Korea to pilot AI-driven telemedicine in Indonesia

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South Korea and Indonesia will pilot AI-based teleconsultation services as part of a bilateral partnership aimed at advancing cooperation on AI-driven primary healthcare in the Asia-Pacific.

Under the agreement, both sides identified AI-based primary healthcare as a priority area to improve access to services.

It covers:

  • AI-based public health for achieving universal health coverage;
  • promotion of digital wellness in the AI era;
  • AI-driven preventive maternal and child healthcare;
  • expanding access to community-based mental health services using AI; and
  • strengthening public health resilience through AI and digital health capacity-building. 

Moreover, both governments are also in discussions to develop collaboration models involving university hospitals, major IT firms, and academic institutions, with plans to expand the cooperation model to other Asia-Pacific countries, including Vietnam and Thailand.

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