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In Greece’s Healthcare Sector, We’re Making a Mistake Nobody Wants to Admit

Greece earns just €50M from medical tourism while Turkey makes $2.5B. Asklepieia's CEO on why the gap is coordination, not quality.

The Registry Doesn’t Bring Patients

Greece voted its medical tourism seal into law in 2024 — and still hasn't activated it. Why a registry alone won't bring patients, and what actually would.

Seven Gaps. Seven Solutions. Most don’t need a new law — they need execution

Greece's health tourism revenues fell 50% in two years. Seven regulatory barriers — and the existing laws that already hold the solutions. A policy brief.

Why Asklepieia Was Founded— Greece’s Health Tourism Ecosystem

Before Asklepieia With over 25 years in eHealth, Giorgos Kakoulidis has co-founded HL7 Greece — the international standard for health data exchange — and serves as co-founder and president of the Greek Health Informatics Association (GHAI). Through Apollo, his parent company, he had seen nearly everything: Greece debating digital health before it became a global […]

From Plan to Action: Greece’s €12.8M National Health Tourism Strategy

Greece's medical tourism response: a €12.8M National Health Tourism Plan, 290+ providers, 64 hotels, and a digital platform built for execution.

What Turkey got right in medical tourism — and how Greece can chart its own path

Turkey records €2.8B in medical tourism, Greece €30.6M. Why the gap looks bigger than it is — and what Greece can learn from USHAŞ to chart its own path.