Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere, Business and Industry Trends Analysis

Many people might assume that certain professions could never be outsourced, such as the work of health care professionals.  This is not entirely true.  For example, in a practice called teleradiology, medical technicians and physicians in India and elsewhere are analyzing x-rays and CAT scans performed in the U.S., diagnosing American patients and relaying results back to American hospitals.  Meanwhile, certain less-skilled health care tasks are rapidly moving offshore.  Most notably, tens of thousands of jobs in medical record transcription have been moved from the U.S. to offshore centers.  Other business process outsourcing (BPO) tasks related to health care include…

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