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How to Integrate the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Healthcare Industry? (보건의료분야에서 4차산업혁명, 어떻게 대처할 것인가?)

  • Sun-Hee Lee
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.1-2
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    • 2023
  • As the industrial paradigm shift, often condensed as the "4th Industrial Revolution," gains momentum, there is a growing need to actively introduce digital healthcare into the medical field. The new administration announced its commitment to become a global leader in the biohealth and digital healthcare sector. To fulfill this pledge, preemptive policy leadership and attention from the government are required. The recent issue of legislating non-face-to-face medical care suggests that introducing digital healthcare goes beyond simply adopting new technologies. Incorporating digital healthcare involves changing the existing healthcare delivery process and coordinating the roles of stakeholders. To successfully change the structure of the medical industry, a mid- to long-term roadmap should be meticulously organized and promoted. Policy efforts are needed to resolve conflicts and lead to compromises through continuous communication with interest groups.

A Study on the Effect of Patent Management Activities on Firm Outcome : The Case of Korean Product Manufacturing Firms (특허경영활동이 기업 경영성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 : 국내 의료기기 제조 기업을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Yong Hyun;Jeong, Byeong Ki;Yoon, Jang Hyeok
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2016
  • Patent management activities are considered to play a key role for technology-based firms under the recent knowledge-based economies. This is because intellectual property, including patents, can act as a system for continuous profit generation by protecting firms' products, processes and services. In Korea, healthcare industry is now regarded as one of the promising next generation industries. Despite the promise of healthcare industry, Korean healthcare product manufacturers are faced with turbulent business changes, such as market opening. Even though there are various industrial studies on the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome, previous studies have hardly paid attention to Korean healthcare product manufacturing firms. For this reason, this study identifies the effect of patent management activities, such as patenting activeness, technical excellence and cooperation degree, on firm outcomes, including financial profitability and firm growth, with respect to the Korean healthcare product manufacturers. In this study, we located 86 Korean healthcare manufacturing firms from KORCHAMBIZ and DART, and then collected the data of their patenting activities and outcomes between 2001 and 2013. By applying factor analysis and regression analysis, our empirical study found that firms' patenting activeness has the significant positive relationship on firms' financial profitability, and firms' patenting activeness and technical excellence have the significant positive relationship on firms' financial growth. Our study is an initial attempt to identify the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome within Korean healthcare product manufacturing industry, and thus its results can be used as the basis to formulate national policies for Korean healthcare product industry.

Evaluation of Researches on Strategy Content in Healthcare Organizations

  • Suh, Won-S.
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.68-95
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this paper is to provide the comprehensive review of empirical investigations in strategy content in healthcare organizations. Given the absence of relevant reviews in assessing an external validity of strategy content research in the healthcare industry, the paper, by taking convergent view, discern two main streams of research in the school of content: (1) the strategy-structure-performance (SSP) contingent, and (2) competitive strategies which test the propositions that business strategy, industry structure (IO economics). Finally, the paper suggests some future direction for research in this area.

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Election Pledge and Policy Tasks of President Moon Jae-in in Healthcare Sector (문재인 대통령의 보건의료 공약과 과제)

  • Shin, Sung-Shik
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2017
  • On May 10, 2017, Moon Jae-in's Government launched. The election pledges of Moon's Government in healthcare sector were extracted from those of president election camp and Democratic Party. The main pledges were enhancing the coverage of healthcare costs, management of healthcare costs for elderly, restructuring the health insurance contribution system, and improving the public nature of healthcare system. There are many policy tasks to realize the electoral pledge, especially, financial task is main. The National Planning and Advisory Committee are setting the policy priorities and making the detailed plans. Although this paper deals the initial evaluation of main election pledges, the precise evaluation is needed for the final plan of healthcare policy.

Achievement and Future Tasks of Healthcare Industry Globalization Policies (보건의료산업 글로벌화 정책의 성과 및 향후 과제)

  • Jung, Kee Taig;Choi, Hun Hwa
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.288-293
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    • 2018
  • In 1994 Korea government began to develop the healthcare industry, since then the government has tried to create opportunities to promote the industry through various political efforts and policies. The biggest achievement was attracting foreign patients from 2009 to 2016 with a cumulative 1.56 million and total revenue of 3 trillion won. But Korea still loses the opportunity to become a global leader in the health care industry due to regulations and various ideological disputes. Accordingly, it is necessary to facilitate policy understanding and present a practical road map so that Korea's healthcare industry become a new growth engine that will lead the trend of global market in the future. It also suggests a national economic development paradigm, the health economy as health and economic value are rotated through a shift in view of health care. At this point, 20 years after the beginning of the healthcare industry development, it is necessary to evaluate the related policies and discuss effective future directions. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to examine the policies and limitations of the healthcare industry by each government division, and based on it, to propose political tasks for the future.

A Study on the Influence of the Acceptability of Tax Expenditures to the Improvement of Healthcare (우리나라의 의료서비스 증진에 영향을 미치는 조세감면 수용성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kwang-Yoon;Jeon, Jang-Sik
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.330-353
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    • 1999
  • It is needed for human-being to get the better healthcare and to be educated well for happiness. In korea, they have had less interest in the healthcare than the education. In this study, the role of taxes was surveyed for the improvement of the healthcare. Many articales on the tax system of the healthcare were investigated. And it was searched also what is the key factors of tax expenditures for the improvement of the healthcare. Through a survey to the staffs of medical services, tax experts, the receiver of medical services and tax officiers, the gap of opinions in each group and the factors of tax expenditures were analysed. The findings of this study are as following: Firstly, For the improvement of the healthcare the acceptability of tax deduction is needed. Secondly, is found that there is a meaningful difference between the staffs of medical services and tax officiers in the acceptability of tax expenditures.

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Critical Factors Affecting Successful Client Satisfaction Management of Companion Animal Hospital (반려동물병원의 고객만족경영 성공요인에 관한 연구)

  • Baik, Choong-Ki;Shin, Cheol-Ho;Kim, Bo-Young
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2012
  • Success of any business solely is dependant on how to satisfy clients in healthcare-related industry. In the short history of Korea pet-care industry, there were not many guidelines on client satisfaction management of companion animal hospitals. The studies on many pet healthcare facilities were conducted based on their cost-benefits and the advantages of medical operation within special features of the traditional hospital management system. However the companion animal hospitals recently need to improve the service quality and client closed communication in keen competition on pet healthcare market. This study explores client satisfaction management could be the new issue of the veterinary hospital business. And it finally suggests of the critical factors affecting successful client satisfaction management of companion animal hospital based on the eight case studies.

Exploring Regional Disparities in Unmet Healthcare Needs and Their Causes in South Korea: A Policy-Oriented Study (한국 미충족 의료 니즈 수준 및 발생 사유의 거주지역 간 격차 분석과 정책적 시사점)

  • Woojin Chung
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.273-294
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    • 2023
  • Background: Most developed countries are working to improve their universal health coverage systems. This study investigates regional disparities in unmet healthcare needs and their causes in South Korea. Additionally, it compares the unmet healthcare needs rate in South Korea with that of 33 European countries. Methods: The analysis incorporates information from 13,359 adults aged 19 or older, using data from the Korea Health Panel. The dependent variables encompass the experience of unmet healthcare needs and the three causes of occurrence: "burden of medical expenses," "time constraints," and "lack of care." The primary variable of interest is the region of residence, while control variables encompass 14 socio-demographic, health, and functional characteristics. Multivariable binary logistic regression analysis, accounting for the sampling design, is conducted. Results: The rate of unmet healthcare needs in Korea is 11.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 11.0%-13.3%), which is approximately 30 times higher than that of Austria (0.4%). The causes of unmet healthcare needs, ranked in descending order, are "lack of care," "time constraints," and "burden of medical expenses." Predictive probabilities for experiencing unmet healthcare needs and each cause differ significantly between regions. For instance, the probability of experiencing unmet healthcare needs due to "lack of care" is approximately 10 times higher in Gangwon-do (13.5%; 95% CI, 13.0%-14.1%) than in Busan (1.3%; 95% CI, 1.3%-1.4%). The probability due to "burden of medical expenses" is approximately 14 times higher in Seoul (4.1%; 95% CI, 3.6%-4.6%) compared to Jeollanam-do (0.3%; 95% CI, 0.2%-0.4%). Conclusion: Amid rapid sociodemographic transitions, South Korea must make significant efforts to alleviate unmet healthcare needs and the associated regional disparities. To effectively achieve this, it is recommended that South Korea involves the National Assembly in healthcare policy-making, while maintaining a centralized financing model and delegating healthcare planning and implementation to regional authorities for their local residents-similar to the approaches of the United Kingdom and France.

The Effects of Case Management for Medicaid on Healthcare Utilization by the Medicaid System (의료급여 사례관리가 본인부담제 및 선택병의원제 적용자의 의료이용에 미치는 영향)

  • Lim, Seung-Joo
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.375-385
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: This study examined the effects of case management (CM) for Medicaid on healthcare utilization considering the Medicaid system. Methods: Data were extracted from survey data on "Healthcare utilization and health status of Medicaid beneficiaries" conducted in 2007 and 2008 by the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. This study was designed to compare the effects on healthcare utilization between the CM group and the non-CM group. The subjects were 535 Type I Medicaid beneficiaries who utilized healthcare more than 365 days during 2006. Results: The outpatient days and medication days of the CM group decreased significantly more than those of the non-CM group with the copayment system. There were no significant differences of healthcare utilization between the CM group and the non-CM group with the designated doctor system. Conclusion: CM worked effectively on Medicaid beneficiaries' outpatient healthcare utilization with the copayment system. However, its effects on hospitalization, which is a major cause increasing the total expense, were not observed. Therefore, future studies are needed to develop strategies to reduce hospitalization and Medicaid beneficiaries outpatient healthcare utilization with the designated doctor system.

The Effects of Aronia Extract on Body Weight and Body Fat: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial (체지방에 대한 아로니아 추출물의 효과: 무작위배정, 이중눈가림, 위약-대조 임상연구)

  • Ha, Ki Chan;Park, Yu Kyung;Baek, Hyang Im;Kim, Hye Mi;Kim, Young Mi;Jeong, Da Young;Shin, Sang Wook;Bae, Jung Shik;An, Ji Hye;Jeon, Yeon Jeong;Park, Ji Eun;Kwon, Young Dal
    • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2020
  • Objectives Excess weight and obesity are a crucial public health problem worldwide and are considered as the main cause of many chronic diseases. The present study evaluated the effects of Aronia melanocarpa extract (AMEX) supplementation on body compositions in overweight or obese people. Methods This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was carried out on 66 healthy overweight or obese peoples. The eligible subjects were divided into AMEX and placebo supplement treatment for 12 weeks. Anthropometrics, body composition (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry), and blood analysis were performed preand post intervention. Results We observed significant reductions in the body weight and body mass index in both groups; however, the decrease was higher in the AMEX group. Body fat mass and percent body fat showed a tendency to decreases after AMEX supplementation. No clinically significant changes were observed for any safety parameter. Conclusions In conclusion, the data of this trial indicate that AMEX were not effective in reducing body compositions, but as a safe supplement, it may help weight loss in overweight or obese people.