Real-Time Sharing of Emergency Room Bed and Medical Resource Information
Faster Patient Transfers... Resolving the "Emergency Room Carousel"
Gwangju City held a briefing session on the "Gwangju-Type One-Stop Emergency Medical Platform" on the 13th at the Mudeung Hall in City Hall, inviting workers from 21 emergency medical institutions in the region. Photo by Gwangju City
Gwangju City will officially launch the "Gwangju-Type One-Stop Emergency Medical Platform" in November, aiming to resolve the chronic issue of patients being transferred repeatedly between emergency rooms, alleviate overcrowding in emergency medical institutions, and shorten the time required for transporting and admitting emergency patients.
On the 13th, Gwangju City held a briefing session at the Mudeung Hall in City Hall, inviting workers from 21 emergency medical institutions in the region to present a blueprint for the new emergency medical system.
The "Gwangju-Type One-Stop Emergency Medical Platform" has been developed since October last year in collaboration with the Gwangju Emergency Medical Support Group to address the so-called "emergency room carousel," where patients are unable to find an appropriate hospital in a timely manner and end up circulating among multiple emergency rooms.
The platform’s main functions include real-time sharing of bed availability and medical resources among the 21 emergency medical institutions, as well as enabling rapid transfer requests based on the severity of a patient's condition. Through this system, patients can be quickly transported to the medical institution best equipped to provide optimal treatment within the critical golden hour.
The city plans to conduct a pilot operation with the 21 medical institutions until the end of this month to gather feedback from the field, and then fully implement the service starting in November. Once the platform is in full operation, the process of patient transfer and admission is expected to become smoother, reducing congestion at regional emergency medical centers and significantly shortening the waiting time for emergency patients to be admitted to emergency rooms.
Kang Yoonseon, Director of Public Health and Medical Services, stated, "Today's briefing session marks the first step toward improving the regional emergency medical system," and added, "We will continue to work on enhancing the local emergency medical system so that emergency patients can receive optimal treatment within the appropriate timeframe."
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