International Hospitals & Healthcare Review | August 2025

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This month we look at the rising demand for medical escorts on commercial airlines, plus ask how the latest technology can help insurance companies. In our International Hospitals and Healthcare Review we examine humanising IPMI in the digital age, and ask what makes a destination desirable for medical tourism.

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Health costs news articles

Can the medical inflation balloon be popped?

Throughout 2024 and into 2025, global medical inflation rates have continued to present significant challenges for healthcare systems, governments, and insurers. Mandy Langfield asks experts for their opinion on the...

Mandy Langfield

AI sorting through data

Putting the ‘person’ in hyper-personalisation

Hyper-personalisation has become a key strategy for IPMI providers to increase customer satisfaction, but how can they achieve the right balance between automation and human interaction? Lauren Haigh investigates

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Attracting and retaining skilled healthcare staff

Chloe Fox speaks to global healthcare leaders about how they’re redefining staff retention through purpose-driven culture, wellbeing initiatives, and meaningful career development

Illustration of doctors and medical travel

Developing a desirable medical tourism destination

With facilities and countries competing for a share in the lucrative medical tourism market, what can they do to stand out? Experts share with Lauren Haigh their strategies for success

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Paving the way: Saudi Arabia’s Health Sector Transformation Program

As part of Saudi Vision 2030, the Program aims to transform healthcare with a more efficient, comprehensive, and global approach. But how much progress has been made – and is...

Map of the world and connecting dots

Creative conflict or dynamic disruption?

Irving Stackpole explores technology, ethics and equity in the travel insurance market

Irving Stackpole

Different flags on flag poles

Interview: Xavier Lestrade, CEO of AXA – Global Healthcare

Chloe Fox speaks to Xavier Lestrade of AXA – Global Healthcare about how AXA is engaging with technology to help improve the wellbeing of expat employees

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Industry Voice: Battling AI-driven fraud in insurance and healthcare

Despite the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionise healthcare, it is also fuelling a rise in sophisticated identity fraud. Pinar Alpay, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Signicat, examines the...