Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences

We Celebrated Health Managers' Day

Our Health Management Department celebrated the 18th December Health Administrators Day with the conference entitled “Changing Paradigms in Health Management: Sustainability, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence” with the participation of academicians, industry professionals and students.
Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate, Division of Medical Services Directorate attended the conference as the audience, Istinye University Chairman of the Board of Trusteeship and MLP Care Healthcare Group Chairman Muharrem Usta, M.D., Dean of Uskudar University Faculty of Medicine Professor Haydar Sur, Liv Hospital Group Coordinator Meri Istroti made presentations about artificial intelligence, digital transformation and their contribution to sustainability in hospitals.
The opening speech of the conference was given by the Vice Rector of İstinye University Professor Erdal Karaöz, PhD said that ‘Today, when new devices, new technologies are produced and transferred to the field of health, artificial intelligence and digital technologies are introduced into our lives, he underlined that we are approaching a period where many traditional applications will become history. In this context, it is up to us academicians to prepare the health manager candidates who will work in the field for this transformation.’
In her opening speech at the conference, İstinye University Head of Department of Health Management Assitant Professor Gülhan Kalmuk, PhD. said, ‘The issue of how future technologies will change the field of health management should already be discussed. As academicians, who are training young people who are ready for the wide use of artificial intelligence in health, the advantages of informatics in care and service processes will contribute to health management.