SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on July 1 that it will introduce reusable containers at Samsung Medical Center’s funeral hall starting this month. This marks the first instance of a large-scale funeral facility in a top-tier general hospital participating in Seoul’s reusable container policy. Last year, the city government unveiled [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Seoul Asan Medical Center has been recognized as the highest-rated hospital in South Korea according to a recent evaluation by the American magazine Newsweek, ranking 22nd globally. The evaluation, conducted in collaboration with the global research firm Statista, surveyed over 85,000 healthcare professionals across 30 countries to compile the ‘World’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In the ranking of the “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals” by the U.S. weekly magazine Newsweek, three South Korean hospitals secured positions in the top 10 in the category of cancer treatment. Samsung Medical Center grabbed the No. 5 spot, the highest among all Asian medical centers, followed by Asan Medical [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Medical Center, one of South Korea’s top general hospitals, said Monday it had introduced a home training program based on augmented reality (AR) technology for the rehabilitation of stroke patients. The program uses a sensor attached to an AR monitor installed in patients’ homes. The sensor automatically checks [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Medical Center, one of South Korea’s major general hospitals, has introduced a flexwork program for nurses working at wards for hospitalized patients, enabling them to choose their particular hours of work instead of following a typical three shift work schedule. In addition to the typical three shift work [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Though it is safe for blood cancer patients to engage in sexual relations even after receiving transplants of hematopoietic stem cells, around half of couples abstain, according to recent research. Medical staff from Samsung Medical Center interviewed 91 couples, each including one individual who had received a stem cell [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Revenue worries in the aftermath of healthcare reforms dubbed “Moon Jae-in Care” are keeping hospitals’ coffers closed even as the government takes pains to encourage the medical sector to invest in new infrastructure. After initially earmarking 390 billion won for a medical facility in “city of the future” Songdo [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition for medical patients has gone up another notch as major hospitals are releasing advanced technological services to stay a step ahead of their competitors. According to industry sources, since April Hallym University Medical Center in Dongtan has revamped the existing model of providing medicine to patients in an effort to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of large hospitals in South Korea are ramping up their technological prowess to attract patients amid growing competition in the medical industry, by releasing mobile apps boasting features ranging from doctor appointment scheduling to virtual reality experiences. According to sources in the medical community, the high smartphone [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Last month, an insider at Samsung Medical Center exposed one of the hospital’s obstetric surgeons for ghost surgery: the unnamed doctor had allotted a surgical procedure to which he had been assigned to another junior surgeon, while he travelled overseas to partake in an academic seminar. The concerned doctor [...]