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 [...]
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 [...]
LONDON, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company, places the safety, security and wellbeing of its customers and colleagues above all else. To further safeguard those who fly on board its fleet, VistaJet has worked with partners RDT, a Philips company, and MedAire to be the first charter [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Getting geared up for a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections, South Korea seems to be leaning toward embracing telemedicine despite unrelenting protests from a physicians’ lobby group and civic activists. President Moon Jae-in’s aides at Cheong Wa Dae are busy making a case for why such a system [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic triggered renewed controversy about whether to allow telemedicine services in South Korea, as a doctors’ lobby group warned of “extreme” resistance against telemedicine. Telemedicine is illegal in South Korea, but the nation has allowed doctors to treat coronavirus patients who have mild symptoms via telephone since [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University Hospital has begun to provide a telemedicine service to coronavirus patients near the epicenter South Korea’s virus outbreak. A team of four doctors and 13 nurses at the general hospital in Seoul can monitor the status of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms through video calls. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry remains firm in pushing for telemedicine as part of efforts to offer better medical services and create new economic value, industry sources said Thursday. Telemedicine is designed to provide quality healthcare to people who live in hard-to-reach areas, such as deep-sea fishermen and residents 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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s health ministry said Thursday it will expand a pilot program connecting doctors with patients in remote areas through the use of information and telecommunications technology. Under the program pushed forward by the Health and Welfare Ministry, doctors from 50 hospitals and medical institutions will see some 1,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to expand a telemedicine system that is currently being tested. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will expand the region, size, and targets when it executes its third telemedicine system test run. Prior to the third test run, the Ministry of [...]