Name: Iqra

Class: BBA VIII B

013-19-0156
Title: An International Strategy for Quality in Healthcare Beyond Turkey
Link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
334043066_AN_INTERNATIONAL_STRATEGY_FOR_QUALITY_IN_HEALTHCARE_BE
YOND_TURKEY_THREE_COUNTRY_REVIEW
Published in June 2019
Summary:
In the article "An International Strategy for Quality in Healthcare Beyond Turkey: Three
Country Review," the necessity of a thorough international strategy for quality improvement in
healthcare systems outside of Turkey is discussed. This strategy should incorporate the ideas of
patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, and continuous quality improvement.
The first section of the article looks at Turkey's healthcare system and efforts to enhance its
quality, stressing current initiatives to increase the use of evidence-based treatment, improve
patient safety, and integrate electronic health records. Notwithstanding these efforts, the authors
argue that Turkey's healthcare system continues to confront substantial obstacles, such as
insufficient funding, unequal distribution of healthcare services, and inadequate infrastructure.
The healthcare systems of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany are then
contrasted in terms of their efforts to increase quality. Although these nations have achieved
tremendous progress in raising the standard of healthcare, the authors point out that each system
has particular difficulties. For instance, while the UK's healthcare system issues financial
shortfalls and personnel shortages, the American healthcare system contends with excessive
healthcare expenditures.
According to the authors, a comprehensive international strategy for healthcare quality should
incorporate a number of crucial elements, including the creation of standardized quality metrics,
the adoption of efficient patient-centered care, and the application of continuous quality
improvement techniques. The authors also contend that the effectiveness of such a plan depends
on cross-border cooperation and information exchange.
The authors stress the significance of an extensive worldwide plan for healthcare quality that
involves cross-border cooperation and information exchange and goes beyond particular country
strategies. The quality of treatment given to patients throughout the world may be significantly
improved, according to their argument.