"Let's Boost Health Scores in the Southeast Region!" 'Communication' Forum to Improve Public Health Care Standards

National Health Insurance Service Busan Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters Takes First Step in Reviving Citizen Health in Bu-Ul-Gyeong Project

On June 10, a public health medical health promotion project forum was held in the conference room on the 3rd floor of the Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the National Health Insurance Service.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] “We cannot leave such poor health report cards as they are!” An in-depth forum discussing ways to improve public health care projects in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam was held.

The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters (Director Jang Su-mok) held a health promotion project forum on the 10th at the 3rd-floor conference room of the NHIS Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters with the Busan Public Health Care Support Group (Director Kim Chang-hoon), Gyeongnam Public Health Care Support Group (Director Jeong Baek-geun), and Ulsan Public Health Care Support Group (Director Ok Min-su).

This is the first step of the “Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam Citizen Health Revival Project” planned by the NHIS Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters to improve the vulnerable health levels in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region, such as Busan and Gyeongnam’s life expectancy and healthy life expectancy ranking among the lowest nationwide, Busan’s cancer mortality rate ranking first nationwide, and Ulsan’s cerebrovascular mortality rate ranking first (2019 Statistics Korea).

To cooperate on community-tailored health promotion projects, the NHIS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with each city and province’s public health care support groups in April and has been making continuous efforts to establish practical cooperation measures.

The forum was the first step toward improving community health levels after the MOU signed in April, sharing the promotion projects of the NHIS and public health care support groups, and exploring cooperative projects and future directions through discussion.

Professor Lee Hyo-young of the Department of Health Administration at Dongseo University, a health management project specialist at the NHIS headquarters, moderated the discussion.

Participants in the discussion shared a consensus on the necessity of cooperation between the NHIS and public health care support groups and agreed to work together for community health promotion by dividing roles.

Director Jang Su-mok said, “This will be an opportunity to take a step forward in citizen health management,” adding, “We hope to continuously and closely cooperate from the project implementation stage and jointly promote the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Citizen Health Revival Project to raise the region’s poor ‘health report card’.”

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