Busan City Shares 'Future Digital Medical Industry Response Plan'

Live YouTube Broadcast of Medical ICT Convergence Center Performance Report at 3 PM on the 15th
Medical ICT Industry Outlook in the Contactless Era ... Digital Healthcare Special Lecture Included

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City, together with the Busan Economic Promotion Agency, will hold the ‘2020 Medical ICT Convergence Center Performance Report Meeting’ online from 3 PM on the 15th.

The report meeting was organized to share the achievements of projects supported by the Medical ICT Convergence Center. It will include a special lecture on ‘Untact Era and Digital Healthcare’ to effectively respond to the changes brought by COVID-19.

Opened in 2016, the Medical ICT Convergence Center is operated by the Busan Economic Promotion Agency. It promotes the development of the local medical and healthcare industry by supporting ▲digital healthcare technology development and commercialization ▲planning projects in the digital healthcare industry sector ▲marketing and mentoring support.

Among this year’s supported projects, NF Co., Ltd. and T&S Tech Co., Ltd. collaborated to develop a ‘Non-contact Heart Rate Measurement Stress Care System for Improving Oxygen Therapy Spaces’.

They plan to launch a product that provides oxygen, video, sound, and light complex therapy capable of deriving or alleviating stress index through non-contact heart rate measurement.

Additionally, a consortium composed of local industry, academia, and research institutes is developing projects to prevent local COVID-19 infections, such as ‘COVID-19 Spread Prediction and Management Platform Development’ and ‘Science and Technology Utilization Resident Consensus Regional Problem Solving Project: Development of a Port-through Platform to Prevent Infectious Disease Spread from Overseas Incoming Ships to Ensure Local Resident Safety’.

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, said, “We will put more effort into improving the capabilities and strengthening the resilience of local companies so that the local medical healthcare industry can quickly respond to the changes in industrial structure and circumstances caused by COVID-19.”

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