Medical Tourism Association changes accreditation program
Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition, September 2, 2008
The Medical Tourism Association (MTA) has changed its accreditation program, after its own advisory board questioned its power to accredit, according to a U.S. News & World Report blog written by Avery Comarow.
Comarow writes that MTA, a trade organization based out of Florida whose members include foreign hospitals, health insurers, and travel agencies, started a campaign to accredit facilitators who send patients to qualified foreign hospitals with good past records of care.
When the accreditation program was announced on the MTA Web site with a seal of approval similar to the Joint Commission's, board members disagreed with the move and Joint Commission president and CEO Karen Timmons resigned from MTA's board. MTA has since changed the accreditation program to a certification program.
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