LG Uplus Develops Digital Healthcare Service Platform

Choi Doo-ah, CEO of Huray Positive (left), and Park Jong-wook, Executive Vice President and CSO of LG Uplus.

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] LG Uplus announced on the 1st that it has signed a business agreement with Huray Positive for the digital healthcare business. Huray Positive is a digital healthcare startup that develops healthcare solutions and provides health management services, possessing a total of 11 disease prediction algorithms, the largest number in Korea.

According to this business agreement, the two companies will establish a strategic partnership and jointly promote ▲ the joint construction and operation of health management platforms for Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Government-to-Consumer (B2G2C) ▲ creation of new customer value based on telecommunications and health big data ▲ exploration of new business opportunities such as kids care.

First, based on Huray Positive's expertise in digital healthcare and LG Uplus's know-how in B2C business, they will build and jointly operate an integrated platform to provide health management services. In the B2C sector, a pilot test will be conducted targeting LG Uplus employees to concretize the service, and in the B2G2C sector, a non-face-to-face senior care service incorporating remote monitoring devices will be developed.

The two companies will also plan a platform to create new customer value based on telecommunications and health big data accumulated through collaboration. In the future, they will continue to expand partnership alliances for business advancement as well as explore new business opportunities such as kids healthcare services.

Jongwook Park, Executive Vice President and CSO of LG Uplus, said, “Huray Positive is an optimal partner for LG Uplus's health business, with abundant business experience including building healthcare platforms for major insurance companies and developing and operating digital healthcare services for enterprises. We will actively cooperate to provide services that create new customer value based on LG Uplus's information and communication technology capabilities and subscriber base.”

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