How to Prepare for 'Integrated Care' as an Ultra-Aged Society Approaches? Policy Seminar Held

Busan-Gyeongnam Branch of NHIS Explores Solutions from Various Sectors on "Future Tasks in Medical Care and Long-term Care"

On the 22nd, the Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the National Health Insurance Service held a policy seminar titled "Future Tasks of Medical Care and Long-term Care for the Realization of Community Integrated Care."

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] What are the ways to provide integrated medical and long-term care services in an aging society? What challenges must be addressed for ‘Integrated Care’?

The National Health Insurance Service Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters (Director Jang Su-mok) held an in-depth policy seminar on October 22 in the main auditorium to prepare for a super-aged society.

The seminar topic was “Future Tasks for Medical and Long-term Care to Realize Community Integrated Care.” Various experts related to medical welfare services, including representatives from the NHIS, medical field, academia, media, and social welfare sectors, participated.

The government designated 16 local governments nationwide as pilot project sites from April 2019 for the national agenda of “Community Integrated Care” in preparation for entering a super-aged society by 2025.

In the Busan-Gyeongnam area, Busanjin-gu, Buk-gu in Busan, and Gimhae-si in Gyeongnam are participating in the project.

This policy seminar invited experts from various fields and sectors within the community to explore ways to connect and integrate services such as medical care and long-term care centered on local residents.

Professors Kim Chang-hoon of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Busan National University and Jeon Yong-ho of the Department of Social Welfare at Incheon National University, who presented at the seminar, proposed securing public health infrastructure and expanding medical functions, as well as comprehensive, sufficient, and integrated approaches to long-term care insurance home services.

In the subsequent panel discussion, chaired by Professor Ko Kwang-wook of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Kosin University, participants included Team Leader Noh Ju-ri of the Buk-gu Integrated Care Team in Busan, Professor Kim Jong-geon of the Department of Social Welfare at Dongseo University, Deputy Director In No-sung of the Kookje Newspaper, and Center Director Yoo Ae-jung of the Regional-Based Medical Research Center at the Health Insurance Research Institute, who offered diverse opinions on future tasks for medical and long-term care to realize community integrated care.

Jang Su-mok, Director of the Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, said, “This policy seminar was an opportunity to hear expert views from various fields such as academia, media, and the public sector,” adding, “Through broad discussions on the form of integrated care and the roles of each sector, a consensus was formed.”

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