What is ISO 22525 about?
ISO 22525 discusses medical tourism. ISO 22525 establishes the requirements and recommendations for facilitators and healthcare providers in medical tourism.
ISO 22525 ensures quality service provisions for tourists in order to meet the expectations of tourists travelling for medical reasons as a primary motivation.
Note: ISO 22525 does not apply to thalassotherapy centres, medical spas or wellness spas.
Who is ISO 22525 for?
ISO 22525 on medical tourism is useful for:
- Facilitators of medical tourism
- Hospitals and clinics
- Healthcare professionals
- Insurance companies
Why should you use ISO 22525?
The growing demand within medical tourism has benefited from the ease and affordability of international travel as well as technological progress and the possibilities that the internet offers. The development of medical tourism faces many challenges, such as simplifying administrative tasks, enhancing and adapting healthcare procedures and post-treatment care, and coordinating travel arrangements. These might present some difficulties for healthcare providers in meeting medical tourists’ expectations.
ISO 22525 specifies the minimum requirements to be fulfilled in order to provide quality healthcare services to your clients. ISO 22525 provides service requirements for both the medical tourism facilitators and for healthcare professionals, to ensure that your clients don’t face any difficulties during their treatment period.
ISO 22525 standardizes the quality of services offered to patients/tourists during medical tourism.
