We Made a New Beginning for the Value-Based Approach to Health through Family Medicine
Regulation on Amendments to the Family Medicine Contract and Payment Regulation, 30 October 2024 It entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday..
Minister of Health Prof.. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu, He made a press statement addressing physicians and the public about the Regulation that was put into effect.. Video, T.C. From the official social media accounts of the Ministry of Health 1 November 2024 Shared on Friday.
Minister of Health Prof.. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu, he said in the press release:
We Prepared Our Regulation by Meeting with Many Physicians and Stakeholders
“Dear physician friends,, Our very valuable citizens; health, It is one of the most important service sectors in the world and as the Ministry of Health, we have been working for a while to make family medicine effective and efficient in order to provide a constantly developing health system and qualified service delivery.. We prepared our regulation by meeting with many physicians and stakeholders with our team who are experienced in their fields and have knowledge of the field., “We shared it with the public and our healthcare professionals.”
Integration of Family Medicine is of Critical Importance
“Undoubtedly, family medicine is the primary health care, It has a very important place in primary care. Integration of family medicine with secondary and tertiary care, It is of critical importance in healthcare delivery.”
Our Priority is to Protect the Health of Our Citizens Without Getting Sick
“As a physician and Minister who cares about the privacy and spiritual dimension of the physician-patient relationship, we are committed to family medicine., I see it as a very important basis on which trust is established in the doctor-patient relationship.. As the Ministry of Health, we want our citizens' first point of contact with healthcare to be their 'family doctor'.. Our priority, "To protect the health of our citizens without getting sick."
We Launched Turkey's First Family Medicine Clinic with a Corporate Identity
“While working as Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate, we worked on the concept of a qualified Family Health Center.. At that time, we implemented Turkey's first family medicine clinic with a corporate identity in Istanbul with the budget of our Ministry of Health.. Of course, in addition to creating the physical infrastructure of family medicine, it is also important to structure this structure functionally within the integrated health services chain.”
May Our Family Physicians Be Concerned
“The satisfaction of our healthcare professionals, At the same time, we know that it is an integral part of the satisfaction of our patients receiving healthcare services.. At this point, our family physicians should be comforted.. Because with this study, we simultaneously aim for the satisfaction of both our healthcare professionals and our citizens receiving healthcare services and aim to provide more qualified service.”
We Encourage Effective Screening and Monitoring
“With the new regulation, we are increasing the time allocated to our citizens by family physicians by reducing the number of patients per physician., We encourage effective screening and monitoring for chronic diseases and cancers.”
4 Bind 3 We Reduced it to 1,500
“With the new regulation, we will increase the number of citizens registered to each family physician. 4 bind 3 We reduced it to 1,500. In this way, we aim to increase the satisfaction of our physicians and healthcare professionals while aiming to provide quality service to our citizens.”
We Made Service Planning According to the Disease Burden of the Society
“Again, with the last regulation, we made service planning according to the disease burden of the society.. Especially our chronic patients, 65 "We aimed to reduce the disease and encourage rational drug use by effective follow-up of our patients aged 1 and over."
They Will Be Satisfied with the Efficiency of Primary Health Care
“We believe that starting from next month, both our family physicians and our citizens will be satisfied with the efficiency of primary healthcare services.”
I Trust and Believe in Our Family Physicians
“I would like to express here that I trust and believe in our family physicians.. Our family doctors, "After the new regulation comes into force, they can still send us their suggestions and requests."
I Have Only One Request From Our Citizens
“I have only one request from our citizens: When they have any health-related concerns, the first thing they think of is our family physicians and they should trust our family physicians.. As Minister, I will be monitoring the health of our citizens primarily through our family physicians.. I would also like to emphasize that we are making a new start to a value-based approach to health through family medicine.. With these feelings and thoughts, I greet you all with my most sincere feelings and entrust you to God."
