong
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12:20 – 13:40
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Lunch
(Hosted by Korea Tourism Organization)
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13:40 – 16:00
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Session2
| Asian Experiences & Issues
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Chairperson
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Valorie
A. Crooks Dept of Geograghy, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
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13:40
– 14:10
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Medical
tourism in Korea: Current Status and Future Plans
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Lee, In Sook, Deputy
director of Medical Wellness Tourism Team, Korea Tourism Organization
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14:10
– 14:40
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Recent trend of Japanese government
policy on medical tourism
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Serina Okamura, Dept of Health Service Management, International University of Health
and Welfare, Japan
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14:40 – 15:00
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Tea/Coffee
Break
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15:00
– 15:30
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Beyond
medical travel: The SingaporeMedicine experience
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Jason CH Yap, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore,
Singapore
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15:30
– 16:00
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Staying relevant: The Malaysia healthcare travel story
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Sherene Azli, CEO, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, Malaysia
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16:00 – 17:00
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Wrap-up
Session
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Jin, Ki Nam, Professor of Health Administration,
Yonsei University
Valorie A. Crooks, Dept of Geograghy, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Meghann Ormond, Cultural Geography, Wageningen
University and Research, The Netherlands
Tricia Johnson, Dept of Health System Management, Rush University, US
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Global Healthcare Policy & Management Forum - Part II
21 October 2016, Medical Korea 2016, Coex, Seoul, South Korea
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| Time | Subjects & Speakers | ||
| 10:00-10:10 | Opening remark | ||
| 10:10-10:40 | Analysis of the competitiveness of Korea in global healthcare market Ki-Nam Jin / Professor, Dept. of Health Administration of Yonsei University, Korea | ||
| 10:40-11:10 | Policy Issues related to the Globalisation of Healthcare Ingrid Schneider / Professor, Political Science and BIOGUM of University of Hamburg, Germany | ||
| 11:30-12:10 | Development strategy and policy mobility in international medical travel Meghann Ormond / Assistant Professor, Cultural Geography of Wageningen University and Research, Netherland | ||
| 12:10-12:30 | Q&A | ||
| 12:30-13:25 | Break Time | ||
| 13:25-13:40 | Currency exchange rate forecasts for 2017 of the key countries with the most outbound medical tourists Jungeun Park / Researcher, F/X and Derivatives Sales Department, KEB Hana Bank, Korea | ||
| 13:40-14:10 | The role of "online" in medical tourism Keith Pollard / Managing Editor, Intuition Communication Ltd, UK | ||
| 14:10-14:40 | Medical versus Wellness? - status and outlook of the wellness tourism at the example Germany Lutz Lungwitz / President, German Medical Wellness Association, Germany | ||
| 14:40-15:10 | The business of medical tourism: Building a brand in a competitive world Ilan Geva / President, Ilan GEVA & FRIENDS, USA | ||
| 15:10-15:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | How destination "Brand" drives choice in medical travel Irving L. Stackpole / President, Stackpole & Associates, Inc., USA | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | Service excellence - the value of nonclinical services for International patients Diala Atassi / Manager of Operations, International Programs Department of University of Chicago Medicine, USA | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Q&A | ||
