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‘Clinics’ and ‘dentists’ finally broke down the 2019 health care cost negotiation
The 2019 health care cost negotiation continued until 3am in the morning, but costs for ‘clinics’ and ‘dentists’ did not find a middle point.
The health care cost negotiation started at 8pm after the Financial Subcom...
KMP, the greatest variable for health care cost negotiation
Although the 2019 health care cost negotiation is about to be concluded today(31st), it seems they would have a hard time to close all the cases.
The Korean Medical Association(KMA) declared to leave the Health Insur...
KPA to argue immediate suspension of fully covering the entire medical services and install ‘Health Care Reform Committee’
The Korean Medical Association(KMA) pressed the government to immediately suspend ‘making all the uninsured medical services insured,’ a key task of the ‘Moon Jae-In Care(National Health Insurance Coverage Extension P...
“It is Tresiba’s role to provide comfortable weekends for patients”
“Patients have an option to take insulin after work if forgetting in the morning. They also don’t have to wake up early in the morning for injection during weekends. Tresiba is a type of insulin that creates spare tim...
Patient alliance concerning about suspension of Olital Tab development, demanding immediate actions
As patient advocates expressed concerns about suspension of the Olita Tab development, Hanmi Pharm, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) insisted to prepare follow-up...
Average number of hospitalization per patient is 14.5 days
The average number of hospitalization per patient visiting medical institutes was 14.5 days a year on average, and there were reportedly more than 3.52 million outpatients only visiting a day.
The information above w...
40th KMA President-Elect Dae-Jip Choi elected
No. 3 Candidate Dae-Jip Choi was selected as the 40th president of the Korean Medical Association(KMA).
According to the KMA’s electronic and mailing vote results on the 23rd, President-Elect Dae-Jip Choi was confirm...
“It is necessary to have effective IT management platform even in health care field”
It was suggested it would be necessary to have an efficient platform to manage administrative and personnel affairs using the information technology even in the health care field.
AcuteNet CEO Fariba Anderson stresse...
HPV vaccination rate was 66% on 12-year-old girls last year
The human papillomavirus(HPV) vaccination rate on 12-year-old girls was 66% last year, increased by 16%p compared to the year before.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC) announced they would co...
No. of pharmacists working for a hospital or higher was increased by more than 1,100 people after 2010
The number of pharmacists working in a medical institute in a level of hospital or higher has reportedly increased to more than 1,100 people since 2010.
According to the ‘2017 Health and Welfare Statistics Year Book’...
