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