Expansion of non-face-to-face tx little by little

between regulatory sandboxes

Special Regulatory Committee approves additional temporary permits

The conditions are the same as the approval agenda for temporary permission from 2020 to 2021

Despite opposition from the KMA to expand non-face-to-face treatment using regulatory sandboxes, it is judged that the satisfaction of overseas Koreans is high and it will help resolve medical blind spots.

 

However, concerns about allowing regulatory special cases are also expected to increase, taking advantage of regulatory sandboxes.

 

Ministry of trade, industry and energy deliberated and resolved a total of 14 cases such as on-face-to-face overseas Koreans' care services including digital switching of tasks and tasks, such as carbon neutral through the 5th Industrial Convergence Regulation Special Deliberation Committee.

 

Temporary permission for the non-face-to-face overseas Koreans' care and counseling is a major medical foundation Myongji.

 

Myongji Hospital provides services such as medical counseling and medical treatment to overseas Koreans through telephone and video using an online platform, and medical staff judges and issues prescriptions when requested by patients.

 

This is the same as the approval agenda for Life Semantics Corp.

 

and Inha University Hospital from 20 to 2021.

 

There are many people who have difficulty using medical services due to language and medical accessibility problems or are excluded from access to local hospitals due to their citizens' priority policy abroad.

 

In particular, temporary permission was granted through sandboxes with the aim of "protecting the Korean people to the end," saying that SOS is lined up from overseas workers in the Middle East, where the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is soaring.

 

This year, Ministry of trade, industry and energy said, "Under the current medical law, telemedicine is only allowed for doctor-medical people, and medical practices such as doctor-patient diagnosis and prescription are prohibited in principle.

 

The Special Regulatory Committee approved additional temporary permits." However, to prevent diplomatic and trade problems, services were provided to the extent that they did not violate local laws, and the same conditions as the existing approval agenda, such as medical mediation, were added.

 

Ministry of trade, industry and energy "non-face-to-face overseas Koreans ' care services, currently on projects on the table is high user satisfaction." said.

 

The Ministry expected that in the future, overseas Koreans will be able to use various non-face-to-face medical services at more domestic medical institutions, which will increase their medical options.

 

Last year, the KMA pointed out in a statement that telemedicine for overseas Koreans is ineffective.

 

At the time, the KMA argued, "Telemedicine is likely to trigger competition between companies and industries that provide platforms and increase unnecessary demand, abandoning the basis of face-to-face treatment and the people's right to health."