Research focus of medical tourism at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

From the beginning of 2000 until the end of 2020, Mr. Jens Juszcak Ⴕ successfully worked in the research area "Medical Tourism" at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences on the diverse aspects of the topic of "Patients from abroad".

Tapping into these attractive customer groups has become a lucrative business area for many clinics and healthcare facilities in Germany and abroad. Jens Juszczak successfully built up this research area with all its facets. The university continues to pursue the objective of contributing to the further development of this market and provides support in research and consulting for clinics, ministries, cities and municipalities, tourism organisations and service companies.

Current research focus:

Legal framework for medical tourism
Impact of the EU GDPR on the treatment of international patients in German healthcare facilities
Certification of service providers in medical tourism
International medical tourists in the area of conflict between economic promotion and destination development
Country markets such as Uzbekistan, Georgia, Iran, Poland, etc.
Certification of specialised personnel in medical tourism
Effects of the pandemic on medical tourism
Impact of the war in Ukraine on medical tourism
Telemedicine in medical tourism

Past research focus:

Medical tourism in Switzerland
Medical tourism in Turkey
Medical tourism in Sweden
Recruitment of patients from the Arab Gulf States
Recruiting patients from the CIS region via social media channels
Patient mediators 2.0: A comparison of digital mediation portals for medical treatments abroad
Process management in the treatment and care of international patients
Certification of international offices
Communication channels for attracting patients from abroad
Billing of international patients
Medical check-ups for patients from abroad
Market potential in China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Libya and the Gulf States
Marketing networks in medical tourism
Ethics and medical tourism