"Manage and Utilize My Health Information Directly"…Government Launches My Healthway Construction

Step-by-step Establishment of My Healthway Platform by the End of 2022

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] It will become possible to conveniently integrate and view one’s scattered health information from various institutions without visiting medical facilities. This information can also be directly used for receiving medical treatment and health management services.

The government announced on the 24th the introduction plan for My Healthway (medical sector MyData) based on these contents. This plan concretizes the “Personal-led Medical Data Utilization Activation Strategy” jointly announced by the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee and related ministries at the end of 2019 through various discussions. The government aims to gradually build the My Healthway platform, which will serve as a health information highway (tentative name), by next year and create a MyData ecosystem in the medical field based on it.

The My Healthway platform acts as a highway through which health information flows. Through the platform, medical institutions’ treatment information, personal health information, public institution data, and other health-related information held by various institutions are gathered at once. It is designed to be viewed, stored, and provided with the individual’s consent. The authentication and identification system prevents information leakage. Additionally, the stored information is provided to utilization institutions to support receiving necessary services such as medical treatment.

To this end, four core tasks have been selected and will be promoted: ▲establishing a health information collection system ▲building the My Healthway platform ▲supporting personal-led health information utilization ▲laying the foundation for introducing MyData in the medical field. First, detailed data items will be defined by information type, and data items will be sequentially expanded. Standardization work will also be carried out to integrate various information centered on the individual and enable interoperability. Furthermore, a consent system will be established so that only information agreed upon by the subject is processed, ensuring a safe platform.

The government plans to provide not only integrated management of health information but also content such as visualized or interpreted materials that make complex medical records and test results easier to understand. Above all, it is expected that medical institutions will be able to respond more quickly and support precise diagnosis and treatment based on this information.

In addition, to allow people to actually experience medical sector MyData, the government released the “My Health Record” app on the same day, which enables viewing and utilizing public institution health information on smartphones. Within this year, app function enhancements to improve convenience are also planned. Until the entire My Healthway platform is built, this app will allow full access from viewing to utilizing public health data. After the platform is established, various MyData apps from medical institutions and health management companies can be used together.

The government plans to build the entire My Healthway platform by 2022 to expand not only public institutions but also medical institution treatment records and lifelog data. This year, a pilot system for My Healthway will be built first to focus on verifying practical applicability and improvement measures, and by the end of next year, the foundation for spreading and settling the entire platform ecosystem will be promoted.

Kang Do-tae, Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, said, “We will safely build the My Healthway platform to ensure that personal-led health information utilization is established in people’s lives,” and added, “Based on the My Healthway platform and the ‘My Health Record’ app, we will actively support medical institutions and health management companies to develop creative and innovative services that the public can experience.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.