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Turkey healthcare accessibility and home service reforms

Overview

Turkey has initiated healthcare reforms aimed at improving medication access and home-based services. Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu announced a system allowing patients with chronic diseases to collect monthly medication doses from pharmacies without requiring new prescriptions every three months, provided their treatment is unchanged. The reform also expands the prescribing authority of family physicians and establishes palliative critical care areas.

In regional implementation, the Konya Provincial Health Directorate has utilized home health services to facilitate disability report renewals for bedridden or immobile patients. Through a digital platform, medical teams conduct on-site examinations where physicians use video calls to consult with specialist medical boards. This process allows disability ratings to be determined and uploaded remotely, reducing the physical burden on families and patients.

Entities

Ministry of Health · Konya Provincial Health Directorate · Halil Ekrem Akkurt · Ministry of Labour and Social Security · Kemal Memişoğlu

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 5 sources
    Konya health officials bring disability report renewals to patients' homes

    In Konya, Turkey, health officials are using home visits and video consultations with specialists to renew disability reports for bedridden patients without requiring them to leave their homes.

  2. [HEALTH] 19 sources
    Turkey to reform medication access and home healthcare services

    Turkey is implementing a healthcare reform allowing chronic patients to collect reported medications from pharmacies without repeated doctor visits and expanding home-based and palliative care services.

Sources

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