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Introduction

Traveling to another country to get medical care can be risky. This risk can increase if there is a cultural difference between the origin and target country.

There are plausible reasons we need health tourism:

Cost: To get a treatment or procedure that may be cheaper in another country

Culture: To receive care from a clinician who shares the traveler’s culture and language

Unavailable or unapproved procedures: To get a procedure or therapy that is not available or approved in the United States

The risk of complications depends on the destination, the facility where the procedure is being performed, and whether the traveler is in good health for the procedure(s).

Other issues that can increase a traveler’s risk of complications include:

Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial resistance, Quality of Care, Communication challenges, Air Travel, Continuity of Care.

There are ways to minimize medical tourism risks:

Research the clinician and facility, Before you travel, Maintain your health and medical records, Arrange for follow-up care before you travel

What is HICOIC

HICOIC is an information service for medical centres’ of Islamic Countries. This information service has been formed around the medical services of such centres and would enable patients living in Islamic countries to make decisions to choose a center that can provide services they may require.

Being muslim and using a medical centres in an Islamic country can minimise the risks associated with the health tourism and increase the chance of being treated more successfully as Islamic cultures and practices are in common between these countries.

Also, a grading and ranking systems that would be applied to medical centres and practices can be used for the better understanding of the quality of services provided and reduces the disappointment of patients.

Pricing is another subject that is applied to procedures provided by medical centres and can be used as a major to assess the quality of service provided in respect of the price attached to the services.

In general HICOIC is a definitive directory of medical services in Islamic countries and provide a tool for exchanging the information and by extension enables Islamic population to find value for money services and start the procedure of health tourism between Islamic countries.

Medical tourism opportunities

International Health issues, especially medical tourism, where patients travel overseas for operations and various invasive therapies, has grown rapidly since the late 1990s, especially for cosmetic surgery. The main sources of such tourists are developed countries and the main destinations are in Asia.

In today’s medical tourism marketplace, an increasing number of countries are competing for patients from around the world. As a result, it is crucial to create a global brand and reputation for a city, state or country to stand out as a leader in the medical tourism industry.
The growing international marketplace for healthcare services includes an element of facilitation to bring patients, and state of the art medical facilities together.
Medical tourism facilitators frequently play a key and necessary role in for a successful medical tourism experience and reach competitive edge.
The term “medical tourism facilitators” refers to companies and individuals that provide a varying range and combination of services that facilitate medical tourism arrangements between a “medical tourist” and the providers and medical destinations of such medical services.

The HICOIC Online Portal is a dedicated facilitators that presents the health and tourism offers and information of health tourism destinations and providers in Islamic countries and promotes your region/country as a top medical tourism destination.

Promote the destination’s quality of healthcare providers and medical tourism infrastructure OF Islamic countries and destinations
Generate new business opportunities that expand health tourism businesses and providers market share and increase patients volume of Islamic countries and medical tourism providers
Making a reliable platform to present health information and capabilities of Islamic countries to international patients and main health tourism facilitators
As a first Islamic countries medical tourism facilitator play a key and necessary role for a successful medical tourism experience in Islamic countries to make competitive position in fast-growing international market of medical tourism.
The largest and first Islamic countries Health tourism facts & figure platform
Networking and making strong relationships between hospitals, travel agent and health tourism providers in Islamic countries and health tourism destinations for effective Competitive
Islamic countries health tourism
Destination Branding Program

ABOUT THE HICOIC

Islamic countries Medical Tourism Educational Platform
Islamic countries Certification Programs for Healthcare Providers, Facilitators and Medical Tourism
Professionals
Annual Islamic countries Medical Tourism Congress and conference
Research and Development Programs
Consulting Services in the field of health tourism business and destination management for health travel agents and medical tourism service providers
Conduct financial & funding feasibility and identify partners and investors in the field of healthcare and tourism
The Islamic countries Medical Tourism Destinations Guide
The HICOIC Country Ranking
Reliable and extended platform and portal for international patients to online registration and choose his/her healthcares services in Islamic countries.
It discloses details about healthcare and tourism, providing confidence to the consumer about Islamic countries healthcare and tourism offers and services
Reliable portal for those travel agent and companies in Islamic countries that active in health tourism to better packaging their health tourism itinerary and making competitive mixed health travel programs.
Distribute your medical and healthcare services in international level buy Islamic health tourism magazine print and online publication, translate Islamic countries health tourism information in various languages, Holding international Exhibitions and ….
Present your destination as a leader in: » Cardiology » Neurology » Orthopedics » Cosmetics » Eye surgery » Pediatrics » Robotics » Spa and wellness » Evidence based technology » Innovative medical technology » Advanced medical training & research » Other specialties,

OUR MEMBERS

International Hospitals
Doctors
Buyers of Healthcare
Government Organizations
Healthcare Clusters
Health Tourism Boards
Medical Tourism Facilitators
Travel Agencies
Other key industry players

HICOIC ONLINE PORTAL

Includes listing of hospitals, health & wellness providers, hotels and tour operators of your country/region
Includes health and wellness map that will serve as a guide to the best that your destination has to offer
Generates healthcare consumer leads provided to providers in Islamic countries AND HEALTH CARE BUSINESSS

Hicoic health tourism sustainable development specialists Groups and Feasibility Study

Developing a healthcare tourism city, medical zone, or Free Healthcare Zone (studies, designing, investing, implementation & operating)
Consulting services in international and sustainable Building and developing a hospital or healthcare facility
Developing an international patient unit or department
executing a government medical tourism initiative and strategic plan
executing a hospital medical tourism initiative
executing a medical tourism travel agent strategic and business plans
executing a medical tourism center or village strategic and business plans
Target patient market feasibility study for Islamic health tourism destinations and business