The Acıbadem Healthcare Group (

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: Acıbadem Sağlık Grubu) is a

healthcare institution, operating with 17,000 employees. It comprises 21 hospitals and 16 medical centers. The group consists of a network of general hospitals, medical centers, outpatient clinics, an ophthalmology center and various laboratories. Besides its partnership with Istanbul International Hospital and International Etiler Outpatient Clinic, Acıbadem has hospitals in

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and

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. It was founded in 1992 by

Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Mehmet Ali Aydınlar (born 24 July 1956 in Arapgir, Malatya Province) was the 39th President of the Turkish Football Federation. He is a minority shareholder and CEO of Turkey's leading hospital chain Acıbadem Healthcare Group. Aydınlar began ...

and Armağan Özel, the latter having left the group in 2007. Aydınlar is still the CEO of the group. The largest shareholder of Acıbadem is

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.Khazanah buys 75% of Turkish hospital chain
ft.com It operates in 5 different countries.

Public offering

Acıbadem offered its shares in a

public offering A public offering is the offering of securities of a company or a similar corporation to the public. Generally, the securities are to be listed on a stock exchange. In most jurisdictions, a public offering requires the issuing company to publish a ...

in 2000 and put the funds received towards new investments to increase its capacity. Today, Acıbadem is the only healthcare institution whose shares are traded on the

Borsa Istanbul The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) ( tr, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası, IMKB), the Istanbul Gold Exchange ( tr, İstanbul Altın Borsası, İA ...

(BIST).

Services

Language interpretation

Acıbadem Hospitals Group provides interpretation services, including accompanying appointments and translating patient education materials. Interpretation services provided in the following languages: Acibadem_Atasehir

Advanced technology and information systems network

Acıbadem maintains a communications network between the Hospital Information Communication System in which all the medical records of patients are stored in Acıbadem Hospitals. Within or between the hospitals, Acıbadem employs an advanced Visual Transfer System.

Genetic diagnosis center

The Genetic Diagnosis Center offers genetic services.

Quality studies

Acıbadem has been accepted into the membership of the

European Foundation for Quality Management EFQM (the European Foundation for Quality Management) is a not-for-profit membership foundation in Brussels, established in 1989 when the CEO/presidents of 67 European companies subscribed to the policy document and declared their commitments to E ...

(

EFQM EFQM (the European Foundation for Quality Management) is a not-for-profit membership foundation in Brussels, established in 1989 when the CEO/presidents of 67 European companies subscribed to the policy document and declared their commitments to E ...

) and Kalder.

ISO 9001 The ISO 9000 family is a set of five quality management systems (QMS) standards that help organizations ensure they meet customer and other stakeholder needs within statutory and regulatory requirements related to a product or service. ISO 90 ...

certificate is granted to the Acıbadem's Central Sterilization Units.

Joint Commission International accreditation

Joint Commission International The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c) organization that accredits more than 22,000 US health care organizations and programs. The international branch accredits medical services from around the world. A majorit ...

(JCI) is an independent, international organization which determines the quality standards for healthcare. All institutions of the Acıbadem Healthcare Group have qualified to receive JCI accreditation.

Activities

Acıbadem organizes weekly and monthly scientific seminars and conferences with in-company and guest speakers. It offers a variety of community outreach programs such as health screenings, first aid courses, and healthcare talk shows.

International cooperation

Harvard Medical Cooperation

In 2003 Acıbadem registered to the services of Harvard Medical International (now

Partners Harvard Medical International Partners HealthCare International (PHI) provides advisory services and professional consulting to organizations outside the United States. PHI is a subsidiary of Partners HealthCare System, a non-profit health care system based in Boston, Massac ...

).Visionary leadership drives partnership focused on raising standard of excellence for leading Turkish health care provider
, HMI World Nov/Dec 2003.

Contracted international insurance firms

Cooperation with Siemens AG and Massachusetts General Hospital

Under the framework of a cooperation agreement with the Siemens Medical Center, Acıbadem Hospital Kozyatağı has acquired three Tesla Intraoperative MR Equipment in its surgery room. In addition to the

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...

agreement, Acıbadem Healthcare Group is entering into a cooperation with

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United Stat ...

Labmed Cooperation

In 2004, Acıbadem Healthcare Group signed a cooperation agreement with Labmed Dortmund GmbH, who had been active in Germany for 25 years.

References

External links

Official Website
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