SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecommunications firm, said Monday it has developed a 5G-powered medical service with a Seoul hospital to provide better patient care. KT said it built a 5G network at the Samsung Medical Center (SMC) and successfully applied its 5G technology to medical practices last week. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will address the gap in medical services between urban and rural areas by upgrading its health care infrastructure, the country’s health ministry said Monday. Under the plans, citizens living anywhere in the country will have easy access to emergency medical services and receive treatment for serious illnesses [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remained the biggest consumer of antibiotics in 2016, topping the list among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), health records showed Wednesday. The defined daily dose (DDD), a measure of usage for antibiotics, was 34.8 in South Korea, meaning 34.8 out of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Telemedicine refers to the use of telecommunications and information technology such as smartphones to provide healthcare from a distance. The idea is to free medical practitioners bound by time and place, and make medical services more accessible to patients. The government, namely the ruling Saenuri Party, has been spearheading [...]