Park Yoonkyu NIPA President: "Doctor Answer Will Lead Medical AI"

Doctor Answer 3.0 Project Launched
Expanding AI from Hospital-Based Diagnosis Support
to Prognosis Management in Patients' Daily Lives
26 Institutions Including Seoul St. Mary's and Severance Hospitals Participate
Developing Services f

Participants at the launch ceremony of Doctor Answer 3.0 are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Paek Jongmin

"Doctor Answer will evolve to the third stage and lead the medical AI field."

On October 1, Park Yoonkyu, President of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), stated this at the launch ceremony for the "Medical AI Innovation Ecosystem (Doctor Answer 3.0)" project group held at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital.

Doctor Answer 3.0 aims to develop services that enable patients to proactively manage their health even after returning to daily life, while also supporting timely intervention by medical professionals in emergencies. This approach leverages artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in the post-treatment prognosis management of patients. This represents an advancement from the previous 1.0 and 2.0 projects, which focused mainly on supporting medical professionals in disease diagnosis and treatment activities.

The project group is jointly led by Seoul St. Mary's Hospital (General Director: Professor Kim Daejin) and Severance Hospital (General Director: Professor Kwon Jayoung), and includes participation from ten medical institutions such as Asan Medical Center and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, as well as sixteen companies including EZCaretech and Acryl. The group plans to develop AI-based prognosis management services specialized for a total of ten diseases, including breast and kidney cancer, heart disease, and maternal disorders.

Dr. Answer 3.0 Project Group Launch Ceremony was prepared by Ji-Yeol Lee, president of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, who expressed great expectations for this project. Paek Jongmin, Tech Specialist

Ji-Yeol Lee, President of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, who attended the event, said, "Companies are also participating in this project. I expect to see positive results." Ryu Jemyung, the Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, "We will do our best to ensure that everyone in the country can equally benefit from AI."

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