Proving Identity with an App... SKT Initial Linked with Korea University Medical Center

Addition of Mobile Medical Card Service

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] SK Telecom announced on the 17th that it has added Korea University Medical Center's 'Mobile Medical Card Service' to its blockchain-based decentralized identity management (DID) service 'Initial' application (app).

With the inclusion of the Mobile Medical Card Service in the Initial app, patients can now conveniently handle hospital tasks that previously required paper certificates or separate hospital apps, such as ▲identity verification ▲medical appointment registration ▲issuing waiting tickets ▲unmanned payment ▲prescription issuance ▲parking registration, all through the Initial app during their visit.

The Korea University Medical Center Mobile Medical Card Service can be issued and used through a simple agreement procedure within the Initial app.

This service is currently available at Korea University Anam Hospital and is expected to expand to Korea University Guro and Ansan Hospitals in the future.

Oh Se-hyun, head of SK Telecom's Digital Asset CO, stated, “We have introduced a mobile medical card service through the Initial app that allows patients who forgot to bring their plastic medical cards to verify their identity. We will continue to strive to make Initial a service that benefits customers' daily lives.”

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