2. Period of Transformation in Healthcare

Interview of Turkish Minister of Health

In this edition of Çözüm Haber, Healthcare IT Magazine of Sisoft, we interviewed with the new Minister of Health, Mehmet Müezzinoğlu, MD Specialist.

Since 2003, that is, since the introduction of the Health Transformation Program, most of those aims have been achieved. Some of the most important components of the program, which are universal health insurance, facilitating access to health care services, improving the service quality, have already been realized. Also significant progress has been made in terms of the health information system, rational use of drugs and supplies and strengthening the planning and supervising role of the MoH.

Mehmet Müezzinoğlu is married and father of two children. Müezzinoğlu completed his medical specialisation in internal medicine at Haseki Hospital in 1986 after graduating 1982 from Cerrahpaşa Medicine Faculty of Istanbul University.