EasyCareTech is showing strong performance. It is interpreted that Kakao Healthcare, the second largest shareholder, is gaining attention following the news that Kakao is entering the medical platform market.
As of 10:39 AM on the 21st, EasyCareTech is trading at 31,150 KRW, up 9.09% compared to the previous day.
According to industry sources, Kakao Healthcare is currently sending participation proposals to various hospitals to launch a medical platform service that manages the entire process from hospital reservations to payments using KakaoTalk.
Kakao plans to establish a system using the KakaoTalk chatbot that allows users to select hospital departments, medical staff, and appointment dates, and easily change or cancel reservations if necessary. Kakao Healthcare aims to build a 'one-stop process' that enables not only appointment bookings but also pre-consultation questionnaires, medical fee payments, parking fee settlements, and insurance claims all at once.
Industry experts expect Kakao to start with administrative tasks such as reservations and payments and eventually expand its business area into digital healthcare integrated with Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Earlier this year, Kakao Healthcare acquired and merged with 'Lineworks,' a company specializing in medical information systems, and invested approximately 9.9 billion KRW to become the second largest shareholder of EasyCareTech, which supplies medical information systems to medium and large hospitals domestically and internationally, thereby strengthening their partnership. CEO Hwang is also a former vice president of EasyCareTech.
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