With this issue, we bring you the International Hospitals & Healthcare Review, in which Danny Quaeyhaegens of Bangkok Hospital Pattaya lends his expert opinion on attracting international patients; Dr Sapan Desai of QuartzClinica, a cloud-based healthcare data analytics platform that helps hospitals rethink how they operate, discusses how big data and machine learning are improving quality of care; and Dr Peter Lachman, CEO of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, talks about the Society’s work to inspire and drive improvement in the quality and safety of healthcare worldwide.