Turkey's e-Health Activities A Country Case Study
Turkey's e-Health Activities A Country Case Study
Turkey's e-Health Activities A Country Case Study
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Figure 5 Schematic diagram of Saglik-Net<br />
According the Ministerial Circulars number 2007/94 and 2008/18 it is compulsory for<br />
the hospitals to use the NHDD’s data sets and transfer these data sets by using the HL7 V.3<br />
message standards which is also issued as a technical guideline by the last Circular. The<br />
deadline for the Ministry of <strong>Health</strong> hospitals is the end September 30th. Remaining university<br />
and private hospitals it is January 2009.<br />
Figures 6 and 7 below depict the hospital information systems and its basic module’s<br />
penetration comparing the years 2004 and 2006 respectively. There is a significant increase<br />
owning hospital information systems by the hospitals between 2004 and 2006. A new hospital<br />
management information system survey has been prepared for the year 2008 and the results<br />
will be available by November 2008. All Ministry of <strong>Health</strong> Hospitals which are total 855 by<br />
have hospital management information systems.<br />
Figure 6 Hospital MIS Survey 2004 Figure 7 Hospital MIS Survey 2006<br />
More than 60 vendors are producing hospital information systems in the Turkish<br />
market and selling them to the hospitals. Approximately 7-10 of the vendors are bigger in<br />
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