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HIMSS and South Korea sign Memorandum of Understanding

The three-year collaborative relationship is for Electronic Medical Record adoption in hospitals throughout the country. 

Susan Morse, Executive Editor

Hal Wolf, president and CEO, HIMSS, and Geun Chan Lim, CEO of Korea Health Information Service.

Photo: Susan Morse/HFN

ORLANDO - Hal Wolf, president and CEO, HIMSS, and Geun Chan Lim, CEO of Korea Health Information Service, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at HIMSS24 on Tuesday.

The MOU brings a three-year collaborative relationship between HIMSS and the Republic of Korea for Electronic Medical Record adoption in hospitals throughout the country. 

"We're just delighted and thrilled to have this relationship with hospitals in Korea," Wolf said after the signing.

Lim said the collaboration with a healthcare IT leader will help his country achieve EMR standards nationwide.

Samsung Medical Center has already received HIMSS Stage 7 designation four times for harnessing technology in the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, or EMRAM.

Now healthcare leaders are looking to expand that adoption "for the whole country," said Dr. Meong Hi Son, CMIO of Samsung Medical Center.

"We will measure all of the hospitals and develop a program," Son said.

 

Email the writer: SMorse@himss.org

 
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