Medical Tourism City, the Largest Social Network in Medical Tourism Announces Over 350 Active Members

West Palm Beach, FL, August 19, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Medical Tourism City, the Largest Social Network in Medical Tourism and for Global Healthcare, announces that it has over 350 members from over 30 countries actively participating. The members of medical tourism city are from international insurance companies, health insurance agents, medical tourism facilitators, hospitals, clinics, governments, doctors, healthcare providers, consulting, pharmaceutical companies, medical supply companies and more.

“The global healthcare community has been a wonderful success. The social network provides a common place for people to meet, talk and negotiate regardless of what country or time zone they are in,” said Renee-Marie Stephano, Esq, President of the Medical Tourism Association.

The social network and community allows users to:

1) Create their own private blog
2) Create own forums and post messages
3) Share photos and videos
5) Create private online networking groups and allow people to join them to discuss ideas
6) Create a private network of business contacts
7) Privately email people and connect with potential business partners

MedicalTourismCity.com “Your Global Healthcare Community” is a project of The Medical Tourism Association and it expects to have at least a thousand active members by January 1, 2010. The purpose of the online social community is to allow organizations and people involved in global healthcare, medical tourism, medical travel, and health tourism to meet, network, share ideas and thoughts and to grow the industry in a positive direction. The social network also is a “think tank” where people from different countries share and debate ideas and concepts.

To set up your own free account go to the Medical Tourism City website.

“The MTA launched the social network as a way for people to find a common place to communicate and grow the medical tourism industry in a positive direction,” said Renee-Marie Stephano, editor of the Medical Tourism Magazine, and President of Medical Tourism Association. “Anyone, anywhere in the world can use the site freely. The most important part is users of the medical tourism city social network will have access to meet business people and colleagues online that otherwise they would never be able to meet,” said Renee-Marie Stephano.

The Medical Tourism Association (Medical Travel Association), also known as the Global Healthcare Association, is the first international non-profit association made up of the top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel facilitators, insurance companies, and other affiliated companies and members with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare to patients in a global environment. Our Association promotes the interests of its healthcare provider and medical tourism facilitators members. The Medical Tourism Association has three tenets: Transparency, Communication and Education. Please visit the Medical Tourism Association website for more information.

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