What measures prevent the departure of exhausted medical personnel due to the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic? Is there a way to make patients who left the hospital due to Covid-19 visit the hospital again?In answer to these questions, “trust” was cited as a virtue that hospitals in the post-Covid-19 er
Medical professionals and other healthcare experts agree on the need for Korea to introduce telemedicine but disagree on “how.”A recent survey by the National Evidence-based healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) confirmed it, with respondents agreeing on some issues but showing differences in other
About 30 percent of cancer-related content on social media, including YouTube, is misinformation not verified medically, a recent study showed.A research team, led by Professor Kwon Jeong-hye of the Hemato-oncology Department at Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, said Monday that it publi
CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) inhibitors, developed to prevent adult migraines, have recently been registered on the list of insurance beneficiaries, but their reimbursement standards are unrealistic, experts said.“The reimbursement criteria for CGRP inhibitors have been set by Western stan
Nearly 50 percent of Korean neurologists experienced migraine, more than eight times higher than the estimated migraine prevalence rate of 6.0 percent among the general population, a study showed. Korean Neurological Association (KNA) said Wednesday that two neurologists – Professor Kim Byeong-geon
As human life expectancy increases with the development of science and technology, concerns about “death with dignity” are deepening from the aspect of medical ethics.Death with dignity and the right to self-determination has recently emerged as major issue of medical ethics.Previously, the matter m
A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said it developed fabric-based wearable blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that can treat jaundice in newborns.Hospitals currently treat neonatal jaundice in a variety of ways, including phototherapy, drug admi
Nurses and students at nursing schools gathered in front of the National Assembly on Monday, and executives at the Korean Nurses Association (KNA) shaved their heads to show determination.Some 50,000 nurses and nursing school students chanted slogans, such as, “The National Assembly must stop partis
A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine said it identified the relationship between the expression level of proteins involved in the movement of substances within cells and the severity of atopic dermatitis.The research team, led by Professors Nam Ki-teak and Park Chang-wook at the
As the Covid-19 pandemic weakens to an endemic, the global medical tourism industry will restore its growth momentum from 2023, a report said.According to the report, the global medical tourism industry had grown rapidly since the turn of the 2000s but fell into a slump in 2020 due to the outbreak o
The wide gap in infection control between large general hospitals and smaller medical institutions remains unchanged, according to government data.For instance, the rate of tertiary hospitals that operate infection control offices was 100 percent, but the comparable rate for smaller hospitals with 1
Researchers at Severance Hospital have identified the risk of developing diabetes using immunotherapy.Immunotherapies are drugs that prevent cancer cells from evading the body's immune system, allowing immune cells to better recognize and attack cancer cells.After the first immunotherapy agent recei
A survey showed that Korean medical institutions recognize the need for and importance of introducing ESG management. Still, fewer than half of them have personnel and departments exclusively responsible for it.The Korean Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) released the results of its surv
As advances in medical technology identify one genetic mutation after another in lung cancer, the early diagnosis of rare lung cancer and the development of targeted treatments are progressing.Regulators recently approved Rybrevant (amivantamab) as the target treatment for EGFR (Epidermal Growth Fac
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) said on Tuesday that a delegation from Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health International Patient Care Center (DOH IPCC) visited six hospitals in Korea to gauge how much Emiratis patients were satisfied with Korean hospital services. They also disc
Severance Hospital and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) researchers have discovered an indicator that can improve the survival rate of Korean heart transplant patients.When a patient with severe heart failure has to receive a heart transplant, it is important to find the “right hea
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said it received a research grant of about 7 billion won ($5.2 million) from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to carry out the "KOMOGEN-D" project, a large-scale depression gene research for Korean women.According to SNUH, the funding is t
Myongji Hospital said it received the "American Hospital Association Excellence Award for Healthcare Workers" award for its "RISE (Resilience through Individual and Systematic Empathy)" program during the 2022 International Hospital Federation (IHF) Congress held in Dubai, the UAE, on Thursday.The a
People with mental disorders fall into crimes due to poor medical structure, a report pointed out, calling for the authorities to prevent this by providing opportunities to treat and manage problems consistently.The Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice made these and other points in its recent
The share of doctors indicted and criminally punished for professional negligence resulting in death or injury in Korea is higher than in other countries, such as Japan, Germany, and the U.K.Every year, 762 doctors are charged with professional negligence resulting in death or injury in Korea, accor