4. MATERIALS AND METHODS
The qualitative method was used in this study, with the purpose of
evaluating of development of digital healthcare services and use of
telemedicine in private and public organizations in Turkiye.
In-depth induvial interviews were conducted with participants using a
ZOOM application. The average length of interview was about 45-60
minutes. Before the interviews, the participants were informed about the
scope of the research and asked to sign the consent form. The
participants of the study were the leaders of functional area who were responsible for digital transformation offices or the leading teams for
digitalization. In Turkiye there were 7 public hospitals holding the stage
7 certificate and 56 with the level of 6 certification in
2022.22 In Turkiye there were 20 city hospitals, 908
public hospitals, 68 university hospitals and 571 private hospitals.23 For this qualitative study 20 health institutions
were targeted. The sample size consisted of public and private
hospitals. Among 20 hospitals, 12 were the public hospitals, 2 were
the city hospitals which were operated as a private and public
partnership and one university hospital and 8 private hospitals.
The Ethics Committee Approval was obtained from Toros University on the
25th March 2022 with the decision no 54.
The interviews were recorded, deciphered and the content, theme and
description analyses were completed. Table 2 shows the list of hospitals
and the unit or position of the participants.
Table 2 : Participants’ position / unit and hospital