Present and Future of Utilizing Healthcare Data.

Abstract

istry of Health and Welfare in Korea launched a medical data-driven hospital support project in 2020. Five consortia selected in 2020 are participating in this project, as well as two consortia that were additionally selected in 2021, resulting in a total of 40 hospitals and seven consortia. In addition to hospitals, 42 other institutions are taking part, including pharmaceutical companies, IT companies, and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) development companies [1]. The data-driven hospital project aims to establish organizations, processes, and technological foundations to promote the use of medical data. The period from 2020 to 2022 has been considered phase 1, which has mainly focused on the following three areas: governance establishment, data establishment, and standardization and quality management. This article will describe the changes that the data-driven hospital project has brought to hospitals and make suggestions for future development.