"Strengthening Digital Healthcare Business" KT Collaborates with Health Promotion Development Institute on AI Digitalization
Song Jae-ho, Head of KT AI·DX Convergence Business Division (left), and Cho Hyun-jang, President of the Korea Health Promotion Institute, posing for a commemorative photo.
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] KT announced on the 8th that it signed a "Business Agreement for Creating a Digital Healthcare Environment" with the Korea Health Promotion Institute at the Korea Health Promotion Institute building in Jung-gu, Seoul.
Through this MOU, both parties plan to promote ▲support for linking the senior-exclusive "Oneul Geongang" app and Internet of Things (IoT) devices ▲joint development and dissemination of digital healthcare programs for health management ▲education on how to use the "Oneul Geongang" app and KT care robots for seniors.
KT will apply its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, robots, and IT technology capabilities to the health promotion projects led by the Korea Health Promotion Institute and cooperate in future digital transformation.
The Korea Health Promotion Institute plans to stabilize the existing "AI-IoT based Senior Health Management Pilot Project" and the "Oneul Geongang" app service through KT's technical support and educational activities, and expand and establish them nationwide at public health centers.
The Korea Health Promotion Institute's "AI-IoT based Senior Health Management Pilot Project" aims to transform the existing health management tasks, which were conducted through home visits by public health centers, into a digital-based system.
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Song Jae-ho, Head of KT AI·DX Convergence Business Division (Vice President), said, "We will proceed well with cooperation with the Korea Health Promotion Institute by utilizing KT's digital transformation capabilities," adding, "Through this opportunity, we will actively share KT's digital technology to improve national health promotion and support marginalized groups."
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