• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.134-138
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• 2013

This road map aims to establish a stable and integrated healthcare system for the Korean Peninsula by improving health conditions and building a foundation for healthcare in North Korea through a series of effective healthcare programs. With a basic time frame extending from the present in stages towards unification, the roadmap is composed of four successive phases. The first and second phases, each expected to last five years, respectively, focus on disease treatment and nutritional treatment. These phases would thereby safeguard the health of the most vulnerable populations in North Korea, while fulfilling the basic health needs of other groups by modernizing existing medical facilities. Based on the gains of the first two phases, the third phase, for ten years, would prepare for unification of the Koreas by promoting the health of all the North Korean people and improving basic infrastructural elements such as health workforce capacity and medical institutions. The fourth phase, assuming that unification will take place, provides fundamental principles and directions for establishing an integrated healthcare system across the Korean Peninsula. We are hoping to increase the consistency of the program and overcome several existing concerns of the current program with this roadmap.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.238-256
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• 1998

Background : There have been many studies and efforts about quality management in health services, but these were not focused on the thinking ability of the personnel. In this study, We planned to define the relationship between Quality Management(QM) and thinking skill, and analyzed critical thinking skill and problem solving ability of the nurses for QM in healthcare. Methods : We surveyed 260 nurses in 3 hospitals by using questionnaires about thinking skills and QM from November 18 to 28, 1998. The response rate was 76.9%. We described and analyzed the data by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and non-parametric Friedman test using SPSS Win 7.5. Results : This study revealed that 1) understanding level of QM concepts was very low and insufficient, 2) willingness to practice QM in healthcare was relatively high and affirmative, but the positive attitude taking part in the program of QM is very low(4.5%), 3) even though the necessity of QM was recognized, actual application of critical thinking skills and problem solving abilities is lacking, 4) the production of idea for QM was the most insufficient, and so the next of the problem solving process(QA cycle) was the same. Conclusion : Based on the above results, we can conclude that understanding the concepts of QM is very important to solve problems about QM in healthcare. For development of thinking skill to promote critical problem solving ability for QM in healthcare, it is necessary to improve curriculum of nursing education and teaching-learning methods of QM strategy and technique.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.518-528
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the healthcare experience of residents participating in the Community-Based Hypertension and Diabetes Registry Program. Methods: This study used qualitative content analysis. Data were collected from in depth interviews of fifteen participants, who either participated in the program hosted by the Training Center for Hypertension and Diabetes for more than two years or participated in an intensive one-on-one education program. Results: The results showed that the core theme in healthcare of participants was 'Proactive healthcare with attention and systematic guidance of experts'. The positive reinforcement of staffs and the improvement of self-efficacy through effective close management were found to be positive influencing factors of participation. The theme consisted of the following categories: 'Participation in the program with positive expectations on healthcare', 'Interest in body and health', 'Vitality in life', 'Confidence in dealing with disease', 'Thankfulness for close care and attention', and 'Desire for continuous care'. Conclusion: When establishing policies on managing chronic diseases, a strategy that reflects the results of the study is required. It is necessary to build up emotional relationship among stakeholders, and expand opportunities for close healthcare such as one-on-one customized training, and mutual cooperation with various organizations in the local community.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.295-305
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• 2021

본 연구는 모바일 헬스케어 애플리케이션의 UI 사용성이 고령 이용자의 테크노스트레스 지각과 지속적인 이용에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 실증적으로 검증하는 데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 통해 60세 이상 199명을 대상으로 모바일 헬스케어 애플리케이션의 UI 사용성이 테크노스트레스와 지속사용의도에 미치는 영향을 실증하였다. 그 결과, UI 사용성 4개 하위요인은 모두 테크노스트레스에 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 이때 영향력의 크기는 콘텐츠, 프로세스, 디자인, 시스템의 순서인 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 테크노스트레스는 지속사용의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 통해 고령자가 겪는 테크노스트레스를 해소함으로써 지속적인 사용을 이끌 수 있는 UI 디자인 전략을 제시하였다. 이는 향후 고령자 대상 모바일 헬스케어 애플리케이션의 개발과 서비스 방향에 대한 학술적 실무적 시사점을 제공한다.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2021

광주광역시의 3대 주력산업인 자동차 산업, 에너지 산업, 그리고 AI/헬스케어 산업 등에 응용 가능한 AI 활용 사례로 준지도 학습, 전이 학습, 그리고 연합 학습의 머신러닝을 적용하며, 더불어 주력산업을 위한 AI 서비스를 위한 ML 전략을 정립하였다. AI 서비스의 ML 전략을 기반으로 실용적 접근 사례들을 제시하고자 하며, 준지도 학습의 접근 사례는 자동차 영상 인식 기술에 활용하며, 전이 학습의 접근 사례는 헬스케어 분야의 당뇨병성 망막병증 검출에 활용하고자 하며, 마지막으로 연합 학습의 접근 사례는 전력 수요 예측에 활용하고자 한다. 이러한 접근 사례들을 싱글보드 Raspberry Pi, Jaetson Nano, Intel i-7 등의 하드웨어를 기반으로 성능 테스트를 진행함과 동시에 실용적인 접근 사례들의 유효성을 검증하였다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.167-187
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• 2012

Organizational growth is achieved through the process of finding opportunities in the environment and establishing a business model with internal and external resources. Bestian Hospital, which primarily focuses on saving the lives of patients with severe burns, has enlarged its business domain through deep understanding of burn patients' problems, including pain and complications during treatments, long-term treatments, skin reconstruction, and so on. Now Bestian is accelerating research for development of antipyretics and cosmetics for burn patients. The success of Bestian has been due to utilization of human and material resources that are essential to performance in the medical field. Also, Bestian properly used a management service organization(MSO) model and constructed an information technology(IT) system for supporting its businesses. However, previous successes do not guarantee continued success. Bestian is entering a new domain with different challenges than it has experienced so far, and how it deals with these challenges will decide its future.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2015

Medical tourism in Korea has been rapidly grown for last couple of years, based on exclusive support from Korean government. About 60,000 foreign patients received medial services in 2009, an initial stage of entering medical tourism business, and the number of foreign patients received medical services in Korea hiked to more than 266 thousands in 2014, which is showing 34.7% of annual average increase between 2009 and 2014. Diversification of target markets and service areas contributed on this remarkable growth. This paper describes current status of medical tourism in Korea as well as various supports from government for the growth of medical tourism. In addition, the paper presents approaches for brand marketing, by utilizing 7Ps, the marketing mix (a.k.a. service mix), in order to increase awareness and competitiveness of medical services of Korea in global market.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.185-196
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• 2018

This study investigates the social network among authors to improve the quality of Panel researches. Korea Health Panel (KHP), implemented by the collaborative work between KIHASA (Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs) and NHIC (National Health Insurance Service) since 2008, provides a critical infrastructure for policy making and management for insurance system and healthcare service. Using bibliographic data extracted from academic databases, eighty articles were extracted in domestic and international journals from 2008 to 2014, April. Data were analyzed by NetMiner 4.0, social network analysis software, to identify the extent to which authors are involved in healthcare use research and the patterns of collaboration between them. Analysis reveals that most authors publish a very small number of articles and collaborate within tightly knit circles. Centrality measures confirm these findings by revealing that only a small percentage of the authors are structurally dominant, and influence the flow of communication among others. It leads to the discovery of dependencies between the elements of the co-author network such as affiliates in health panel communities. Based on these findings, we recommend that Korea Health Panel could benefit from cultivating a wider base of influential authors and promoting broader collaborations.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.97-112
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• 2024

In order to verify the factors affecting the acceptance of Serious Games for Healthcare (SGHs), this study developed a hierarchical model of general and specific benefit and risk factors affecting the intention to use SGHs based on the valence framework. As a result based on 199 samples, it was revealed that perceived customization and perceived schedule flexibility had a positive effect on the perceived benefits, which, in turn, had a positive effect on the intention to use SGHs. However, among the specific risk factors, only privacy risk had a positive effect on perceived risk, but it did not have a effect on SGHs usage intention. The results related to the fact that the survey respondents were potential users of SGHs and the bias that may overestimate the benefits provided by SGHs called optimistic bias. Based on these findings, some implications were presented such as the spread and distribution of SGHs to the ordinary persons, improvement of negative perceptions of games, and the need for data-based services to refine customized services for SGHs.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.447-453
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• 2005

A total of 108 strains of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) clinical isolates was collected from $121^{st}$ general hospital (U.S. military hospital), Korean healthcare facility from January to March in 2005 and Wonju Christian hospital in 1999. Antimicrobial susceptibility test by Vitek System and MIC test using oxacillin and cephalothin stripes by E-test were executed. PCR based detection of mecA gene was performed on the all of MRSA clinical isolates, too. MRSA clinical isolates were characterized with antimicrobial resistance patterns, PCR based detection of mecA gene and validation of the multiplex PCR strategy of SCCmec among clinical isolates.