Medical Motion and Plaza de la Salud agreed on second opinion service
Medical Motion Corporate and Plaza de la Salud established an agreement to provide second opinion medical services that intend to improve the transfer of technology, knowledge, and research.
The local company led by Francesco Fino will refer its affiliates from the United States to the Plaza de la Salud General Hospital (HGPS) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
Signed on November 6th, it includes the following second opinion medical services for:
- Cancer
- Heart attack
- Coronary artery disease
- Stroke
- Kidney failure
- Blindness
- Multiple sclerosis
- Coma
- Paralysis
- Major burns
- Organ transplantation
- Neurodegenerative diseases
Medical Motion Corporate (MMC) operates through WorldCare International, which has an exclusive contractual relationship with the medical institutions that make up WorldCare Consortium, currently comprised of the leading U.S. medical institutions, holding more than 20,000 specialists and subspecialist.
“These institutions have access to more than 4 billion dollars in annual biomedical research funding. The medical talent residing within these institutions commit to addressing the needs of patients worldwide through WorldCare’s medical second opinion service, in a methodology which emulates a clinic visit by a patient,” stated Dr. Hassan Sharif to DoHealthWell on a September interview.
Related-> Dr. Hassan Sharif: “A medical second opinion can be potentially lifesaving.”
According to Dr. Sharif, Worldcare has significantly reduced costs of healthcare expenditure “as we confirmed a misdiagnosis in 26% of our cases and recommended a modified treatment in more than 75% of cases.”
In that context, Medical Motion then provides services related to healthcare and medical tourism.
What are the benefits of this second opinion agreement
Medical Motion and HGPS highlighted that their agreement provides the following benefits for their users:
- Transfer of technology, knowledge and research information
- Exchange of experiences
- Improvement of diagnosing and treatment
- Relationship with top U.S. hospitals and universities
- Better healthcare for local and international patients
MMC will also be responsible for the compilation of cases and the translation from English to Spanish of all relevant medical records and consultation reports.
What is Medical Motion
Medical Motion Corporate offers through WorldCare Republica Dominicana a variety of services of second remote opinions and without the patient having to leave the country, through annual cost-effective affiliations.
“We are a bridge between the most recognized clinics and doctors abroad and potential patients, revolutionizing the market of users and health providers locally and internationally,” according to a company statement.
Their services include:
- Alleviate the bureaucratic and administrative burden of dealing with requests for medical appointments
- Paperwork
- Requirements to complete processes of visits or medical treatments
- Emotional support
The company manages and provides information to people who must make critical decisions about their health or the use of health providers.
Only those affiliated prior to their medical condition can receive the service.