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Reason why KMA decides to join in chronic disease management project
The Korean Medical Association(KMA) decided to lead the demo project for chronic disease management including telephone counseling.
The purpose of the association’s decision is to stop the demo project to lead to tel...
Launch of domestic tetravalent influenza vaccine for all the age groups over 3
A tetravalent cell-cultured influenza vaccine which can be administered in the entire age group over 3 will be launched in Korea for the first time in the world.
On the 23rd, SK Chemicals(CEO Man-hoon Park) announced...
Medical field wants to take benefits without efforts while pharma industry is being silent
The medical industry has raised a voice to oppose to tightening the standard related to international academic symposiums held in Korea. Large associations have showed strong disapprovals to the matter, and rather cla...
Demo Project for Chronic Disease Management starts September
The Demo Project for Chronic Disease Management Including Telephone Counseling will be actively implemented from September.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) announced it will take applications from medical in...
Will impact of ghost surgery lead to strengthening ‘explanatory obligation’?
The impact of ghost surgeries performed by some plastic surgeons and Samsung Medical Center was finally led to a plain to amend the law about obligation of explanation for performing surgeons.
On the 9th, Assemblype...
Alcohol epilepsy patients over 50 account for 64.4% of the total
It was observed that most alcohol epilepsy patients caused by drinking are in the 50s. The patients in the 60s were followed closely after.
The National Health Insurance Service(President Sang-cheol Seong) analyzed d...
“It is lawful to suspend qualification of doctors who received rebates disguised as research expenses”
A doctor ‘C’ who issued prescriptions without treating patients for millions of wons as research and investigation expenses from pharmaceutical companies applied for an administrative litigation, but finally failed.
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President Moo-jin Choo in crisis as participating in presidential visit to telemedicine
The healthcare industry has criticized President Moo-jin Choo of the Korean Medical Association over accompanying to the President Geun-hye Park’s visit to a senior center implementing the telemedicine demo project.
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Hospitalist Project starts on September
The demo project for hospitalist, experts specializing in hospitalization, will start to be implemented from this September.
This is because the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) announced the hospitalist project ...
About 141 thousand breast cancer patients increased by 7.8% annually
The number of patients treated by hospitals and clinics for breast cancer has increased annually by 7.8%, making the total 141,379 people last year.
According to the analysis result of the National Health Insurance C...
