Medical Professionals' 'Remote Consultation' Pilot Project Launches... Three University Hospitals Participate
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced on the 3rd that they will promote a 'Remote Collaborative Treatment Pilot Project' at three university hospitals in Korea.
Remote collaborative treatment is conducted in a way that when a medical institution providing face-to-face care determines that it needs consultation from medical personnel at another institution regarding treatment methods, it requests remote collaboration with the patient's consent to receive advice and consultation.
For this pilot project, three medical institutions were finally selected: Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital, and Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital. These institutions will conduct remote collaborative treatment using a dedicated remote collaboration system and a medical information exchange system.
The remote collaborative treatment pilot project, which will be fully implemented this year, will verify system functionality, interoperability, security, and effectiveness by utilizing not only the dedicated system but also the medical information exchange system in which more than 7,500 medical institutions nationwide participate.
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Eun Seong-ho, Director of Advanced Medical Support at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, stated, "Remote collaborative treatment is evaluated to reduce unnecessary transfers, ensure appropriate and safe patient referrals, and improve the medical resource gaps in regional small and medium-sized hospitals, thereby enhancing the quality of medical services. However, fee calculation and payment are limited to the use of some systems, which restricts active utilization by medical institutions. Through this pilot project, we will actively support securing various best practices and analyzing safety and effectiveness so that remote collaborative treatment can contribute to patient convenience and improvement of medical quality."
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