International Patient Pathway — From First Enquiry to Home Follow-Up
Nine stages, each with an owner and a record. The pathway a facility with the Medical Tourism endorsement runs for every patient who crosses a border for care
What it is
The international patient pathway: enquiry and records review, remote consultation and suitability, written estimate and inclusions, pre-travel preparation (fitness to fly, medicines, documents, interpreter), arrival and admission, treatment with the same safety standards as any patient, discharge with fitness-to-travel criteria, handover to the home-country clinician, and follow-up at defined intervals — with the record kept for each stage.
Where to use it
International patient office; every stage documented in the record; audited quarterly under the endorsement. Evidence for: Medical Tourism endorsement — pathway, continuity, transparency; Standard 6 — discharge and continuity. Evidence for: Medical Tourism endorsement — pathway, continuity, transparency; Standard 6 — discharge and continuity.
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
International Patient — Price and Inclusions Disclosure
Fitness to Travel and Handover to the Home-Country Clinician
Complaints and Redress for International Patients — Route and Record
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