The South Korean government is expanding the country's public health and medical data infrastructure as it further supports hospitals in adopting AI. The committee has recently announced new initiatives to promote the use of data for AI adoption across the healthcare system. One of the Health and Medical Data Policy Deliberation Committee's current projects is linking clinical data from three national university hospitals to the Health and Medical Big Data Platform, which currently holds administrative data from public institutions.
By the second half of 2026, it plans to begin gradually providing public access to a nationally integrated bio big data database comprising 770,000 individuals. The $400 million biobank, first announced in late 2024, is expected to become fully accessible by 2028. The 24-member committee is also working to connect health data across hospitals for AI training and clinical research while ensuring data security and privacy protection. Based on the MOHW committee will also support at least 20 projects to verify medical AI solutions prior to their adoption in health facilities, while helping hospitals develop the capability to assess and integrate AI tools.
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