The Hippocratic Oath, now without borders
Your international healthcare hub: licensed doctors and other healthcare professionals, reachable through secure online consultations wherever you are.
Every healthcare professional is verified at the source
All healthcare professionals at HIH hold PSV (Primary Source Verification) credentials: their degrees, licences and registrations are confirmed directly with the universities, licensing authorities and registers that issued them, not only from copies. This is a strict requirement of our policy, with no exceptions.
✓ A strict requirement of HIH policy: no exceptions.
- 1DegreesConfirmed directly with the university or medical school that awarded them.
- 2LicencesConfirmed with the licensing authority in every country where the healthcare professional practises.
- 3Registrations and good standingChecked with the official registers, so you can book with confidence.
A globally oriented healthcare organisation
We are committed to advancing the future of medical practice through legacy, innovation and operational excellence.
HIH bridges continents, enabling doctors and other healthcare professionals to deliver care across borders and enabling patients to reach the expertise they need, without unnecessary travel or bureaucracy.
HIH is your international healthcare hub: finding a specialist, booking, consulting by video, and keeping the summaries, reports and prescriptions that follow, all in one secure place.
Expert medical opinion within everyone’s reach
To make specialist medical expertise reachable across borders, safely, lawfully and with respect for every patient’s privacy.
Legacy
We carry the name of the father of medicine and the ethics of the Hippocratic Oath: first, do no harm.
Innovation
Secure telemedicine technology that makes a consultation with a specialist as simple as a video call.
Operational excellence
Reliable booking, clear information and responsive support for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
Lawful care
We ask patients to choose healthcare professionals who may legally treat them where they live, and healthcare professionals to work within their licences.
Privacy
Personal and health data are handled under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Clinical excellence
Every consultation is led by a qualified professional applying sound clinical judgment and evidence-based medicine.
Why Hippocrates?
Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460–370 BC) was an ancient Greek physician, born on the island of Kos in the Aegean Sea during the Classical age of Greece. He is known as the father of medicine.
He came from a family of physicians and taught that illness has natural causes, not divine ones. He based medicine on careful observation of the patient, clinical records and ethical duty. Hippocrates died around 370 BC in Larissa, in Thessaly.
His portrait is our emblem: a reminder that technology changes how care is delivered, but not the principles behind it.
Five facts about Hippocrates
The Hippocratic Oath
Doctors around the world still take an oath inspired by the one attributed to him, about 2,400 years later.
“First, do no harm”
The famous principle comes from his writings: “to help, or at least to do no harm” (Epidemics, Book I).
Medicine without superstition
He was among the first to argue that epilepsy, then called the “sacred disease”, has a natural cause in the brain.
The Hippocratic Corpus
Around 60 medical texts are linked to his name, written by him and his school, on diagnosis, prognosis, diet and surgery.
His name lives on in medicine
Doctors still speak of “Hippocratic fingers” (clubbing) and the “Hippocratic face”, signs he was the first to describe.
Everything in one place
- Search doctors and other healthcare professionals by specialty, country and language.
- Book, consult by secure video and message, from any device.
- Keep the summaries, reports, referrals and prescriptions your healthcare professional shares with you.
- Pay securely through licensed payment service providers. HIH never holds patient funds.
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