What is PHR(Personal Health Record)?
Technology and services that individuals take the initiative in integrating and managing their own medical data* and providing and utilizing their own medical data*
* All information related to personal health such as medical treatment information, general health information (lifelong, etc.), health insurance information, genome information,
public information (infectious diseases, life, environmental information, etc.)
overview
Prepare foundation and system for introduction of my data in medical area
- Define items of collection by data type (public agency, medical institutions, lifelog
- Define standard provision items of PHR Platform (Core Data Set for PHR)
- Establish a strategy for activating participation of data supply institutions
- Support legal and institutional improvement for activating utilization of platform data
Build a My Healthway Platform
- Build a common infrastructure environment such as system security, personal information protection system and network
- Build an integrated information management system for stable operation of platform system
- Build an app portal of platform user and participating institutions for service support
- Implement a dynamic consent system for leading utilization personal health data
- Establish a user indexing management function for improvement of platform connected performance
- Build user integrated certification system for solving user’s inconvenience of certification
- Build a network for connection with data supply institutions and utilization institutions
Support utilization of personal-oriented medical data
- Build My Healthway app for securing the right to choose utilization of personal health data
- Pursue connection with existing related business for support of effective utilization service
Build and Demonstrate Pilot System
- Build a pilot system for demonstration of My Healthway Platform
- Identify systematic operation plan for platform demonstration and spread
- Organize PHR private-public consultative body and support the operation for collaboration between stakeholders
- Organize a technical advisory group and support operation for discussion of technical issues
Objectives
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Vision
Improve national health through the use of individual-oriented medical data
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Goal
Create My Data Ecosystem based on My Healthway Platform
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Major 3 Strategies
- Escalate medical data provision items sequentially and step by step
- Build a safe and reliable platform that people can use
- Division of roles where the government lays the legal and institutional foundation and the private provides innovative service.
Vision and utilization strategy
Public health promotion and medical service innovation through the use of individual-centered medical data in accordance with the change of prevention and consumer-centered medical environment
- Integrating and utilizing medical data selected by individuals through linkage of information scattered and segmented across
- medical institutions and public institutions Through this it is possible to ① provide patient-centric care ② improve quality of care ③ and reduce cost of care.
Present Status
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Dec. 2019
- Announced 「Strategy for Activating the Use of Individual-Led Medical Data」 jointly with related departments (The Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and Ministry of Industry) and led by “Digital Healthcare Special Committee’ under the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee (under direct presidential control)
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Jan. 2020
- Announced 「Plans to Pursue Strategy for Activating the Use of Individual-Led Medical Data」 of the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee
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June ~ Dec. 2020
- Carried out BPR/ISP Consulting Project for implementation of My Healthway Platform System
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Feb. 2021
- Announced the plan to introduce ｢My Healthway(Medical Area My Data)｣ for improvement of national health and innovation of medical service
Constructed close private/public cooperation system for ｢Major 3 Strategies : 12 core assignments in 4 areas｣ under the goal of ‘creation of my data ecosystem based on My Healthway Platform’ - Launched ‘My Health Record’ App to search health information of people scattered across public institutions such as National Health Insurance Service, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
- Announced the plan to introduce ｢My Healthway(Medical Area My Data)｣ for improvement of national health and innovation of medical service
Expected Effects
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Individual
- Improve visual and economic convenience and improve health with integrated medical data management
- Improve the right to determine one’s own medical data
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Medical Institution
- Innovate medical service and support reasonable decision-making of medical team through utilization of various medical data
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Industrial Ecosystem
- Create ecosystem for utilization of digital healthcare through construction of platform focusing on individual medical data
- Prepare the foundation for ecosystem using healthcare startup data such as health management service, block chain and AI development
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Government and Public Institutions
- Prepare foundation for personalized health policy of people
- Complement the medical delivery service through effective distribution of medical resource
- Reduce national financial burden through reduction of medical cost