Health Tourism

International Patients Department (IDP)

It is a counter for the hospital to communicate with foreign patients from the first call to receive treatment and return home and receive post-treatment care.

International Patient Unit includes:

 IPD physician

In centers with international patients, in order to expedite the performance of all diagnostic, therapeutic and care services related to the patient, it is necessary that in addition to the treating physician, another physician or physicians be responsible for following the instructions of the treating physician of international patients.

IDP Expert

Is a person who is located in the International Patients Unit and is responsible for following up all services provided to the foreign patient during the patient's hospitalization in the medical institution.

IDP Nurse

Responsible for standard nursing care under the supervision of the treating physician and in coordination with the IPD physician for the outpatient.

Company of International Patient Facilitation Services 

There are companies that, after obtaining the necessary licenses from the Ministry of Health, enter into contracts with public and private medical centers with IPD licenses and can triage and introduce the foreign patient to the medical centers of the contracting party for diagnostic services

Duties of a health tourism expert :

- Supervising the registration of information of foreign patients referring to the medical centers of the province in the health tourism system

- Cooperation and supervision in preparing processes related to the IPD unit of medical centers in order to obtain the license of the IPD unit

- Collaborate with applicants to establish an international patient diagnostic services facilitator during the licensing process from the relevant ministry

- Monitoring the performance and service delivery processes in IPD licensed centers

- Supervise the performance and service delivery processes in international patient diagnostic services facilitation companies