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Patient Stories37
- Hong Kong Patients Seeking Knee Replacement in Shenzhen: Two Reported Experiences
- Five Years Later, I Had Another Brain MRI in Shenzhen: Living With an Old Boxing Injury
- My Visit to a County Hospital in China: A 15-Minute Dermatology Appointment
- I Took My Dad to a Hospital in Chengdu: Comparing One China Visit with the UK NHS
- Why Patient Stories in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- From a Long Wait to an Active Comparison: Why One British Patient Considered Care in China
- A Hypothetical Planning Journey: Turning Six Medication Lists Into One
- Comprehensive situation: 80-year-old Hong Kong patients leave with three documents back-up.
- Comprehensive situation: 60-year-old Indonesian patient and interpreter first gave an interview
- Comprehensive situation: 70-year-old German patient has completed a joint replacement and rehabilitated.
- Comprehensive situation: 50-year-old British patients avoid rushing home with flexible air tickets Cheng
- Comprehensive situation: 30-year-old American patients starting with a pathological review
- Comprehensive situation: 40-year-old Thai patients record medical advice daily during hospitalization
- Comprehensive situation: 80-year-old French patient with emergency contact card And...
- Comprehensive situation: 60-year-old Canadian patients using long-distance follow-up care
- Comprehensive situation: 70-year-old Malaysian patient confirmed to a physician for long flight
- Comprehensive situation: 50-year-old Australian patients have budgeted for changes in examination costs
- Comprehensive situation: 40-year-old UAE patients advance their dietary and religious needs
- Comprehensive situation: 80-year-old Singaporean patients first arrange for local doctors to take over
- Comprehensive situation: 30-year-old Russian patient completing neurology with symptoms log Commentary
- Comprehensive situation: complete release of 70-year-old American patients before their return
- Comprehensive situation: 50-year-old Dutch patients reconfirm informed consent before surgery
- Comprehensive situation: 60-year-old Vietnamese patients checked the translation page by page with their original medical history
- Comprehensive situation: 40-year-old Spanish patient has reserved time for dental treatment
- Comprehensive situation: 30-year-old Filipino patient with DICOM image
- Comprehensive situation: 70-year-old New Zealand patients opt for accessible accommodation
- Comprehensive situation: 80-year-old British patients, assisted by escorts, have completed drug verification
- Comprehensive situation: 60-year-old Thai patient pre-identifies the deposit and payment modalities
- Comprehensive situation: 40-year-old Indonesian patients improved communication with a bilingual questionnaire
- Comprehensive situation: 50-year-old German patients compared official responses to two hospitals
- Comprehensive situation: 30-year-olds in France have a check-up of the fertility counselling cycle
- Comprehensive situation: 70-year-old Canadian patients and their daughters plan to visit Beijing
- Comprehensive situation: 80-year-old Australian patients place their home care before departure
- Comprehensive situation: 60-year-old Malaysian patients responded to changes in the examination with a travel buffer
- Comprehensive situation: 50-year-old American patient arranges a second opinion on bone in Shanghai
- Comprehensive situation: 30-year-old Singaporean patient completing the second opinion on tumours with a medical history summary
- Comprehensive situation: 40-year-old British patient prepares a complete list of drugs for heart assessment
Treatment Guides38
- How Can People from Laos Travel to Mainland China for Medical Care? A Friendly Planning Guide
- How Can People from Indonesia Travel to Mainland China for Medical Care? A Friendly Planning Guide
- How Can People from Cambodia Travel to Mainland China for Medical Care? A Friendly Planning Guide
- How Can People from Brunei Travel to Mainland China for Medical Care? A Friendly Planning Guide
- How Malaysians Can Get Medical Care in Mainland China: A Realistic First-Timer’s Guide
- Hong Kong Residents Seeking Medical Care in Mainland China: A Friendly Planning Guide
- Why Treatment Guides in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Medication Reconciliation Before a Cross-Border Specialist Consultation
- Ear, nose and throat surgery counselling: symptoms, hearing and image information
- Comparison of rehabilitation programmes: functional targets are more important than treatment names
- Second opinion on breast diseases: images, pathology and family history
- Second opinion of the liver choreography: images phased with liver function information
- urinary surgery planning: results and quality of life goals
- Consultation on digestive endoscopy treatment: confirmation of pathology and anticondensation
- Sleep medicine assessment: sleep records and past examinations
- Multi-disease Assessment of the Elderly: Avoid a single diagnosis
- Pain treatment counselling: Quantities and effects
- Cross-border medical care for children: custody, medical records and communication preparation
- Immunotherapy counselling: results and history of adverse effects
- Second opinion on rare diseases: genetic report and source documentation
- Cross-border interface of chemotherapy: programme, cycle and record of side effects
- Oncology multidisciplinary consultation: first identify which departments are involved
- Radiotherapy counselling: how to estimate the number of sessions and the length of accommodation
- Integrated treatment counselling for Chinese doctors: management of past medications and expectations
- How to choose a health check package: questions by age and risk
- Dental dental programme: assessment, surgery and restoration phase
- Optical surgery counselling: visual examination and record of previous operations
- Maternity and In vitro Infant Counselling: Periodicity, Examination and Timing
- Initial evaluation of neurology: symptoms logs and images
- Post- stroke rehabilitation assessment: functional objectives and care needs
- Second opinion on spinal surgery: MRI, neurotic symptoms and timeline
- Hair joint replacement counselling: video, mobility and rehabilitation programme
- Knee replacement counselling: clarify pain and functional limitations
- Coronary artery intervention assessment: how to organize past images
- Pre-heart surgery counselling: examination, drugs and risk issues
- Cancer Second Opinion: How to prepare pathology, images and treatment records
- Cross-border review of pathological slices: application, packaging and confirmation
- First application for a long-range initial evaluation to a Chinese hospital: list of issues and questions
Plan Your Medical Trip41
- Is China Safe for Solo Travellers? A Foreign Woman’s Experience and Planning Checklist
- How to Choose a Chinese City for Medical Care: Eight Travel Factors Beyond Specialty Fit
- Medical Travel During China’s Public Holidays: A Practical Planning Guide
- When Test Results Change Your Plans: How to Rebuild Accommodation, Transport and Return Travel
- A Second Opinion and a Trip to China: What Can Be Remote and What Needs an In-Person Visit
- The Three-Layer Medical Travel Timeline: Care, Recovery and Flexible Travel
- Sightseeing Before or After Treatment? A Safer Way to Decide
- A Health Check Plus a City Break: How to Plan Three, Five or Ten Days
- Can You Sightsee While Seeking Care in China? Keep Two Separate Itineraries
- Why Plan Your Medical Trip in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Medical Treatment Visa Documents for China: A Verification Checklist
- Check list for the last 72 hours before departure.
- Immuno-deficit preparation for travel
- The custody documents for minors coming to China for medical treatment.
- The fall and fatigue prevention of the elderly coming to China
- Options in case of medical changes in travel
- Doctors and rehabilitation resources will be available before departure. Okay.
- Medical travel insurance and forward reconciliation of the transit programme
- How do we arrange a meeting with the local doctor before we leave?
- Split important documents into paper, cell phones and clouds.
- Eating needs, allergies and religious needs expression
- How the seasonal and urban climate affects luggage
- How time zone differentials affect drug use and distance communication
- Cell phones, Internet, translation and offline data preparation
- China's Common Payment Method Front Setup
- What information should be included in the emergency contact card?
- Carrying, prescription and pre-packaging of commonly used drugs
- Airports and cities for people with reduced mobility
- How to apply to the airline for wheelchairs, oxygen and accessories
- What else do you need to prepare to come to China alone?
- Comparison of long-term apartment, hotel and hospital accommodation
- Role of the escort, documentation and rest arrangements
- Seven conditions for accommodation near the hospital.
- The flight dates before and after the surgery are not too tight.
- How do you arrange for the flight and the flight buffer days?
- How do you assess your suitability for long-distance flight?
- 4 to 6 weeks before departure
- What do you want to check when you get an invitation or an appointment?
- Examination of passport validity and consistency of patient name
- Medical visas and entry materials should be confirmed through official channels
- Initial assessment from hospital to departure: full time line
Traditional Chinese Medicine2
Health Checkups2
Rehabilitation2
Ophthalmology2
Aftercare32
- Why Aftercare in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Create a Medication Change Table Before Leaving Hospital
- 90 days of care after medical travel.
- Don't delay local emergency when complications arise.
- Hospital response is no substitute for emergency care.
- When do you need help for your emotional depression and sleep difficulties?
- Medical records and billing documents for insurance claims
- How to set up a daily recovery record
- What are the medical devices, implants and identification cards to keep?
- Caregiver contact: who is in charge of drugs, appointments and observation
- Ophthalmic drugs and visual alerts.
- Prevention of the fall of older persons when they return home
- Bite and return after dental restoration
- Multinational connection between chemotherapy or immunotherapy
- Skin and fatigue management after treatment
- Blood testing and symptoms after cancer treatment
- Operation and rehabilitation arrangements after joint replacement
- How does the rehabilitation plan go from hospital to home?
- Post-heart surgery rehabilitation and continuous tracking
- What are the arrangements for the delay in the presentation of pathological or genetic results?
- Time zone, platform and document preparation for remote referral
- Who's in charge of tracking the results when they come back?
- Hand over the Chinese case to the local family doctor.
- Post-operative restrictions and support arrangements
- How do we prepare for our first local visit?
- How do we discuss the risk of long-distance flight and blood embolism?
- When you can fly must be judged by the treatment team.
- The wound care instructions are so specific that you can do it.
- How do you confirm alarms about fever, bleeding and increased pain?
- How do we get medical teams to confirm the old and new drug conflict?
- Summary of discharges, surgical records and list of findings
- One medical check completed before repatriation
Dental Care2
During Treatment32
- Why During Treatment in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Medication Safety During a Hospital Stay in China
- Records kept in case of complaints or security concerns
- Don't rush home until the discharge date is set. Cheng
- Check list 24 hours before discharge
- How does an escort record without interfering with the clinic?
- How to balance sleep, nutrition and activity constraints
- When translation is uncertain, stop and check.
- How to keep passports and important documents while in hospital
- How to communicate with existing teams when a second opinion is required
- Description and recording of cost increases
- Reconfirmation of what should be done to replace the medical programme
- How religion, diet and privacy needs relate
- Confirm the patient's wishes before sharing information with his family.
- What happens when you have questions about the fluid, the catheter and the medical device? Question
- How to call for help in the hospital when it suddenly deteriorates.
- How to confirm activity, diet and wound after surgery
- How to track the results when they're not back.
- Documents and lists of issues prior to the operation
- How pain changes are measured and timelines
- It's not up to you whether or not the original drug is out.
- How do you express allergies and negative reactions?
- Pre-drug verification of name, use, dose and time
- How do you record medical plans when you check your room every day?
- What are the channels of communication to be established on the first day of hospitalization?
- How do you confirm room rules, escorts and visits?
- How to understand purpose, alternatives and risks before consenting to treatment
- How do you confirm that the doctor has seen the latest medical records?
- Before checking, ask about preparation and taboos.
- How to keep patients involved in cross-language consultations
- First time in hospital: registered, checked and checked.
- Three of the most important questions are at the top of the list.
Fertility and IVF2
Medical Records & Translation32
- Why Medical Records & Translation in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- DICOM Images and Radiology Reports: What to Send for a China Consultation
- Establishment of sustainable and updated personal medical files
- How to clean up the Chinese medical records before they are handed over to local doctors.
- Protection of privacy of medical records: sharing links and scope of authorization
- Practical list of requests for bilingual documents prior to repatriation
- How to handle the spelling of names and passport names that are inconsistent
- Translating the list of issues into words that doctors can easily answer.
- Values, unit and date translation risks
- How to reconcile translations with the latest medical records
- The content of informed consent translation must be clear
- Border between voice, text and machine translation
- How to avoid family responding to patients when visiting.
- Ten minutes to brief the interpreter before the visit.
- Translation files should keep page numbers and page threads in their original language
- How to select an interpreter with medical experience
- How do medical translators handle abbreviations and drug names?
- How to confirm format and integrity when electronic medical records are sent out
- What's FHIR? What do patients need to know?
- Discharge summaries are different from the use of outpatient records
- What raw information is required to be kept in the genetics report?
- Differences between pathology reports, slices and waxes
- What do we have to confirm to both parties before we cross the border?
- Permission and validity period for cloud image connection
- What's the difference between DICOM images, reports and screenshots?
- How to test for access before the video disk is delivered
- Test how reports are sorted by date and type
- Allergies and negatives don't mix.
- How does the history of surgery and hospitalization go?
- How do you record the dose and frequency of the complete list of drugs
- Create a time line for symptoms: dates are more important than adjectives
- What information should be included in the one-page summary of medical records
Neurology and Neurosurgery2
Orthopedics2
Costs & Payment32
- Why Costs & Payment in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Paying Medical Bills in China: Build a Reliable Payment Plan
- Create a six-column medical schedule
- How to discuss alternative arrangements with hospitals when budget overruns
- Use of cross-border remittances and how bank information is recognized
- Avoiding the misdirection of low-cost packages: comparing the same range of services
- Checklist of bills before discharge
- How to require a written statement of costs instead of just talking records
- Second opinion, difference between the payment for distance consultations and formal treatment
- Refund rules to be confirmed when cancellation or rescheduling
- The cost of translation of medical records by page, word or project
- Whether reversible tickets and flexible accommodation are worth it
- How the translation and medical escort services are valued
- Emergency reserve for extended accommodation
- What are the costs of air travel, accommodation and living for the escort?
- How old-age provisions might affect the settlement of claims
- What restrictions should be identified for medical transit security
- Difference between medical travel insurance and general tourism insurance
- Direct payment of commercial insurance: qualifications, authorizations and exceptions
- Payment before settlement: which documents need to be retained
- Collection information to be reconciled before large payments
- Credit cards, cash, money and operational readiness
- How the exchange rate and fees for external swipe cards are budgeted
- Discrepancies between the costs of the Department of International Medical Services and general outpatient services
- How do you confirm the cost of the drugs and the outside drugs?
- Which items are usually included and not included in the surgical offer
- How should the costs of anaesthesia, consumables and pathology be asked?
- Check how to update the overall budget as additional
- What's the difference between a deposit, an advance and a final settlement?
- How daily hospital expenses are recorded and reconciled
- Preliminary cost estimates for reading hospitals
- General budget for access to health care in China: what are the expenses in addition to medical expenses?
Cardiology2
Hospitals & Cities32
- Why Hospitals & Cities in China May Be Worth Comparing from a Western Patient's Perspective
- Confirm the Hospital Campus, Department and Appointment Before You Travel
- Establishment of a comparison table for hospitals: first priority for verifiable information
- How religious, dietary and cultural needs are communicated in advance
- Emergency capacity is not the same as international clinics. Yes.
- How to confirm visitation, escort and meal rules before hospitalization
- How to identify official international channels of patient communication
- From the airport to the hospital: planning for transport of patients with reduced mobility
- How to accompany family members to choose the area around the hospital
- Inter-city second opinion: When is it worth scheduling a trip?
- How to confirm to the hospital the need for accessibility
- Accommodation near hospitals: walking distance is not the only standard
- How to understand hierarchy, specialization and referral capacity when selecting hospitals
- Confirmation of the availability of English or other language services in hospitals
- The hospital has a quick response, which does not mean that a clinical evaluation has been completed.
- How to verify medical qualifications, practice information and professional orientation
- What details to see when comparing the two hospitals' responses
- How do we check if the hospital unit actually matches your condition?
- China Public Hospital or Private Hospital
- Differences between the Department of International Medical Services, special needs clinics and general clinics
- Suzhou Health Care City Guide: Shanghai Travel and Rehabilitation Accommodation
- Tianjin ' s urban guide to health care: Beijing and local medicine
- Chongqing Medical Access Urban Guide: Topography, Transport and Access Processes
- Xian City Guide to Medical Treatment: Accommodation Location and Reconfirmation Line
- Guide to the City of Wuhan: Large Hospitals and Preparation for Referral
- Hangzhou Medical Access City Guide: Hospital Area and Travel White
- Nanjing Medical Services City Guide: International Services and Urban Transport
- Chengdu ' s urban guide to health care: hospital care and preparation for long stay
- Guangzhou Medical Access City Guide: Climate, Transport and Accompaniment Arrangements
- Shenzhen Medical Services City Guide: Ports, Payments and Cross-City Collaboration
- Guidelines for cities in Shanghai: specialist resources and international services
- Beijing Access to Health: International Health, Transport and Accommodation
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