The Ac?badem Healthcare Group is a Turkish healthcare institution, operating with 17.000 employees in 20 locations through a network of six general hospitals, medical centers, outpatient clinics, one ophthalmology center and laboratories.
Besides its partnership with Istanbul International Hospital and International Etiler Outpatient Clinic, Ac?badem expands outside of Istanbul with Izmir, Eski?ehir, Amsterdam, Bodrum, Maslak and Be?ikta? (Fulya) hospitals. It was founded in 1992 by Mehmet Ali Ayd?nlar and Dr. Arma?an Özel, who left the group in 2007. Ayd?nlar is still the CEO of the group. The largest shareholder of Ac?badem is IHH Healthcare.
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Public offering
Ac?badem offered its shares in a public offering in 2000 and put the funds received towards new investments to increase its capacity. Today, Ac?badem is the only healthcare institution whose shares are traded on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST).
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Language Interpreter Services
Ac?badem Hospitals Group provides interpretation services in many languages. Interpreters offer assistance as needed including accompanying appointments and translating patient education materials. Interpretation services provided in the following languages:
Advanced technology and information systems network
Ac?badem maintains a communications network between the Hospital Information Communication System in which all the medical records of patients are stored in Ac?badem Hospitals. Within or between the hospitals, Ac?badem employs an advanced Visual Transfer System.
Genetic diagnosis center
The Genetic Diagnosis Center offers genetic services.
Quality studies
Aiming to provide healthcare services according to the standards of the United States-oriented accreditation institution Joint Commission International, which supervises the quality of hospitals, Ac?badem has been accepted into the membership of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and Kalder. ISO 9001 certificate is granted to the Ac?badem's Central Sterilization Units.
Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation
JCI is an independent, international organization which determines the quality standards and evaluating them. It is the most accepted and acclaimed evaluation model internationally and offers objective measurement tools to facilitate improvement of quality and safety of patients and increasing the effectiveness of the health care services. From polyclinics to hospitals, all institutions of the Ac?badem Healthcare Group have qualified to receive JCI accreditation.
Activities
Ac?badem organizes weekly and monthly scientific seminars and conferences with in-company and guest speakers.
Other activities include health screenings, preparation for delivery courses, first aid courses, diabetes training programs, healthcare talk-shows to a smoke-free life, breast feeding and baby care, training of heart patients before and after surgery programs.
Some firsts by Ac?badem
The Private Delivery Room in Istanbul is only at Ac?badem Hospital Bak?rköy. New Born's Home Visit Program which enables the new-borns to receive their first three months check-ups by a specialist at home is being implemented for the first time in Turkey . At Ac?badem Hospital Bak?rköy Air Ambulance services are offered. Call center Ac?badem Hotline and online e-Visit programs are pioneering activities Ac?badem.
International cooperation
Harvard Medical Cooperation
In 2003 Ac?badem enlisted the services of Harvard Medical International (now Partners Harvard Medical International). Through this cooperation's knowledge and technological sharing patients can receive the same treatment protocols and technologies in Turkey without ever going outside the country.
Contracted international insurance firms
Allianz Worldwide Care
Allianz International Insurance is one of the largest insurance firms in the world and provides services in 70 countries since 1980. Having a wide healthcare network, Allianz Insurance offers services for private healthcare insurance in 23 countries. In October 2014, Allianz Worldwide Care announced they would not transport patients with Ebola symptoms.
PPP Healthcare
As a member of the Global Axa Group, PPP Healthcare is an international insurance firm with customer of 2,500,000. It provides international healthcare services and consultancy for British citizens living or traveling abroad. Patients can receive treatment in all international hospitals contracted to PPP Healthcare.
International Health Insurance (Denmark A/S)
The Danish International Health Insurance is an insurance firm. Ac?badem Healthcare Group has been providing services to IHI insured patients who live or travel in Turkey.
Agis Groep
Ac?badem Healthcare Group provides healthcare services to patients insured by the Agis Ziektekostenverzekeringen which is one of the largest insurance companies of the Netherlands.
Euro-Center Turkey
The following insurers of Euro-Center can receive treatment at Acibadem - Europaeiska Rejseforsiking A/S Denmark, Europaeiske Rejseforsiking A/S Norway, Europaiska Försakringar, Sweden Europpalainen, Finland- Europeesche Verzekeingen, the Nethaerlands Europaische, Reiseversicherung AG Germany, Evropska Cestovni Pojistovna A.S. Czech Republic, Europejskie Ubezpeicczerine Poland European Travel Protection United.
Cooperation with Siemens AG and Massachusetts General Hospital
Under the framework of a cooperation agreement with Siemens Medical Center, Ac?badem Hospital Kozyata?? has acquired a three Tesla Intraoperative MR Equipment in its surgery room. While providing know-how to the medical world with the results of the scanner, Ac?badem Hospital Kozyata?? will be a reference center for the world in terms intra-operative MR implementations.
In addition to the Siemens agreement, Ac?badem Healthcare Group is entering into of cooperation with Massachusetts General Hospital who is developing software programs for advanced MR technology. Through sharing of these software programs especially for brain viewing process with Ac?badem Healthcare Group it is aimed at a wider use of this medical software application and the improvement of the brain scanning researches in the international medical field
Labmed Cooperation
Ac?badem Healthcare Group, while providing advanced laboratory services through Labmed; will share its reference centered medical and industrial oriented laboratory services with the rest of healthcare sector.
In 2004, on the subject of referenced laboratory services Ac?badem Healthcare Group had signed a cooperation agreement with the Labmed Group (Labmed Dortmund GmbH) who had been active in Germany for 25 years. By the courtesy of Labmed; while the quality laboratory services according to EU standards are offered, from now on all the laboratory tests sent abroad will be evaluated in our own country.
See also
- Ac?badem University
- Ac?badem University School of Medicine
References
External links
- Official Website (in Turkish) (in English)
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