[Telemedicine Moves Toward Full Implementation as Digital Health Rules Take Shape]

Telemedicine will be formally institutionalized in South Korea this December. Ahead of its implementation, the regulatory framework for digital health is beginning to take clearer shape.

Detailed rules on patient eligibility, prescribing, and medicine delivery are expected to be developed as discussions progress, while broader legislative discussions are also underway on health data use, electronic medical record (EMR) standardization, and other areas of digital health.

In this edition, GR Korea looks at the Health and Welfare Committee’s new leadership and key members, the latest legislative and policy developments surrounding telemedicine and digital health, and the key issues to watch going forward.

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Next Wednesday, we will return with our fourth chapter, covering key issues and policy developments in the Climate, Environment and Labor Committee.