Digital Transformation and Innovation in Health for Future Health Services: Turkey Global Innovation Index Time Series Analysis Between 2018 and 2022

Authors : Ayça Asena Özdemir, Zehra Alakoç Burma

Pages : 317-332

Doi:10.26650/acin.1352261

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Publication Date : 2023-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Health significantly impacts an individual’s overall well-being, ability to sustain life, and life experience. The field of healthcare is currently undergoing a digital transformation, with innovations and advancements. Digitising patient records, eprescriptions, telehealth, and medical imaging technologies provide better healthcare services and more effective tools. The aim is to improve the early detection of diseases, optimize treatment processes, personalize treatment plans, and make healthcare more accessible. Innovations such as robotic surgery, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and gene editing make surgical interventions more precise and effective, while improving diagnosis and treatment processes. The process of drug development is accelerating, with promising approaches emerging for the treatment of genetic diseases, and the development of health technologies and service models. The widespread adoption of innovative solutions and transformations in the healthcare sector is aimed at positively impacting the outcomes of future health services. The article examines digital transformation and innovation in healthcare, analyzing time series data forTurkey’s global innovation indicators between 2018 and 2022 and forecasting values for 2023. The study investigates our rank in the world, innovation potential, positiveand negative indicators, and correlations between indicators for each measure. The results have significant importance in understanding and evaluating our country’s innovation performance and its contribution to digital transformation in healthcare, as well as the future innovation strategies. The aim of the study is to provide guidance for researching ways to transform our healthcare systems and provide more effective healthcare services.
Keywords : Sağlıkta dijital dönüşüm, sağlıkta inovasyon, zaman serileri analizi