Gangbuk Samsung Hospital of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine announced on the 12th that it has been selected as the final institution for the "2025 AI-Based Customized Care Service Convergence Leading Project," organized by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) under the Ministry of Science and ICT.
At the launch ceremony of the "AI-Based Customized Care Service Convergence Leading Project" held on the 10th at Gangbuk Samsung Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Eunyoung Heo, Director of the Digital Farm Center (first row from the left), Sangdo Nam, CEO of Miso Information Technology, Hanju Yoon, Director of Naver Cloud, Inseok Lee, Professor at the Catholic University Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, representatives from the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, Ministry of Science and ICT, Hyuncheol Shin, Director of Gangbuk Samsung Hospital, Jaehun Kang, Head of Future Healthcare Division at Gangbuk Samsung Hospital, Hongjun Jeon, Team Leader at Samsung Electronics, Jungsun Seo, Chairman of Macrogen, and Kyungnam Kim, CEO of Weisen, are taking a commemorative photo. Gangbuk Samsung Hospital
This project is a national strategic research and development initiative aimed at realizing customized health prediction and proactive care tailored to the life cycle of citizens, in line with the government's digital bio strategy and the policy to integrate artificial intelligence into daily life.
In this project, led by Jaehun Kang, Head of the Future Healthcare Division at Gangbuk Samsung Hospital, the hospital aims to develop "AI-based customized health management technology using phenome data for young adults and the middle-aged population."
Phenome data refers to the overall physiological and biological characteristics that result from the interaction of the genome, environment, and lifestyle habits. By utilizing phenome data from 1.5 million individuals, the largest dataset in the world, the project plans to develop disease prediction models for major chronic diseases such as obesity, metabolic liver diseases, hypertension, and diabetes, and to establish a personalized health management platform.
This will be the nation’s first agentic AI-based "smart daily care service closely integrated with daily life," as well as an intelligent "disease-specialized medical life care service." The project is expected to realize precision and prevention-focused healthcare services, contribute to reducing medical expenses through early disease prediction, and improve the efficiency of the healthcare system.
In addition, the project brings together the capabilities of Samsung Electronics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Naver Cloud, Macrogen, Weisen, Miso Information Technology, and Digital Farm in a consortium. As the lead institution, Gangbuk Samsung Hospital plans to form an industry-academia-research-hospital collaboration system with top expertise in related fields, ensuring the successful execution of the project and contributing to the global expansion of K-Healthcare.
Hyuncheol Shin, Director of Gangbuk Samsung Hospital, stated, "Gangbuk Samsung Hospital is leading the digital healthcare ecosystem through collaboration with various healthcare companies," adding, "Through this project, we will drive innovation in data-based health management services so that everyone can enjoy the convenience of AI and maintain a healthy life."
Meanwhile, Gangbuk Samsung Hospital launched the Future Healthcare Division last year to lead digital healthcare and is spearheading digital health R&D based on data and ICT.
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