• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.3-23
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• 2021

Telemedicine is a field of medicine in which medicine doctors who are in remote distance can treat the patients using audio, video devices which can help the diagnosis. In medicine, even the face-to-face diagnosis and treatment is the traditional way, the telemedicine could provide the convenient way for the patients in long distance, disabled or anyone who want to be stay ones' home. But telemedicine has the task to maintain the quality of medical cares compare with the traditional medicine. Among the several types of telemedicine, the specific type telemedicine in which the medicine doctors examine, diagnosis and do the prescription to the remotely distanced patients could be defined tele-prescription. Under The Medical Service act, it is unclear that teleprescription could be allowed. The Medical Service Act has introduced the specific clause for the prescription. That clause includes the duty of patients who have to receive the prescriptions directly from medical doctors. Under this clause, the constitutional court had decided the tele-prescription was illegal, but the supreme court has been decided tele-prescription could be legalized under the certain circumstances. But the other supreme court decided the tele-prescription was illegal under the article 34 of presenting Medical Service Act. So to understand the interpretations of Supreme court and Constitutional court decisions for the cases of prescription via telephone, we need to understand the history and presented reasons for the revision of prescription clause and also need to understand the other related clauses in the same act. In conclusion, To consider the values of telemedicine should be the level with the ordinary treatments, It is reasonable to interpret that the presenting Medical Service Act only legalize the telemedicine between doctor to doctor and which is regulated by the telemedicine clause.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.04a
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• pp.90-92
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• 2015

최근 IT기술의 발달과 의료 서비스의 증가로 웨어러블 헬스케어에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 기존 원칙 진료 시스템에서는 의사와 환자의 직접적인 대면 없이 진료데이터만으로 환자를 판단함으로 인하여 의료서비스의 질이 저하되는 문제가 있었다. 또한 원격진료만으로는 사용자의 증상을 정확하게 전달 할 수 가 없기 때문에 원격진료에 대한 사용자의 만족도가 낮았다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 VoIP 환경에서 화상진료를 지원하는 SIP 기반 스마트폰 헬스케어 시스템을 제안한다.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.62
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• pp.28-29
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• 2005

레드리본은 HIV감염인$\cdot$AIDS환자들을 직접 대면하는 보건요원, 의료진들이 그들을 이해하고 원활한 업무진행을 위해 꼭 필요한 여섯 가지를 시리즈로 게재할 예정이다. 이 코너는 상담 혹은 진료의 대상자인 감염인들의 목소리를 통해 어떤 식으로 그들의 문제를 접근해주었으면 효과적인지를 그들이 겪은 경험을 토대로 연중시리즈로 기획하였다.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.3-33
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• 2022

In relation to telemedicine in Korea's medical law, there are Articles 17, 17-2, and 34 of the Medical Act. Since 'direct examination' in Articles 17 and 17-2 of the Medical Act can be interpreted as 'self-examination' rather than 'face-to-face examination', it is difficult to see the above regulation as a regulation prohibiting telemedicine. Prohibiting telemedicine only with the concept of medical examination or the 'principle of face-to-face treatment' is against the principle of "nulla poena sine lege"(the principle of legality). However, in order to qualify as 'examination', it must be faithful enough to replace face-to-face examination, so issuing a medical certificate or prescription after a poor examination over the phone is considered a violation of the Medical Act. In that respect, the above regulation can be said to be a regulation that indirectly limits telemedicine. On the other hand, most lawyers interpret that telemedicine between medical personnel and patients is completely prohibited based on Article 34, and the Supreme Court recently ruled that such telemedicine is not permitted even if there is a patient's request. However, this interpretation is not only far from the legislative intention at the time when telemedicine regulations were introduced into the Medical Act of 2002, but also does not match the needs of reality or the legislative trend of foreign countries. The reason is that telemedicine regulations are erroneously legislated. The premise of the legislation is wrong, and there are considerable problems in the form and content of the legislation. As a result, contrary to the original legislative intent, telemedicine was completely banned. In foreign countries, it is difficult to find cases where telemedicine is completely banned and criminal punishment is imposed for it. In order to fundamentally solve the problem of telemedicine, Article 34 of the Medical Act needs to be deleted.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.26 no.12 s.235
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• pp.1087-1090
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• 1988

악안면 형성과정의 이상으로 인한 구조적 결함상태로 정의되어지는 악안면 기형(maxill-ofacial ogtal malformation)은 사고나 기능적(funct-ional) 장애로 인해 후천적으로 생길 수도 있으나 유전적 원인 등으로 인한 선천적 경우도 많다. 특히 후자의 경우에는 여러 증후군과 결합되어 나타나는 수가 많다. 치과의사는 치아이상이나 기능적 이상으로 인한 기형의 치료 및 예방을 담당할 책임이 있으며, 더욱이 새로운 진료실에서 직접 대면할 수 있는 최초의 의사가 될 수 있다는 점에서 특별한 기형외에도 전반적인 증후군에 대한 지식을 갖는 것이 중요하다. 악안면 기형환자에게는 전반적 검사가 필수적이며 방사선 분석, 치아모형 분석 등 다양한 분석이 필요하나, 여기에서는 주로 병력 청취나 시진을 통한 검사에 중점을 두어 서술하고자 한다.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.131-160
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• 2023

An amendment to Medical Law allowing permanent face-to-face treatment has been proposed in the 21st National Assembly, with five different bills introduced. However, each proposed amendment focuses on different aspects, and the issue is currently in a state of 'ongoing review' due to factors such as opposition from the medical profession and political considerations. However, from the perspective that the introduction of non-face-to-face treatment should be institutionalized and legislated prioritizing patient safety, certain directions are proposed. These include focusing on returning patients as the primary target, chronic diseases as the focal conditions, outpatient medical institutions as the implementing agencies, restricting non-face-to-face means primarily to video systems, and legally exempting healthcare professionals from responsibility for incidents beyond their control. The proposed directions also emphasize establishing the right to demand face-to-face treatment. It is suggested to legislate initial standards that ensure a minimum level of safety and gradually expand the scope of non-face-to-face treatment through future research, evaluation, and similar step-by-step approaches.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.405-413
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• 2022

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the active utilization of new health care service utilizing the ICT technology and data science such as telemedicine, smart hospital, AI dignosis has been increasingly found. In this study we examined the business model of Amazon healthcare which leads disruptive innovation in U.S. health care industry with the introduction of hybrid model of telemedicin, in-person care and customer-centric online drug delivery, home-use diagnostic kit, characterized by the integrated model combining medical care, drug delivery and the use of diagnostic kit. We showed using the multiproduct competition model that the synergy effect between the Amazon's original business areas and the healthcare business area causes the active market penetration and the increase in the customer value from utilization of the Amazon care. Using Hotelling's spatial competition model, we also showed that the competition in the health care market can be greater when consumer's choice of health care providers are available in telemedicine platform. In the long, run the issue of competition being weakened due to the exit of less competent healthcare providers may arise, to which the policymakers in the charge of fair competition in health care industry should pay attention.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.139-145
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• 2023

When a doctor examines a patient in a hospital, the doctor directly checks the patient's condition and conducts a face-to-face diagnosis through dialogue with the patient. However, it is often difficult for doctors to directly treat patients. Recently, several types of telemedicine systems have been developed. However, the systems have lack of capabilities to observe heart disease, neck condition, skin condition, inside ear condition, etc. To solve this problem, in this paper, an interactive telemedicine robot system with autonomous driving in a room capable of visual examination and auscultation of patients is developed. The developed robot can be controlled remotely through the WebRTC platform to move toward the patient and check a patient's condition under the doctor's observation using the multi-joint robot arm. The video information, audio information, patient's heart sound, and other data obtained remotely from patients can be transmitted to a doctor through the web RTC platform. The developed system can be applied to the various places where doctors are not possible to attend.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.3-33
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• 2020

Telemedicine can be defined as "medical activities performed remotely by medical personnel using information and communication technology." So far, many scholars in Korea have understood that only telemedicine between medical personnel is allowed and telemedicine between medical personnel and patients is prohibited based on Article 34 of Medical Service Act. However, Article 34 is only a restriction on the performing place of medical profession, not a prohibition on telemedicine itself. And, there are no regulations prohibiting telemedicine under the korean medical law. So, it is difficult to say that telemedicine is generally prohibited under the korean medical law, apart from the health insurance medical treatment benefit standards. However, there is controversy in interpretation regarding the meaning of "direct diagnosis" in Articles 17 and 17-2 of Medical Service Act. The Constitutional Court of Korea interpreted this as "face-to-face diagnosis", while the Supreme Court of Korea interpreted it as "self diagnosis". In light of the dictionary meaning of 'direct' and the interpretation of related medical law regulations, I think the Supreme Court's interpretation is valid. Although "direct diagnosis" does not mean "face-to-face diagnosis", the concept of "diagnosis" implies "principle of face-to-face diagnosis". In addition, "non-face-to-face diagnosis" are only allowed to supplement "face-to-face diagnosis", so the problems caused by "non-face-to-face diagnosis" can be fully overcome. In the end, the limit of telemedicine is how faithful the diagnosis was.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.29-37
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• 2012

스마트폰과 태블릿 PC같은 스마트 기기의 보급 증가는 원격의료 서비스 분야의 활성화에 커다란 영향력을 미치고 있다. 그러나 환자와 의사가 직접 대면하지 않고 네트워크에 연결된 스마트 기기를 통해 진료 행위를 할 경우, 환자와 의사간에 상호 인식과 인증 등과 같은 보안 문제가 해결해야 할 가장 큰 걸림돌로 여전히 남아있다. 스마트 기기는 이동성과 편이성이 뛰어난 반면 각종 보안 침해 위협에 상대적으로 쉽게 노출될 수 있다는 단점이 있다. 스마트 기기를 원격의료 서비스에서 안전하게 활용하기 위해 바이오인식 (Biometrics) 기술과의 용합 시도와 관련 표준화 작업이 적극 추진되고 있다 본 논문에서는 안전한 원격의료 서비스 제공을 위해 바이오인식 기술의 융합 필요성과 기술 및 서비스 개발 사례를 분석하고, 원격의료 서비스 활성화를 위해 선결되어야 할 주요 과제를 모색하고자 한다.