Cloud+ Medical Services... Government Supports Domestic and International Adoption of P-HIS

Ministry of Science and ICT Holds Meeting with P-HIS Project Participants
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Clinical Support
Patient Data Sharing and Medical Big Data Construction

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] The next-generation cloud-based medical big data system, the Precision Medicine Hospital Information System (P-HIS), has been created by combining cloud technology and medical services. The government is also stepping up support to promote the early domestic and international adoption of P-HIS, developed with domestic technology.

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that on the 14th, it held a meeting among participating organizations at the main building of Korea University College of Medicine in Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, to discuss plans for the early spread of P-HIS both domestically and internationally.

At the meeting, medical staff from Korea University Medical Center and representatives from companies including Samsung SDS, Bit Computer, Softnet, Naver Cloud, and Universe Global attended. The participants toured the P-HIS operation site and discussed ways to promote the adoption of P-HIS in domestic and foreign medical institutions as well as industry challenges.

Developed with an investment of about 20 billion KRW over five years by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, P-HIS is a next-generation, personalized, precision medicine hospital information system that includes electronic medical records (EMR) and clinical support services. It was developed according to international standard specifications necessary for interoperability of clinical information, making it useful for information exchange between hospitals.

P-HIS was developed with 38 modules to provide various hospital services such as clinical support and administrative tasks in a cloud environment. Being cloud-based, it reduces initial setup costs and makes system operation and maintenance easier. Through data and system standardization, it enables patient data sharing and systematic construction of medical big data, laying the foundation for providing precision medicine services.

The adoption targets will also be gradually expanded. In March this year, Korea University Anam Hospital successfully completed the full transition from its existing system to P-HIS. Starting in July, it will be applied to Guro Hospital, and from October to Ansan Hospital. The goal is to introduce it to 81 hospitals within the year.

Park Yoon-kyu, Director of the Information and Communications Policy Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT, who chaired the meeting, said, “The spread of P-HIS will not only promote personalized precision medicine services but also greatly enhance the accumulation and utilization of medical big data, bringing a paradigm shift to the domestic medical market. The government will spare no effort to support the early distribution and expansion of P-HIS developed with domestic technology both at home and abroad.”