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Dr. Eva Turk MBA

  • Senior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
Location: B - Campus-Platz 1
P: +43/2742/313 228 534
M: +43/676/847 228 534

Short profile

  • Assoc. prof. Eva Turk, PhD, MBA
  • As a health systems researcher, Eva desires to find and implement safe and sustainable healthcare delivery models globally through co-creation and smart technologies and digital solutions.
  • She has 15 years experience in health systems reseach, currently working as senior reseacher at the Centre for Digital Health and Social Innovation at the University of Applied Sciences. Her main task is to build a reseach group in Inclusive Digital Community Care. Prior to taking up the position in January 2023, she worked at the Institute for Health and Society, Univesity of Oslo, on IMI2 projects Gravitate Health and BEAMER project. Eva, is also an associate professor working on task shifting, digital health, ethics in AI and digital health literacy at the University of South- Eastern Norway.
  • Her research has been focused on person centred care, digital health, patient safety, health technology assessment and quality of life. She teaches EBM, HTA and Public Health at the Medical Faculty, University in Maribor and is Public Health delegate with the Emergency Response Unit at the Norwegian Red Cross.
  • Eva serves in the Board of Directors of HTAi, is Board member of Polytekniske Forening- Helse, Women in Global Health Norway and Austria, and was a member of the Expert Council at the Slovenian Digital Health Innovation Lab.
  • She holds an MBA in Healthcare Management (WU Wien) and a PhD in Health Sciences (University of Oulu). Originally from Slovenia, she has studied, lived and worked in Austria, Japan, Finland, Spain, Argentina, Syria and Norway.
  • Apart from the healthcare expertise, Eva is passionate about the sustainable development and the SDG's, in particular SDG 5, Gender Equality. As the President of Professional Women's Network Norway, she was contributing to raising awareness about gender balanced leadership.

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Publications

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Migliore, A., Vicari, N., Turk, E., & Sucu, R. (2025). Driving Policy Dialogue on Health Technology Assessment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: reporting from an initiative of Health Technology Assessment International. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462325000066
Foo, C. D., Logan, K., Eu, E., Erlangga, D., Rivillas, J. C., Kosycarz, E., Pholpark, A., Ritthisirikul, N., Hanvoravongchai, P., Putri, L. P., Marthias, T., Schenck, M., Benia, W., Turk, E., Giang, K. B., Duong, D. T. T., Shrestha, S., Esandi, M. E., Antonietti, L., … Legido-Quigley, H. (2025). Starfield’s 4Cs of NCD management in primary healthcare: a conceptual framework development from a case study of 19 countries. BMJ Global Health, 10(1), e017578. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017578
Ernst, M., Prinzellner, Y., & Turk, E. (2024). Experience of Discrimination in the healthcare context in the FLINTA* community and means of digital coping. Das Gesundheitswesen, 86(S 05), S338–S338. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1794366
Ernst, M., Turk, E., & Permoser, G. (2024). Innovation durch das DIGIHealth UASHome Incubators Boost Programme. Das Gesundheitswesen, 86(S 05), S334–S334. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1794356
Turk, E. (2024, January 11). Reimagining care: Enhancing Outcomes through Person-Centered Care. 14th Family Medicine Congress with International Participation - AHEKON 2024, Antalya, Turkey (online).
Ernst, M., Prinzellner, Y., & Turk, E. (2024, October). Experience of Discrimination in the healthcare context in the FLINTA* community and means of digital coping [Poster presentation]. 27. ÖGPH Jahrestagung, Innsbruck, Austria. https://oeph.at/event/oegph-jahrestagung-save-the-date/
Ernst, M., Prinzellner, Y., & Turk, E. (2024, October). Innovation durch das DIGIHealth UASHome Incubators Boost Pro gramme [Poster presentation]. 27. ÖGPH Jahrestagung, Innsbruck, Austria. https://oeph.at/event/oegph-jahrestagung-save-the-date/
Folkvord, F., Carlson, J. I., Ottaviano, M., Carvajal, D., Gonzalez, L. H., Van De Schoot, R., Turk, E., Piera-Jiménez, J., Pontes, C., Ramiro-Pareta, M., Carot-Sans, G., Podovšovnik, E., Levašič, V., Scheckenbach, K., Wagenmann, M., Szpisjak, A., Eliasen, B., Wakim, J.-M., Ernst, M., … Fico, G. (2024). Using Patient-Generated Health Data more efficient and effectively to facilitate the implementation of Value-Based Healthcare in the EU – Innovation Report. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, S2001037024003465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.026
Turk, E. (2024, September). 1st European HTA Framework for Digital Health Technologies [Panel Diskussion]. Economic Forum, Karpacz. https://www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl/
Černe, T., Kragelj, L. Z., Turk, E., & Pavlič, D. R. (2024). Experiences of quality of life and access to health services among rare disease caregivers: a scoping review. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 19(1), 319. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-024-03327-2
Turk, E. (2024). Od zavedanja k dejanjem − vloga (digitalne) zdravstvene pismenosti mladostnikov in njihovih staršev. In D. Mičetić Turk & B. Vogrin (Eds.), Adolescentna medicina: 3. in 4. modul (1., pp. 3–10). Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba. https://doi.org/10.18690/um.mf.4.2024.1
Turk, E. (2024, June). Unpacking HTA: How it Shapes the Future of Digital Health Solutions [Panel Diskussion]. HTAi2024 A Turning Point for HTA? Sustainability, Networks and Innovation, Sevilla. https://htai.eventsair.com/htai-2024-annual-meeting/main-theme
Černe, T., Turk, E., Mirosevic, S., & Rotar Pavlič, D. (2024). Needs and Experiences With Health Care Providers of Adult Rare Disease Patients and Caregivers of People With Rare Diseases: Protocol for a Qualitative Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e53362. https://doi.org/10.2196/53362
Folkvord, F., Würth, A. R., Van Houten, K., Liefveld, A. R., Carlson, J. I., Bol, N., Krahmer, E., Beets, G., Ollerton, R. D., Turk, E., Hrubos‐Strøm, H., Nahoui, H., Einvik, G., Schirmer, H., Moen, A., Barrio‐Cortes, J., Merino‐Barbancho, B., Arroyo, P., Fico, G., … Lupiáñez‐Villanueva, F. (2024). A systematic review on experimental studies about patient adherence to treatment. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 12(1), e1166. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.1166
Turk, E. (2024, November 1). Person Centred Care,Health technology assessment and Health systems in Norway, Slovenia and Austria [Vorlesung]. Health Systems and Policy Analysis, Singapore- online.
Turk, E., Wontor, V., Yoshida, S., Dugstad, J. H., Julius, P., Hannibal, M., Quintana, Y., & Srivastava, G. (2024). Design Thinking and Co-Creation in Integrated Care. In V. Amelung, V. Stein, E. Suter, N. Goodwin, R. Balicer, & A.-S. Beese (Eds.), Handbook of Integrated Care (pp. 1–26). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25376-8_103-1
Turk, E. (2024, 7.6). UAS boost training programme: boosting professional competence in digital health incubation [Poster presentation]. European Health Management Conference 2024 | Shaping and managing innovative health ecosystems, Bucharest.
Turk, E. (2024, 7.6). Digital health focus and activities of Universities of Applied Sciences’ home-based incubators [Poster Presentaion]. European Health Management Conference 2024 | Shaping and managing innovative health ecosystems 5-7 June 2024 - Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest.
Turk, E. (2024, 16.10). Workforce Development and Capacity Building [Panel Diskussion]. Innovating Health Together Conference Building Bridges in Europe and beyond, Porto, Portugal. https://www.ihtconference.com/
Pevec, T., Albreht, T., & Turk, E. (2023). Safety culture in the operating room: translation, validation of the safety attitudes questionnaire – operating room version. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 491. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09539-9
Turk, E. (2023, March 16). Nachhaltigkeit in Allgemeinmedizin.
Turk, E. (n.d.). EU Future Health Priorities. Economic Forum, Karpacz. https://www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl/
Turk, E. (n.d.). Stakeholder engagement in digital health [Keynote Speech]. Zdravje 2024: Vitalen sistem, zdrav človek. https://www.delo.si/delov-poslovni-center/zdravje/le-z-vitalnim-sistemom-do-zdravega-cloveka
Turk, E. (n.d.). Integrating Gender Perspectives into New Digital Products and Services [Invited Talk]. EIT Health Innovators Community. https://community.eithealth.eu/events/132667
Turk, E. (n.d.). Health ecosystems instead of silos [Workhop]. Digital Health Circle Vienna, Vienna (Austria). https://businesscircle.at/gesundheit-pflege/konferenz/digitalhealth

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