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
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
In the aftermath of the death of a nurse at Asan Medical Center due to stroke, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is preparing comprehensive essential healthcare measures, including the reform of regional cardio-cerebrovascular centers.The plan calls for, among others, bolstering the capacities of t
The Covid-19 pandemic led to a shortage of cold medicines containing acetaminophen, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare has taken out an insurance drug price increase card to encourage production.The issue was also discussed during the parliamentary audit of the administration at the National Ass
A lawmaker has called for a check to reduce the indiscriminate hormone treatments of precious puberty, pointing out that health insurance claims have sharply increased since the Covid-19 outbreak.Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said so on Sunday based on her an
Foreign residents in Korea paid nearly 1.58 trillion won ($1.11 billion) in health insurance premiums, and the number of foreigners caught illegally receiving insurance money decreased significantly last year.Based on the analysis of data at the National Health Insurance Service, Rep. Koh Young-in o
The number of Koreans treated for pathological hair loss, including circular hair loss, exceeded 240,000 last year, recording the largest figure in the past five years. Over the past five years, 1,148,800 people have been treated for pathological hair loss.Kim Won-i of the opposition Democratic Part
Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyoo-hong is drawing attention by hinting that the government could reinvestigate the death of a nurse at Asan Medical Center (AMC) in July.The ministry, after a joint investigation of AMC with Songpa-gu Public Health Center on Aug. 4, concluded that the hospital h
A lawmaker on Friday called for preparing a Korean version of a treatment guideline for people suffering from Covid-19’s aftereffects, saying their number exceeded 54,000 in the past two years.Rep. Suh Young-seok of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said so based on his analysis of
As Covid-19 has continued for years, many domestic medical institutions are dedicating themselves to responding to the pandemic. Myongji Hospital is also one of the institutions that have been actively responding to Covid-19 since the epidemic’s outbreak.One of the common problems facing medical ins
Mirae Asset Venture Investment and Yuanta Investment have been selected as the management companies of the 500 billion won ($347 million) “K-Bio Vaccine Fund.”The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Venture Investment Corp. (KVIC) on Wednesday announced their final selection of Mirae Asset Vent
More than 97 percent of Koreans have Covid-19 antibodies, according to a government survey.However, the quarantine authorities stressed the importance of continuous quarantine, noting that antibodies might lower the rate of exacerbation, but they do not increase the defense against the virus.The Cen
HiPex (Hospital Innovation and Patient Experience Conference), which brought up topics like “patient experience” and “service design” for the first time in Korea in 2014, will return this year as “HiPex 2022.”The conference, which breathed fresh air from 2014 to 2019, has since been suspended due to
The quarantine authorities will expand the use of SKYCovione, the first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine developed by SK Bioscience, to provide third and fourth shots.The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDCSH) announced the “additional vaccination plan for SKYCovione” in a briefi
Asan Medical Center (AMC), located in Seoul, said it ranked within the world’s top 10 hospitals in five specialties out of the total 11 specialties in Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2023.Specifically, AMC was the world’s No. 3 hospital in endocrinology, No. 4 in urology, No. 6 in gast
More than a month has passed since the Yoon Suk-yeol administration launched the “Covid-19 Special Response Team” under the slogan of “scientific quarantine.”However, the team has neither appointed members nor held a single meeting.Rep. Kim Won-i of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) rem
Korea recently scrapped requiring a Covid-19 test for inbound travelers before entry to the nation but kept the mandatory PCR test within 24 hours after arrival in Korea.However, the government is poorly monitoring mandatory PCR tests among entrants, a lawmaker said Thursday.Rep. In Jae-keun of the
The number of diabetes patients reportedly exceeded 6 million in 2020. Considering the pre-diabetic population amounts to about 15.83 million, more than 20 million Koreans suffer from diabetes or the risk of diabetes, according to the Korea Diabetes Association (KDA).On the other hand, only 9.7 perc
Five years have passed since Korea introduced the life-prolonging treatment decision system, but it still has too many shortcomings, including the timing to decide its discontinuance, establishing medical institutions’ ethics committees, and educating medical workers.Experts pointed out these and ot
Korean epilepsy patients are traveling abroad to undergo surgery due to the government’s lack of support, a lawmaker said.Rep. In Jae-keun of the Democratic Party released the analysis of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s data on epilepsy patients.Epilepsy is the No. 2 cause of death among neurol