GE Healthcare Korea said it has entered a strategic partnership with SK Telecom to build digital healthcare infrastructure in Korea.

Kang Ho-joon (left), head of GE Healthcare Korea’s life care solutions, and SK Telecom's cloud business leader Cho Pan-cheol signed the cooperation agreement at SK Telecom headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday.
Kang Ho-joon (left), head of GE Healthcare Korea’s life care solutions, and SK Telecom's cloud business leader Cho Pan-cheol signed the cooperation agreement at SK Telecom headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday.

Through this partnership, the two companies will cooperate in exchanging and operating related technologies to realize digital healthcare solutions and the commercialization of services.

Through the expansion of 5G-based hyper-connected services, mobile edge computing (MEC), and the supply of digital healthcare solutions and infrastructure owned by the two companies, the two partners plan to improve the operational performance and efficiency of medical institutions and support the provision of better medical services and experiences for patients.

SKT will build an in-hospital patient data network based on 5G MEC to realize ultra-low-latency medical services, smoothly supply large-capacity patient data, create a cloud service desired by the hospital, and support maintenance operation.

GE Healthcare plan to offer a variety of its digital healthcare solutions and technical support such as Mural, an integrated remote monitoring solution for infection, severe, and emergency patient data, Edison Healthlink, an edge computing technology for medical staff, Command Center that serves as a mission control center that analyzes to increase hospital workflow, and MUSE, an electrocardiogram (ECG) management, the company said.

GE Healthcare stressed that the two companies plan to implement the most efficient digital pathway in the healthcare field by combining GE healthcare medical equipment and digital solutions established in Korea with SKT's infrastructure.

"There have been many changes in the medical market due to the Covid-19, and SK Telecom's ICT capabilities, such as 5G, MEC, and cloud, will create synergies with GE Healthcare's medical expertise to make positive changes and contributions to the local digital healthcare industry," said Choi Pan-cheol, head of SK Telecom's cloud business.

Kang Ho-joon, head of GE Healthcare Korea’s life care solutions, said, "GE Healthcare is happy to cooperate with SK Telecom in fields such as remote monitoring, big data, cloud, and artificial intelligence for the digital advancement of the local healthcare industry."

He added that the company expects that GE's digital healthcare solution and SK Telecom's digital infrastructure will be the optimal solution for patients, hospitals, and medical workers.

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