Major hospitals are collaborating to expand the use of accumulated medical data beyond individual research, aiming to meet the needs of the healthcare field and industry through an agreement focused on AI transformation. This initiative is expected to enhance the value of medical data, promote AI in healthcare, and accelerate advancements in public health and the biohealth industry.
The consortium led by Catholic University of Korea's Seoul St. Mary's Hospital announced on June 10 that it held a ceremony to sign an agreement for AI in healthcare as part of the '2026 Medical Data-Centric Hospital Support Project.'
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital is the lead institution in the consortium, which includes Asan Medical Center, the National Cancer Center, Chung-Ang University Hospital, and Konkuk University Hospital.
Jung Chan-gwon, the Smart Hospital Director at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, expressed his commitment, stating, "We will actively support the validation and implementation of AI models based on medical data to create tangible AI innovations in healthcare and contribute to the spread of AI in medicine."
During the signing ceremony, the five hospitals in the consortium established an agreement to strengthen the collaborative framework for utilizing medical data and AI in healthcare.
The institutions will continue to pursue joint research on the shared use of medical data and connections with external stakeholders. They also agreed to collaborate on validating AI model performance, applying AI solutions clinically, expanding industry partnerships, and identifying and disseminating best practices.
The Medical Data-Centric Hospital Support Project, promoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, aims to establish a data collaboration system among healthcare institutions, industry, and research organizations to enhance the use of medical data and facilitate research based on clinical big data and the development of medical AI.
Since being selected for the project in 2020, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital has been implementing the Medical Data-Centric Hospital initiative for six years and has been designated as the lead institution for the third phase of the project (2026-2028).
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