Evolving Practices in Private Healthcare: Upgrades to Diagnosis and Treatment
The Ministry of Health has recently updated the regulations regarding private health institutions as part of the Healthy Turkey Century Program. These updates aim to enhance the quality of healthcare services provided by private health institutions across the country.
One of the key changes introduced by the new regulation is the requirement for medical centers to obtain accreditation certificates from the Turkish Health Services Quality and Accreditation Institute (TÜSKA). This will ensure that medical centers meet certain quality and safety standards set by the institute.
Additionally, new criteria have been established for the birth units within medical centers, and electronic registration and notification systems have been mandated for better record-keeping and archives management.
The regulations also focus on improving healthcare and patient safety standards. Medical indication and application inspections will evaluate the compliance of medical treatment applications with scientific standards. Emergency units and surgical intervention units are now required in medical centers operating 24 hours a day.
Furthermore, the regulations address planning and staffing issues by including the opening of new health institutions and staff demands in annual planning. Ownership criteria for private health institutions have also been revised to ensure that individuals banned from the medical profession cannot own or operate health institutions for a period of five years.
Encouraging the transformation of polyclinics into medical centers, the regulations allow for the consolidation of two or more polyclinics into a single medical center. This aims to streamline operations and enhance the quality of healthcare services provided.
Overall, the new regulations aim to modernize and standardize healthcare services in private health institutions to ensure better quality and safety for patients across the country.
