Samsung Seoul Hospital Becomes World's First to Achieve Stage 6 Certification in Continuity of Care

Integrated Management of Pre- and Post-Treatment Data
and Implementation of Wearable Device Connectivity

Samsung Seoul Hospital has become the first medical institution in the world to receive certification for all digital maturity models overseen by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

A scene of performing medical cooperation tasks using the Samsung Seoul Hospital Partners Portal. Samsung Seoul Hospital

On December 4, Samsung Seoul Hospital announced that it had achieved Stage 6 certification in the HIMSS Continuity of Care Maturity Model (CCMM), marking a world first.

The CCMM evaluates whether clinical information can be exchanged safely and freely between hospitals, as well as between hospitals and patients, to ensure uninterrupted care for patients.

This recent CCMM certification is being interpreted as a signal of the completion of a digital healthcare ecosystem. During last month’s assessment, HIMSS focused on reviewing information sharing, referral, and tracking management systems between Samsung Seoul Hospital and its partner medical institutions. Regional partner organizations such as Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Icheon Hospital, Samsung Seoul Breast Surgery Clinic, Cham Dundeun Internal Medicine Clinic, and Seoul Samsung Internal Medicine Clinic participated in the evaluation, verifying the continuity of services in real-world clinical settings.

The evaluation panel highly praised the hospital’s establishment of a stable, bidirectional healthcare delivery system between primary and secondary medical institutions, utilizing platforms such as the Samsung Seoul Hospital Partners Portal, Health Information Exchange (HIE) system, and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) intermediary system. The Samsung Seoul Hospital Partners Center, which is responsible for referrals, returns, and cooperation, has built a collaborative system among medical institutions, sharing and tracking essential information throughout the patient referral and return process.

One of the key success factors highlighted was the implementation of the Comprehensive Patient Reporting System (PRISM), which manages the entire patient journey from pre-treatment to post-treatment. The hospital also received high marks for its technology that directly links continuous glucose monitors and smartwatches’ heart rate and sleep data, via the patient’s smartphone, to the hospital’s electronic medical records (EMR), enabling medical staff to monitor patients’ daily health status in real time.

Lee Poongryul, Head of the Digital Innovation Promotion Team, stated, “The CCMM Stage 6 certification goes beyond a mere validation of technology; it signifies international recognition of a ‘patient-centered digital healthcare’ system that enables patients to receive uninterrupted care both inside and outside the hospital. We will continue to strengthen our collaboration with national and regional medical institutions to provide an even better patient experience and continuity of care.”

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