Page 11 - Turkinsurance Digital Magazine
P. 11

11



        AXA reveals the impact of the pandemic on women with its new report


       AXA  published  the  report  titled  “Hidden  Costs:  How  Does  In the case that women cannot bene-
       COVID-19 Threaten Women’s Physical and Emotional Health  fit from routine healthcare services,
       in Long Term?” within the scope of studies carried out to pro-  their health is affected negatively in
       tect what is important for humanity for the sake of the pro-  long term.
       gress of mankind. In the report, many facts which negatively  • 25 percent of the women say that
       affect the physical and emotional health of women due to so-  they have difficulty in having a
       cial gender inequality which has increased globally during a  test, and 38 percent have difficulty
       pandemic are analyzed and women’s thinking about healthcare  in  finding  masks  and  disinfectant
       services during a pandemic is examined. The report is based on  gel.  The fact that women cannot
       the surveys and researches conducted by AXA, which supports  access  protective  equipment  such
       scientific information production in various disciplines with  as masks and disinfectants during
       different initiatives such as AXA Research Fund, with 8.000  pandemics damages the access to
       women living in various socio-economical conditions in eight  healthcare services by increasing
       different countries.                                  the fear of the virus.
                                                             • Half of the women state that
       The report highlights that the pandemics make it difficult for  their anxiety disorder has started
       women to access healthcare services and affected especially  or deteriorated during the pandemic; more than half have dif-
       emotional health negatively and has the following findings:  ficulty  in  sleeping  during  this  period.  Those  who  encounter
                                                             psychological problems most frequently are young women and
       • Half of the women state that they would be healthier if they  women with children.
       had more time or money. Economical and social gender in-
       equality increased globally during pandemic limit the budget  Sanem  Çıngay,  Head  of  Technical  Operations  and  Excom
       and time of women in accessing healthcare services.   Member, said: “As AXA, we are one of the defenders of so-
       • Three-quarters of women state that they give more priority  cial gender equality and women empowerment in business life.
       to  other’s  health  during  the  pandemic.  Women  take  care  of  Our last report which is one of the studies we have conduct-
       the health problems of their families and undertake healthcare  ed in this area fills an important gap about woman’s health.
       services in the home more than in the past.           It reveals dramatic results regarding social gender equality,
       •  70%  of  the  healthcare  staff  is  women  across  the  world.  women’s health, and, naturally, community health. We need
       Women  healthcare  providers  who  are  on  the  frontier  in  the  to improve the access of women to healthcare services, gener-
       fight against the virus naturally encounter heavy working con-  alize the use of new technologies, and encourage women to adopt
       ditions and anxiety, depression, and burnout caused by these  healthier lifestyles which will reduce long-term disease risks by
       conditions more frequently.                           evaluating these results correctly. We will continue our studies to
       • It is observed that 60 percent of the women with chronic dis-  provide benefits for women by developing products and services
       eases such as cancer, diabetes have to delay their treatment; 40  special to women with the strength we draw from our mission of
       percent of them do not see the doctor to have regular follow-ups.  being a solution partner rather than a payer as AXA.


        Agito Joint Intelligence Committee meets for transition to Common Data Model in

        health insurance


                                                              companies during the transition to a common data model, to
                                                              the sector. Leading health insurance figures met at the Agito
                                                              Joint Intelligence Committee! There was great interest in the
                                                              meeting, where more than 70 industry representatives came to-
                                                              gether and questions were answered. A new era begins for the
                                                              insurance sector. The transition dates to this new model, which
                                                              aims to securely store insurance data, collect information secu-
                                                              rity and standards in a single model, reduce application devel-
                                                              opment costs for SBM and insurance companies, and ensure the
                                                              continuity of all systems, were announced as September 2021
                                                              in the health branch.

                                                              Agito introduced its new product, d-Data4health, to the sector
       The insurance sector came together at the meeting held by Agi-
       to to facilitate the transition process of companies operating   to easily manage the transition process to the Common Data
       in the field of health insurance to the Common Data Model   Model in this short time. All data to be sent as part of the
       and to answer all questions related to this process. As always,   Joint Data Model project with D-Data4Health can be managed
       anticipating the needs of the insurance sector and continuing to   independently from the source/system and dynamically through
       provide innovative insurtech solutions in line with these needs,   process screens. Related data can be easily obtained from the
       Agito introduced D-Data4health, a product that will facilitate   Insurance Company system and sent to SBM.
   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16