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Telemedicine Use Doubles Amid Doctor Protests Against Medical School Expansion

Telemedicine Use Doubles Amid Doctor Protests Against Medical School Expansion

SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –In response to collective action by trainee doctors opposing a significant increase in medical school admissions, the government’s full-scale expansion of telemedicine services has led to a twofold increase in its usage. To address the potential medical service gaps at major hospitals, particularly those serving as training institutions for resident [...]

Gov’t to Fully Allow Telemedicine Services in Case of Doctors’ Collective Action

Gov’t to Fully Allow Telemedicine Services in Case of Doctors’ Collective Action

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Monday that the government will fully expand telemedicine services if doctors walk off their jobs in protest of the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions. Thousands of trainee doctors, such as residents at Seoul’s five major general hospitals, were poised to submit their [...]

Gov’t to Expand Telemedicine Services If Trainee Doctors Go Ahead with Strike

Gov’t to Expand Telemedicine Services If Trainee Doctors Go Ahead with Strike

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Thursday that it will fully expand telemedicine services and mobilize assistant nurses if a major association of trainee doctors pushes ahead with a nationwide strike in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students. Tension between doctors and the government has grown [...]

Yoon Vows to Improve Services in Digital Gov’t, Online Gaming, Telemedicine Sectors

Yoon Vows to Improve Services in Digital Gov’t, Online Gaming, Telemedicine Sectors

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to improve services in the digital government, online gaming and telemedicine sectors, saying digital technologies should be a tool to promote people’s freedom and welfare. Yoon made the remark during a government-public debate on people’s livelihood issues, the seventh in a series, which [...]

S. Korea to Launch Telemedicine Pilot Program Next Month

S. Korea to Launch Telemedicine Pilot Program Next Month

SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea seeks to launch a telemedicine pilot program mainly for second-visit patients starting next month, as well as for those who cannot visit clinics due to physical illness or infectious disease, the health ministry said Wednesday. The country’s telemedicine services have been temporarily allowed since 2020 through April [...]

70 pct of S. Koreans Have Used or are Willing to Try Telemedicine Services: Poll

70 pct of S. Koreans Have Used or are Willing to Try Telemedicine Services: Poll

SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 South Koreans have already used or are willing to use telemedicine services during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey showed Thursday. A joint research team from the National Cancer Center and the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital conducted a survey of 2,097 adults over [...]

Telemedicine Apps Prepare for the Day When Regulations are Fully Lifted

Telemedicine Apps Prepare for the Day When Regulations are Fully Lifted

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — After the government temporarily lifted regulations on online medical diagnosis and treatments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, competition is heating up among new players to get the upper hand in the online medical connectivity market. Goodoc, a search/reservation service for medical services in the country, saw its monthly active users [...]

Doctors, Patients Differ in Opinions of Telemedicine Services

Doctors, Patients Differ in Opinions of Telemedicine Services

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A temporary measure approved by the government to allowed limited telemedicine services amid heightened alert over new coronavirus infections was met by contrasting views from healthcare workers and patients. A research team from the Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital conducted a survey of 906 patients and [...]

S. Korea to Offer Telemedicine Services for Overseas Builders

S. Korea to Offer Telemedicine Services for Overseas Builders

SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to start providing telemedicine services for overseas construction workers this year, the government said Sunday, amid heightened alert over new coronavirus infections among them. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters said it aims to launch the service in September at the latest, with four major [...]