Jeong Yong-yeon Appointed as New Hospital Director of Hwasun Chonnam National University

"Realizing Core Values of Patient-Centered Advanced Medical Care in Nature and Global Leadership"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Professor Jeong Yong-yeon of the Department of Radiology at Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital has been inaugurated as the 10th hospital director. The term is two years.

Director Jeong pledged, "I will realize the core values of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, which are 'cutting-edge medical care in nature, patient-centered, and world-centered.'

In particular, he said, "We will focus all our capabilities on patient safety, healing, and improving medical quality to provide cutting-edge patient-centered medical care," and promised, "We will also make the hospital a happy place not only for patients and their guardians but for all employees."

He also emphasized, "There are risks everywhere such as population decline, climate change, and unpredictable pandemic infectious diseases like COVID-19," adding, "To overcome these and achieve sustainable development, ESG management is inevitable for hospitals."

To this end, Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital plans to organize and operate an ESG committee.

The ESG committee will promote eco-friendly policies such as declaring carbon neutrality, minimizing disposable products, creating a paperless hospital, reducing medical waste, and establishing renewable energy systems.

For social responsibility management, the hospital plans to fulfill its duties as a public medical institution by communicating with patients and the local community through various digital media, strengthening infectious disease response capabilities and cooperative networks, supporting and volunteering for vulnerable groups such as multicultural families, and promoting employment of people with disabilities.

It will also engage in responsible management through transparent decision-making, information disclosure, clear evaluation criteria, and transparency in personnel systems.

For digital transformation, the hospital will promote mobile app activation to reduce waiting times, encourage multidisciplinary treatment, build a cloud system that allows easy connection anytime and anywhere within the hospital, introduce medical robots, and utilize AI and the metaverse.

Meanwhile, Director Jeong is from Hampyeong, Jeonnam, graduated from Gwangju Daedong High School and Chonnam National University College of Medicine, and earned a Ph.D. in medicine from Chonnam National University Graduate School. He joined Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital at its opening in 2004 and has served as head of the special laboratory, head of the radiology department, director of the clinical trial center, and director of the biomedical research institute.

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