News About: Goverment
Government seeks to introduce telemedicine in 2015
The Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday that it will push ahead with a telemedicine service system as part of its effort to improve the medical welfare of the public and curb medical costs.
The ministry annou...
HIRA to assess antibiotics usage for 15 operations from next year
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), an arm of the Health Ministry, has recently unveiled its plan to evaluate the antibiotics usage of hospitals and clinics nationwide over 15 operations, includ...
Park names new health ministerPresident Park Geun-hye on Oct. 25 tapped Korea Development Institute (KDI) researcher Moon Hyung-pyo to head the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Moon will need to undergo parl...
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Government urged to get tough over DUR program
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) plans to tighten drug management on inappropriate prescription by hospitals in the face of growing criticism of a government-imposed review of prescribed drugs...
Lawmakers focus on food issues only
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) was fiercely attacked by both governing and opposition parties during a parliamentary audit on Monday.
Lawmakers said the MFDS was not prudent enough when it banned impor...
Big differences exist in imported prices of pharmaceutical raw materials per country: lawmaker
Data of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) showed that there are big differences in imported prices of pharmaceutical raw materials per country, a lawmaker said Monday.
Rep. Nam Soon In-soon of the opposit...
Korea has 264 pharmacies dispensing drugs without doctor’s prescription
The number of pharmacies at remote villages or on islands where pharmacists can dispense and/or sell prescription drugs without restriction came to 263 as of the end-June, according to Rep. Min Hyun-joo of the ruling ...
Government-appointed hospitals undertaking poor ADR monitoring functions
A total of 22 government-appointed large hospitals reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) nationwide were found to poorly monitor drug side-effects, although they receive a government subsidy of 100 million won annua...
Korea’s vaccine self-sufficiency rate falls below 30%
The country’s current vaccine self-sufficiency rate stands at 28.5 percent, a lawmaker said Friday, citing a report by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).
Rep. Kim Hee-gook of the ruling Saenuri Party said...
Health ministry mulls scrapping of cash reward system
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering abolishing the contentious cash reward system for doctors and pharmacists that would put mounting pressure to lower drug prices.
In a meeting with executives from t...
