• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.141-169
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• 2022

Article 34 of 'Medical Service Act' of Korea provides telemedicine service between medical personnel. Telemedicine between medical personnel and patients, therefor, in principle, is not recongnized. Increasing demand for telemedicine fueled by COVID-19 pandemic and accumulation of telemedicine experience lead a change in stubborn opposition of the medical community, tenuous though it may be. This article focuses on the telemedicine legislation in France, which can be used as a reference for the telemedicine legislation premised on telemedicine between medical personnel and patients. The legislation stipulates the concept, types, and conditions of telemedicine performance through 'Code de la santé publique'. The principle that telemedicine shall be performed alternately with direct medical treatment to a patient and details relating to such telemedicine performance as telemedicine costs, medical fees, and telemedicine equipment support are stipulated through an agreement between the medical community and health insurance organizations. From this point, the implications for our legal system were presented.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.259-262
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• 2021

팬데믹 시대를 맞아 전세계적으로 원격의료에 대한 수요가 높아졌고, 이에 따라 원격의료의 보안 위험도 급증하고 있다. 원격의료는 각각의 원격의료 참여자가 서로 보안수준이 상이한 물리적 공간에 있으면서 의료행위에 참여하고, IT와 의료기기 비전문가인 개인이 자신의 공간에서 다수의 의료기기를 운용해야 하는 경우가 많으며, 서비스형태에 따라 실시간 데이터 교환이 이루어져야 한다는 점에서 일반적인 의료와 다른 보안 이슈가 발생한다. 이와 같은 특성의 원격의료 보안 위험 대응방안 연구를 위하여 관련 표준을 검토해 보았으나, ISO/IEC 및 미국 NIST의 일반보안 표준으로부터 분기한 의료 일반에 대한 보안표준이나 의료기기 보안 가이드는 존재하지만 원격의료보안을 포괄적으로 정립한 표준을 찾을 수 없었다. 이에 따라 국제적으로 통용될 수 있는 원격의료보안 표준의 개발이 시급하며, 이를 위하여 원격의료에 대한 용어 정의, 원격의료 참조모델 규정, 원격의료 보안모델 개발이 필요하다. 향후 이와 같은 원격 의료 구성 요소들을 정의하고 구성 요소들 간의 상호작용과 환경적 보안 취약성 및 위협, 보안 요구사항을 정립한 원격의료 보안프레임워크 수립이 수행되어야 할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.123-126
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• 2012

현재 정보통신의 비약적인 발전은 의료서비스 전달체계에서도 큰 변화와 진전을 야기하고 있으며 세계적으로 점차 확대되어가고 있는 추세이다. 이는 의료정보화라는 이름으로 환자에게는 질병의 진단, 치료에 있어서 보다 신속, 세밀하고 정확히 판단할 수 있게 하여 수준 높은 보건의료서비스를 제공하는 한편 의료기관 및 관련기관은 업무의 효율성을 높여가고 있다. 그 중 원격의료는 의료기관의 방문 없이 대기시간의 단축, 일률적인 고도의 의료수준을 기대할 수 있는 등의 장점이 있는 제도이다. 그러나 현행 우리 의료법에서는 이를 규정하고는 있으나 그 내부적 관계에 따르는 세부적인 법률관계의 부재와 현장에서 이루어지는 의료행위가 아닌 정보통신망을 이용한 비대면접촉에 의한 특수한 형태라는 측면에서 제도적, 시설적, 환경적 제약이 있음을 부인할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 원격의료의 법적 문제점 및 개선점을 고찰해보고 이를 통한 원격의료를 활성화할 수 있는 활로를 모색하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.239-241
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• 2013

육상의 U-health서비스와 달리 해상이라는 특수한 지리적 요건으로 인해 사용 가능한 통신기술이 제한적이며, 선박이라는 특수한 공간에서 발생하는 진동과 소음 등 환경적 요소와 의사 및 의료팀의 부재에 따른 의료지식이 현저히 부족한 의료 관리자 및 일반인이 쉽게 시스템을 사용가능하도록 사용성을 고려하여 해상의 선박 및 플랜트 등에서 원격으로 의료서비스 지원이 가능하도록 해양환경에 최적화된 원격의료시스템을 개발하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.54-55
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• 2014

현재 운용중인 국내외 해상원격의료시스템을 소개하고, e-Nav 기반의 해상원격의료시스템 구축을 위한 세부내용을 제시하였다. 또한, 해상원격의료 국제표준화를 위한 국내개발 환경을 검토하였다.

• 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.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.171-173
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• 2014

육상과 떨어져 근무하고 있는 해양근로자들은 의료접근도의 한계성으로 인해 건강관리에 많은 어려움을 호소하고 있다. 이와 같은 해양근로자들에게 U- health기반의 해양원격의료시스템 도입을 한다면, 질병예방 및 건강관리, 나아가 건강증진에 이르기까지 매우 효과적일 것이다. 따라서 이 연구는 향후 해양근로자의 원격 건강관리 서비스를 위한 원격의료 도입 및 운영의 기본 방향을 제공하는 것을 목적으로 한다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.591-598
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• 2020

Since COVID-19's 1st pandemic came in February 2020, the demand for telemedicine grew greatly that in most countries the deregulation for telemedicine policy have been implemented in more countries. Also in Korea, with the name of 'Non-face-to-face Treatment' telemedicine began to be approved. Telemedicine having strength in chronic disease management has been effective in more and more specialties along with the recent development of ICT that it is expected to contribute to the improvement of the quality of healthcare service and creation of new treatment model. On the contrary it may also exacerbate the distortion in the hospital healthcare service industry in Korea, which is the excessive tipping toward large hospitals. So the dual promotion policy approach in which the settlement of family doctors system extensively utilizing telemedicine for chronic disease management and the support for tertiary hospitals and hospitals focusing on treating foreign patients to provide quality service using telemedicine technology are pursued simultaneously are recommended.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.445-457
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze various issues that may arise from the recent deregulation of telemedicine implemented by the government, propose initiative preparations for the implementation of telemedicine policies, and suggest implications for the basic conditions and direction of the deregulation of telemedicine. Recently, deregulation policy cases in telemedicine include that designation of a special zone for regulatory freedom in Gangwon Province, allowing physician-patient telemedicine and telephone counseling and prescription cases in the COVID-19 crisis. There are four main issues that could arise with the deregulation of telemedicine: safety, effectiveness, differences in access to health care and the economic industry, and legal responsibility. As a initiative preparation, this study proposed a pilot project for telemedicine and enhanced support for face-to-face care complementary tools, vitalizing remote co-operation, policy model that do not disrupt the medical delivery system, and legal maintenance. In conclusion, as a suggestion of basic premise and direction in the implementation of telemedicine deregulation, the implementation of initiative measures to address issues concerning telemedicine, the review and regulation of conditions to be considered in the implementation of telemedicine, and the establishment of a close communication and cooperative sturcture with medical providers.