The Bridge is an information service and discussion forum intended as an authoritative source of news and opinion about medical travel and tourism. It is not intended as a promotional vehicle for medical travel companies, facilities or destination countries. It is, however, sponsored by BridgeHealth International, a medical tourism company based in Denver, Colorado, United States, and, transparently, depends on BridgeHealth experts for expert commentary, contacts and content generally.
From the BridgeHealth corporate site:
“Founded in 2007 and positioned as a leader in the medical tourism industry, BridgeHealth International (BHI) maintains a worldwide network of physicians and accredited hospitals, offering priority customer service, significant savings on high value medical procedures, and outcome-based measurement systems. BHI primarily serves health plans, insurance carriers, employers, third party administrators, and individuals accessing benefits via voluntary benefits plans, health card programs or Consumer Directed Health Care Plans (CDHP), as well as consumers seeking medical travel options.”
The founding editor of The Bridge is Jeff Schult. That’s me, and I hope it’s the last time I’ll be writing about myself hereabouts in the third person. Briefly, I’m the author of the medical travel guide, Beauty from Afar and have been involved in medical tourism and travel for the last four years as a patient, journalist, author, speaker and consultant. I’ve been a journalist for a long time and I also have years of experience running big consumer web sites. As editor of The Bridge, I’ll be responsible for deciding, on a daily basis, what is “Bridge Worthy.” I’ll comment on breaking news in medical tourism; solicit articles, comments and blog posts from medical professionals around the globe; and I’ll answer reader questions, or get answers from experts when necessary. One of my greatest assets as editor, of course, are the principals and staff of BridgeHealth International.
There are thousands of web sites and blogs devoted to medical travel and tourism. The vast majority of them exist to narrowly market medical travel services, or to sell advertising. Most of them tend to run out of things to say pretty quickly. The Bridge isn’t going to be like that. And we’ll point you to the other “good” sites as well.
