Tatum Anderson is a journalist and has written in-depth features for ITIJ and its supplements for over 12 years. An experienced tech, business and global health specialist, she specialises in writing about all manner of medical travel and technology, from AI and telemedicine to crew health and cost containment. She routinely interviews high-level executives from international hospitals and insurers to assistance companies and air ambulance firms worldwide. Tatum has also written for a range of high-profile publications including The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, BBC News Online and The Guardian. She was a stringer for The Economist and has contributed to The Lancet, BMJ and Nature.

How can businesses contain spiralling medical expenses?

Tatum Anderson examines the high medical bills in Europe and asks insurance and assistance companies what can be done

High hopes for medical tourism

Tatum Anderson examines cost containment and international management for MEA-based patients crossing borders for healthcare

Welcome to the virtual landscape

Healthcare delivery has undergone a post-Covid-19 revolution, thanks to an urgent need for telemedicine. Tatum Anderson examines the pros and cons

View from the hospital billing department – fair payment terms aren’t too much to ask for

Tatum Anderson connected with hospitals treating international patients and working with assistance companies to find out what healthcare providers need from their paying partners

Hospitals and assistance - working together

Tatum Anderson details how assistance companies and hospitals are working together in different ways in a post-Covid world

Transparency in hospital billing

The practice of providing different price lists for locals and expats is widespread in hospitals around the world, but why does it happen, and is it fair? Tatum Anderson spoke…

Does telemedicine enhance the delivery of healthcare services?

Tatum Anderson investigates the reality behind the big claims that telemedicine has been the silver bullet to healthcare delivery problems during the pandemic

Accreditation in the global healthcare marketplace

Tatum Anderson assesses the range of international hospital accreditations available on the global market today – looking at what each of these signifies in terms of international patient care –…