Acibadem Healthcare Group
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Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

's leading healthcare institution, Acıbadem, operates with over 6000 employees in 20 different location through a network of 6 general hospitals, medical centers, outpatient clinics, 1 ophthalmology center and laboratories. Besides its partnership with one of the most important hospitals of Istanbul International Hospital and International Etiler Outpatient Clinic, Acıbadem expands its "healthcare chain" continuously outside of Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 with Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

, Eskişehir
Eskisehir
Eskişehir is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. According to the 2009 census, the population of the city is 631,905. The city is located on the banks of the Porsuk River, 792 m above sea level, where it overlooks the fertile Phrygian Valley. In the nearby...

 and Bodrum
Bodrum
Bodrum is a port city in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova. The site was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the...

 Hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

s and in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 with Maslak
Maslak
Maslak is a neighbourhood and one of the main business districts of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European side of the city. It is an exclave of the municipality of Şişli, though being far north and actually closer to the municipalities of Beşiktaş and Sarıyer.Maslak is in direct competition...

 and Beşiktaş
Besiktas
Beşiktaş is a municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus...

 (Fulya) Hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

s. It was founded in 1992 by Mehmet Ali Aydınlar
Mehmet Ali Aydınlar
Mehmet Ali Aydınlar is the 39th President of the Turkish Football Federation; the largest shareholder, the CEO of the Acıbadem Healthcare Group which is Turkey's leading healthcare institution and founded in 1992.He was a board member of the 38th Turkey Football Federation between 14 February 2008...

  and Dr. Armağan Özel who left the group in 2007. Mr. Aydınlar is stll the largest shareholder and the CEO of the group.

Public Offering

Acıbadem made a public offering of its shares in 2000 and with its proficiency, turned to new investments for the increase of its capacity. Today Acıbadem is the only healthcare institution whose shares are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange
Istanbul Stock Exchange
The Istanbul Stock Exchange is the only corporation in Turkey for securities exchange established to provide trading in equities, bonds and bills, revenue-sharing certificates, private sector bonds, foreign securities and real estate certificates as well as international securities. The ISE was...

 (IMKB).

New Investments

Growing rapidly, 8 new center will be added to the Group in the very near future:
  • Acıbadem Maslak Hospital
  • Acıbadem Beşiktaş (Fulya) Hospital
  • Acıbadem Bodrum Hospital
  • Acıbadem Eskişehir Hospital
  • Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital
  • Acıbadem Adana Hospital
  • Acıbadem Ataşehir
  • Healthcare Personnel


Acıbadem offer services to the public in all medical branches with the most advanced facilities of modern medical technology and a healthcare army of over 6000 personnel, of which 1000 are physicians.

Advanced Technology and Information Systems Network

While providing leadership in the field of new knowledge and procedures of medical science, and following the latest developments of medical technology at close range, Acıbadem maintains an effective communications network between the Hospital Information Communication System in which all the medical records of patients are stored and Acıbadem Hospitals. Within or between the hospitals, Acıbadem employs an advanced Visual Transfer System.

Genetic Diagnosis Center

The Genetic Diagnosis Center, which offers genetic services in a most coordinated way and closely follows the latest scientific research, possesses modern equipment known as the gold standard in the world, together with professional personnel and know-how.

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, Acıbadem has been accepted into the membership of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM
EFQM
EFQM is a non-profit membership foundation based in Brussels. EFQM is the custodian of the EFQM Excellence Model, a non-prescriptive management framework that is widely used in public & private sector organisations throughout Europe and beyond.EFQM Membership is open to organisations, rather than...

) and Kalder. ISO 9001 certificate is granted to the Acıbadem's Central Sterilization Units.

From Polyclinics to hospitals, all institutions of the Acıbadem Healthcare Group have qualified to receive JCI
JCI
JCI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* JCI, Jakarta Composite Index of Indonesia Stock Exchange* JCI Limited or Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited - One of the oldest listed companies on the JSE Securities Exchange having been formed in 1889...

 accreditation which symbolizes quality in healthcare.

Thanks to many committees and boards of Acıbadem, an internal auditing mechanism has been established and through in-company trainings the continuity in quality and perfection is achieved.

Activities

Monitoring the latest developments and research at close range and acting with a pioneering mission and full responsibility, Acıbadem has been organizing weekly and monthly scientific seminars and widely attended conferences with in-company and quest speakers.

Countless healthcare activities; from health screenings to preparation for delivery courses; from first aid courses to diabetes training programs; from healthcare talk-shows to a smoke-free life, breast feeding and baby care, training of heart patients before and after surgery programs are all being realized by the Acıbadem Healthcare Group.

Acıbadem Education and Healthcare Foundation

By establishing the Acıbadem Education and Healthcare Foundation the Acıbadem Group has taken an important step forward in terms of Healthcare Education and wishes to take part at the academic platform and is also planning to open a modern university in near future.

Some of the Firsts by Acıbadem

The Private Delivery Room in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 is only at Acıbadem Hospital Bakırköy. New Born's Home Visit Program which enables the new-borns to receive their first 3 months check-ups by a specialist at home is being implemented for the first time in Turkey . At Acıbadem Hospital Bakırköy Air Ambulance services are offered. Call center Acıbadem Hotline and online e-Visit programs are pioneering activities Acıbadem.

Harvard Medical Cooperation

In 2003 Acıbadem enlisted the services of Harvard Medical International (now Partners Harvard Medical International
Partners Harvard Medical International
Partners Harvard Medical International is a not-for-profit organization that provides advisory services and professional consulting to organizations outside the United States. PHMI is a subsidiary of Partners HealthCare System, a health care system based in Boston, Massachusetts.-History:PHMI was...

), a world famous institution in terms of medical education and services. 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 .

Allianz Worldwide

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.

PPP Healthcare

As member of 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 for those who live and think internationally. Acıbadem Healthcare Group has been providing services to IHI insured patients who live or travel in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

.

Agis Groep

Acıbadem Healthcare Group provides healthcare services to patients insured by the Agis Ziekteokostenverzkeringen which is one of the largest insurance companies of Holland.

Euro-Center Turkey

The insurers of Euro-Center, 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 can receive services at Acıbadem.

Cooperation with Siemens AG and Massachusetts General Hospital

Under the framework of a cooperation agreement with Siemens Medical Center, Acıbadem Hospital Kozyatağı through the implementation of 3 Tesla Intraoperative MR Equipment in its surgery room for the first time in the world has put its signature for an occasion which will open a new era in the medical world. While providing know-how to medical world with the results of 3 Tesla Intraoperative scanner, Acıbadem Hospital Kozyatağı will be a reference center for the world in terms intra-operative MR implementations.

In addition to the Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

 agreement, Acıbadem Healthcare Group is entering into a stage of cooperation with Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...

 who is developing special software programs for advanced MR technology. Through sharing of these software programs especially for brain viewing process with Acıbadem Healthcare Group it is aimed at a wider use of this medical software
Medical software
In computers, medical software is a significant branch of software engineering. Many medical devices that monitor or control patients are predominantly controlled by software. Medical devices are frequently regulated and must comply with local and regional laws. In the European Union, these...

 application and the improvement of the brain scanning researches in the international medical field

Labmed Cooperation

Acıbadem 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 Acıbadem Healthcare Group had signed an important cooperation agreement with the Labmed Group (Labmed Dortmunt GmbH) who had been active in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 for 25 years. By the courtesy of Labmed; while the quality laboratory services according to EU standards are offered offered, from now on all the laboratory tests sent abroad will be evaluated in our own country.

In order to raise the quality of life in Acıbadem Health Group's society, in the field of protective and healing healthcare services they carry on their work with giant steps forward: Humans first, health first.

Fenerbahçe Acıbadem

Fenerbahçe S.K. Women's Volleyball Branch was renamed as Fenerbahçe Acıbadem due to sponsorship agreement with Acıbadem Healthcare Group from 2007 to 2011.

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