Phase 3 system construction scheduled for November
Voice chart input, utilizing big data analysis

SK Telecom announced that it will build an 'AI Hospital' utilizing domestic artificial intelligence technology in collaboration with Korea University Medical Center (Vice President for Medical Affairs and Director Kim Hyo-myung), a leading medical institution in Korea.

The 'intelligent hospital' to be unveiled by both parties plans to provide patient-centered medical services by utilizing advanced ICT technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and MR (augmented reality + virtual reality).

SK Telecom and Korea University Medical Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Korea University College of Medicine on this day, with key officials including SK Telecom’s Head of IoT Business Division Cha In-hyuk and Korea University Medical Center’s Vice President for Medical Affairs Kim Hyo-myung in attendance.

Both parties plan to carry out three short-term projects by this coming November: ▲ development of a medical voice recognition system utilizing artificial intelligence and medical information learning, ▲ introduction of IoT-based patient convenience services, and ▲ establishment of a system that combines augmented reality and virtual reality to share surgical situations and opinions.

AI-based medical voice recognition systems allow for voice input, eliminating the hassle of manually entering information into charts. In addition, various medical data will be utilized for big data analysis through deep learning.

The goal is to enhance customer convenience throughout the entire process, from admission to discharge, for hospital visitors and patients by introducing patient-centered services utilizing IoT, including hospital guidance, waiting time checks, and payment processing.

The two companies plan to continuously develop various IoT services for customers and apply them to the Advanced Convergence Medical Center, scheduled to begin construction in the first half of the year, to create the nation's best medical center equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and services.

Kim Hyo-myung, Vice President for Medical Affairs and President of Korea University Medical Center, stated, “With patients’ expectations for medical services rising, change and innovation are necessary to provide new patient-centered medical services and leap forward as a leading medical institution,” adding, “Through cooperation with SK Telecom, we will lay the foundation to leap forward as a world-class medical institution.”

"We are pleased to join Korea University Medical Center in its innovative transformation into an intelligent hospital, based on SK Telecom's core technological capabilities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and virtual reality," said Cha In-hyuk, Head of the IoT Business Division at SK Telecom. "We will further strengthen our company's capabilities to keep pace with the various winds of change blowing across the entire industrial sector, as well as in medical services."