Seocho-gu, AI-Based Health and Medical Services

Introduction of AI Services in Metabolic Syndrome Management and Lung Disease Screening... National Health Insurance Service Provides Personalized Health Management Using Big Data to Predict Disease Risk

Health Consultation

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seocho-gu (Mayor Cho Eun-hee) has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) services for metabolic syndrome management and lung disease screenings such as tuberculosis and pneumothorax starting from the 18th of this month, providing smarter and more differentiated medical services to local residents.

The Seocho-gu Public Health Center’s Metabolic Syndrome Center, responsible for managing residents' metabolic syndrome, has provided Seoul’s top-level health management services for 10 consecutive years. Not stopping there, it has introduced an AI-based metabolic syndrome management service for more thorough prevention.

The newly launched AI metabolic syndrome management service uses big health data from the National Health Insurance Service to predict the likelihood of chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome in medical service recipients and provides customized lifestyle guidelines and improvement methods based on health age and life expectancy, thereby enhancing health management capabilities.

Based on this, systematic counseling will be provided, and periodic follow-up management will be conducted through the Kakao app counseling channel.

Additionally, the district expects that by introducing AI-assisted reading services for lung diseases where early detection is crucial?such as lung cancer, which ranks first in cancer mortality, tuberculosis, pneumothorax, and pneumonia?it will be possible to facilitate early diagnosis and prompt treatment of lung diseases.

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Seocho-gu Public Health Center Metabolic Syndrome Center or the Bangbae Branch Metabolic Syndrome Center.

Mayor Cho Eun-hee stated, “We have introduced AI medical image reading assistance services, which are utilized in various clinical environments such as university hospitals and tuberculosis screening projects, as well as resident-tailored AI metabolic syndrome management services. We expect these to greatly help Seocho-gu residents in disease prevention and health promotion in this untact era, and we will continue to strive to provide high-quality medical services to our residents.”

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