NHIS "Over 150 Attend Data Provision Business Briefing for Industry"

The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) announced on the 21st that more than 150 representatives from pharmaceutical companies, medical device firms, and healthcare companies attended the ‘Health Insurance Big Data-Based Customized Data Provision’ business briefing for the biohealth industry held on the 18th.

'Health Insurance Big Data-Based Customized Data Provision' Project Briefing Session

The briefing was hosted by NHIS and supported by Gangwon Province, Wonju City, Wonju Medical Device Techno Valley, Korea Medical Devices Industry Association, and Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association.

At the event, the open and customized anonymous database (DB) construction and provision project for pharmaceuticals and medical devices was introduced, enabling companies to quickly and safely utilize health insurance big data when needed for product development and marketing.

The customized anonymous DB for pharmaceuticals and medical devices can be applied for on the NHIS main website starting from the 28th, and the open anonymous DB for pharmaceuticals and medical devices will be made available on the NHIS data sharing service website.

Jung Ki-seok, NHIS Director, stated, “We expect broad utilization of the anonymous DB for pharmaceuticals and medical devices by the biohealth industry,” adding, “Going forward, NHIS will continuously monitor the utilization performance of health insurance big data by the industry and open effective data by discovering practical datasets.”

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