• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.43-65
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• 2023

The healthcare industry is a digital healthcare that combines technology based on the 4th Industrial Revolution, dealing with information on individual health and medical care, and is a fusion of health care services and medical science and technology. It is questionable whether digital healthcare according to the paradigm change can be discussed by the concept of medical practice under the existing Medical Act. There is no clear definition of the concept of medical practice in the Medical Service Act, but the concept is established through precedents. In addition, under the Medical Service Act, the subject of medical practice is limited to medical personnel. However, digital healthcare sometimes diagnoses and treats diseases using digital technology by medical personnel. On the other hand, what is possible by non-medical personnel is digital healthcare. This is because digital healthcare is understood as a concept that includes health care such as exercise, eating habits, and weight control. For this reason, if the concept of medical practice under the "Medical Act" on digital healthcare is included, it is subject to criminal punishment for "unlicensed medical practice" prescribed in Article 27 of the "Medical Act". In the health and medical industry, digital transformation and convergence with information and communication technology are rapidly progressing. As a result, there is a need to newly define it as 'digitalized medical practice' or 'information and communication technology (ICT)-based medical practice' separately from existing medical practices. The concept of medical practice has variability, not a fixed and invariable concept. However, in response to this demand, it is not an infinite expansion of the concept of medical practice, but a request to reset its scope. Therefore, the concept of medical practice should be legislated by reflecting the demand of consumers for the medical service system.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.311-318
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• 2019

Dying alone is an emerging social problem in South Korea. It is reported that most cases of dying alone showed various and chronic health problems. Despite of this situation, there existed neither medical support nor welfare services when dying. It indicated severe health inequality problems. With this background, the purpose of this study was to examine health inequality issue among dying alone cases by using news paper articles during the past three years(2016-2018). Content analysis was employed for 89 dying alone cases. Characteristics of dying alone cases, types of illness and health problems, and unmet medical services were analyzed. Based on the findings, future directions were addressed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.920-922
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• 2012

논문은 기존의 헬스케어 서비스의 한계를 극복하기 위해 최근 대두되고 있는 스마트 헬스케어서비스(smart healthcare service)에 관한 연구이다. 스마트 헬스케어는 스마트폰의 기능에 맞추어 기초체력 운동 지수, 섭취 칼로리, 심박 체크 등의 다양한 서비스를 제공할 수 있지만, 최근에는 보건의료서비스에 특화시켜 환자와 의사가 직 간접적으로 진료를 할 수 있게끔 하는 스마트폰 환경에서의 원격진료 서비스가 부각되고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 게이트웨이 기능의 스마트폰을 기반으로 스마트 헬스케어 시스템을 설계 구현하였다.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.355-365
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• 2024

The Korean medical expense insurance system can be said to be a hybrid system in which public insurance and private insurance are subscribed. It is necessary to examine what factors of the subjects cause differences in the willingness to cancel private insurance. The subjects of this study were composed based on the 2nd Korean Health Panel data from 2019. Chi-square independence test and logistic regression analysis were used to identify the major factors affecting the cancellation of private health insurance. The willingness to cancel insurance was lower for women, and in terms of lifestyle habits, the willingness to cancel insurance was lower for subjects who had regular exercise habits in the past year, were non-smokers, and drank less frequently. In addition, subjects with chronic diseases had a lower willingness to cancel compared to subjects without chronic diseases, and in particular, subjects with cardiovascular disease, malignant neoplasms, and joint disease had a lower willingness to cancel compared to subjects without the disease. In terms of the subjects' health awareness status, subjects without depression or anxiety had a lower willingness to cancel.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.351-357
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• 2019

This study was conducted to evaluate outpatient experiences of a general hospital and help identify the medical service status experienced by the patients in the overall process of outpatient care, and analyze the major factors influencing patient experience and perception. A total of 100 patients having more than 2 outpatient clinic visits at a university hospital from May 14, 2018 to May 28, 2018, were selected to participate in the survey, comprising 60.0% females and 40.0% males. Considering age, majority belonged to the >60 years old age group (53.0%) as compared to <59 years (47.0%). "Hospital is close by" was the highest motivation to visit the hospital (42.0%), followed by "Medical staff is skilled" (36.0%), "Recommended by another hospital" (7.0%), and "Recommended by people" being the lowest (1.0%). Taken together, the results of this study can be used as basic data to identify the issues for providing better patient-centric medical services, and to formulate plans for creating medical services that meet the patient needs and differentiated medical services.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.273-281
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• 2019

The purpose of the study was to analyze smoking impact factors, knowledge about effects of smoking and effects of oral health-related quality of life. The subjects were 165 male dental clinic visitors. The survey was conducted from November to December 2018. The examinations were smoking impact factors, knowledge about effects of smoking on oral health, oral health-related quality of life, and recognition of smoking cessation support in dentistry. Survey data were analyzed using statistical programs of PASW Statistics ver. 18.0. Smoking groups were more stressful than non-smoking groups(13.0, 9.97) and drinking frequency was higher(2/week, 0.96/week)(p<0.05). Smoking had a significant correlation with stress(r= .283, p<0.001) and stress with OHIP(r= -.263, p<0.001). Regression results show that stress and frequency of drinking are significant factors(p<0.05). Smoking cessation support service was recognized by 32.9 %, but experience of service was only 19.4 %. Smoking cessation support of dentistry was answered positively by 65.5 %. The above results reveal the need for stress and drinking control, oral health education, and active support of oral health professionals for smoking cessation.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2006

MIR system is a nationwide medical record information system that makes medical information available to any hospital and health institution at any time, and information in the system mostly requires high security. In particular, personal information related to patients and doctors, medical technology information and each hospital's digital information are used very frequently and are likely to be modified for illegal use. Thus we need to develop a system equipped with security measures to prevent information leakage while providing medical information service effectively.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.96-103
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• 2015

This study investigates the socio-economic and clinical characteristics associated with emergency medical transport use by the elderly based on 2008~2011 Korea Health Panel data. A model of emergency medical transport use was analyzed, and the results indicate that use of 119 ambulances and private ambulances by the elderly accounted for 46.8% of all users, and 35.1% of their emergency room visits. Statistically significant factors associated with emergency medical transport use were gender (OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.51-3.17), relationship to household (OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.45-3.32), insurance type (OR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.10-1.82), handicap (OR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.14-1.83), reason for emergency department visits (OR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.20-1.97), and treatment after emergency medical service completed (OR = 3.45, 95% CI = 2.80-4.25). The increased elderly population in an aging society will lead to a surge in demand for emergency patient transport services, and emergency medical services that are tailored to the elderly need to be developed accordingly.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.2926-2934
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to examine the satisfaction level and behavioral intention of visitors in a health care and medical equipment fair in consideration of their benefits sought. The purpose is basically meant to identify the relationship of variables related to the satisfaction level of the visitors, their satisfaction level with benefits sought and behavioral intention to provide useful information to hosts of health care and medical equipment fairs and related people. The subjects in this study were 250 people who were selected from among the visitors in a health care and medical equipment fair in Wonju. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed by SPSS 14.0 and AMOS 16.0 programs, and descriptive statistics, factor analysis, reliability analysis and structural equation modelling were utilized. The findings of the study were as follows: Benefits sought had a significant impact on satisfaction level and behavioral intention, and satisfaction level affected behavioral intention in a significant manner as well. So all the hypotheses formulated in the study were accepted, and those who hosted a health care and medical equipment fair should try to address the needs of participants in the light of their characteristics and provide appropriate event products and services to stir up their satisfaction level and behavioral intention.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.26 no.4 s.44
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• pp.599-613
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• 1993

To study the pattern of prenatal care utilization and its determinants in rural Korea, 976 mothers (65.5%) out of 1,489 living mothers in Chinyang, Sachon and Hapchon Counties in Kyongsangnam Province who had delivered a baby between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991 were interviewed by the Myon health workers from January 3 through February 15, 1992. The Anderson's behavioral model for health service utilization was applied to develop the frames for analysis. The dependent variable was a number of prenatal care visits. And the independent variables included In the model were the variables pertaining to the predisposing, enabling, medical need and other components. The proportion of mother who had ever received the prenatal care service for the index pregnancy was 97.3%. However, the proportion of mothers who had made more than 10 visits was only 20.6%, which indicated that majority of mothers had paid far less visits than recommended $10{\sim}12$ visits for each normal pregnancy. The low utilization of prenatal care services (none or less than 4 visits) was related to mother's low educational level, the high birth order, beneficiary of the medical aid, the absence of clinic in the community, no diagnosed disease of mother during pregnancy, and mothers engaged in farming. Inequity of access seemed to exist because social structure variables and the variables of enabling component were important predictors. And there seemed to be high mutability in equalizing the distribution of prenatal care services because the variables of enabling component such as type of medical security and whether there was a clinic or not in the community were substantially important.