MTA Members in Asia Pacific

Who We Are

Columbia Asia is a consortium of healthcare companies operating across the Asian continent, with hospitals in India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. There are 13 Columbia Asia facilities in operation, 14 under construction and the land purchased for another 12. Most of the growth will be in the company's largest market - India. The companies share a common name, common operating systems, common building designs and a common business strategy. The Columbia Asia name, proprietary operating software and building designs are protected worldwide. The strategic business unit of the consortium, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, provides infrastructure development, including software operating systems, management of financing, reporting and auditing for all of the companies in the system.

Columbia Asia's management is based in Bangalore and Kuala Lumpur and provides ongoing supervision of operating hospitals and construction activities. The general ledgers of the companies, including payroll and accounting requirements, are centralized at the management offices.

Our Facilities

Columbia Asia Hospitals are engaged in delivery of modern healthcare services across Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam & India. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Columbia Asia is engaged in the delivery of international quality healthcare services at an excellent value to the rapidly emerging segment of middle-income groups in the region.

Our most common type of facility is a Community Hospital, providing primary and secondary medical services. They usually have no more than 100 beds and are staffed by as many as 250 people, including as many as 150 nurses and 30 doctors. These facilities are usually two stories and include inpatient rooms on the top floor, operating rooms, emergency room and pharmacy on the ground floor and a basement for parking.

The second type is a Referral Hospital or Tertiary Care Facility, which performs the procedures not done at the community hospitals. These include invasive cardiology procedures, organ transplants and other procedures that require a hospital stay of at least four days. The building is designed to be four to six stories, with 150 beds and six operating rooms. Our first completed tertiary facility is in Bangalore and just opened earlier this year.

Our third type is a Neighborhood Hospital, which has about 25 beds and is built to serve smaller markets. It offers most of the services provided by a community hospital and includes two operating rooms, two birthing rooms and clinics for six specialists.

Columbia Asia Hospitals in India

Columbia Asia Hospitals set up its premiere state-of-the-art, optimum sized, and multi specialty community hospital in Bangalore in 2005. Bangalore has seen the advent of another super-specialty hospital Columbia Asia Referral Hospital to provide tertiary care for its patient in the first quarter of 2008.

These hospitals integrate evidence-based, internationally-benchmarked medical practices with modern technology while delivering the highest-quality patient care. The organization is one of the first to enter the country through the foreign direct investment (FDI) route.

As a part of its development strategy Columbia Asia has set-up six hospitals in India in India cities like NCR of Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mysore and Patiala. The company aims to open 3 more hospitals by the start of the first quarter of year 2010. Columbia Asia will have 25 hospitals in 18 cities in India by the year 2014.

Bringing 21st Century Medicine to the Emerging Countries of Asia

Columbia Asia has developed a unique model for hospitals. We deliver advanced medical care through facilities located in neighborhoods, rather than the central city. With sophisticated hospitals based in their communities, patients have dramatically improved access to quality affordable care.
Our facilities in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam use progressive medical protocols and modern equipment, managed by well-trained and experienced doctors and other health professionals.

With 13 facilities in operation, 14 more under construction by this fall and a total of 39 open by 2010, Columbia Asia is rapidly becoming the healthcare provider of choice for the emerging middle-income group of Asia.

The Columbia Asia Difference

Columbia Asia facilities provide trusted affordable care with an emphasis on the most prevalent medical issues of a region, from births and children's health to waterborne illnesses, broken bones, diabetes and other health challenges.

Our clean, modern facilities have many qualities that set them apart and make them the preferred choice for businesses, workers and their families:

• Advanced technology:
All our hospitals are connected by a common software operating system that allows for seamless record-keeping, diagnostics and billing.
"Our designs are the result of our belief that hospitals in the 21st century were going to be much smaller than those built in the past, and that they would rely heavily on computer systems," said Rick Evans, chairman of Columbia Asia. "There are more computers in our community hospitals than there are inpatient beds."
• Excellence and trust:
Every hospital is staffed with highly trained doctors recruited from and working in their native country to provide care that is compatible with the culture of the region. Each facility also has its own pharmacy where patients can trust that they receive safe, quality medications that are not outdated, tampered with or contaminated.
"We at Columbia Asia practice in accordance with medical by-laws that require the highest ethical standards in medicine," said Dr. Nandakumar Jairam, Medical Director of Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd - India.
• Affordability:
Our emphasis on efficient administration, accurate diagnosis and effective care helps keep costs affordable for patients. With fewer beds, our community hospitals can offer higher quality care and allow patients to return home sooner. The average stay at a community hospital is less than two days.
The price of delivering a child at one of our Malaysia facilities, including overnight stays, doctor fees, and other charges, is less than US$500. The cost at our Indian hospitals is even lower.
• Proximity:
Each facility is located close to patients and is right-sized to become a true community health center where people receive care in their own neighborhoods.
• Patient focused:
Every waiting room is equipped with a plasma display screen to tell every patient exactly how many people are ahead of them and when they will be seen.

Specialties and Services

Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Ear, Nose and Throat, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Maxillofacial Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Urology

International Patient Services at Columbia Asia

Columbia Asia Hospitals recognizes that International Patients have special needs and require special attention for their treatments outside their country of origin. In order to provide a highly specialized and personalized service, Columbia Asia offers seamless and holistic service support of world-class quality. Our end-to-end service includes assistance in the decision making for choosing from the Columbia Asia centers and doctors in the respective specialty of to post discharge recuperative support and guidance.

From the warmth of our greeting at the airport, to your registration and discharge, we have created an unparalleled experience through our compassionate services for our international guests, based on the premise- ‘Atithi Devobhava’ (Guest equivalent to God).

Our Value Added Services to International Guests
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• Dedicated team of Facilitators
• Airport transfer Service
• Unstinted service support- Visa Assistance, Helpline number
• Scheduling of all medical appointments
• Coordination of the admissions process
• Cost estimates for anticipated treatment
• Processing of medical second opinions
• Concierge services- Flight Arrangements & Extensions / Visa Assistance and Foreign Exchange
• Language Interpreters
• eDocs- Remote Consultations via Telemedicine

Our Value Proposition to international Guests

• Group practice
• Internationally certified committed consultants
• Internationally benchmarked standard protocols
• Unwavering focus on clinical & non-clinical trainings
• Proprietary software
• Electronic medical records system (EMRD)
• Focus on accreditation
• Transparency and standardization in pricing
• Pan-India presence
• Infrastructure and modern technology

Our Partners

Our alliance with our international partners and Facilitators ensures seamless healthcare coverage for members during their stay in India. Some of our cherished alliances include BUPA, Aetna, AIG, AXA- Gulf, GMC Services, Vanbreda International, International SOS, amongst others.
 

Healthscope is one of Australia's leading providers of private healthcare, operating in every state and territory of the country and with significant healthcare dealings in South East Asia and New Zealand. Healthscope owns and operates 43 private hospitals providing access to a comprehensive spectrum of acute medical, surgical, psychiatric and rehabilitation services.

Healthscope is the largest operator of inpatient mental health facilities in Australia with 14 hospitals offering evidence-based treatment for mental health disorders and drug and alcohol dependence.

All Healthscope hospitals are fully accredited to the highest standards by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) or with ISO 9000. ACHS is accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), the agency which accredits the Joint Commission. ISQua provides assurance that the standards, training and processes used by ACHS to survey the performance of Healthscope hospitals, meet the highest international benchmarks for accreditation entities.

Healthscope provides over half a million hospital admissions each year to patients from across Australia, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and around the world. Our hospitals offer international patients high quality, affordable care in a safe and comfortable environment.

All Healthscope services are available to international patients and we welcome inquiries from facilitators, employers, patients and insurers.
 

MedicalTour International Co.Ltd. is the only company that specializes in medical tourism to Japan. So far Medical tourism to Japan is not well known, but as many people know our quality standards in the automobile and the electronics are one of the best in the world, and so is our medical technology. Now people from all over the world have the access to our renowned world class healthcare at much lower rates through our company. Our main goal is to promote Japanese high quality healthcare that is affordable in a safe environment to our clients.

The most advanced medical technology is available in Japan such as Heavy Ion Radiotherapy and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) for Angina Pectoris. Because we have approximately 80% of the PET-CT scans and MRIs in the world in Japan, the cost of those services are much more reasonable than the other countries.

We have many resources to personalize each client's medical tourism package depending on their needs, starting with making travel arrangements including airline ticket reservations, hotels, translator, and optional sigh seeing, choosing the right doctor at the right hospital, coordinating meetings between the patient's primary physician and the doctor in Japan, and providing additional services to accommodate family members who accompanies the patient.

The founder and CEO of MedicalTour International, Dr. Kazunori Fujimoto is an active medical doctor who specializes in emergency medical care. He's also licensed to practice medicine in Dubai, and his experience as a medical doctor in Singapore is also very valuable. His knowledge in Japanese healthcare and healthcare oversea is first-hand.

Our company has several offices in the world. We currently have representatives in the United States, China, and Dubai, and we're actively working on expanding our network. We will continue to grow as a company to promote high quality Japanese healthcare.