South Korea Boosts AI Healthcare with $400M Bio Big Data Initiative
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
South Korea is advancing its public health data infrastructure to profoundly integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has formed a committee to develop policies that utilize health data for AI applications, including a key initiative that links clinical data from university hospitals to a centralized Health and Medical Big Data Platform. A major project involves creating a bio big data database containing information from 770,000 individuals, set for partial public access by 2026 and full access by 2028. This comprehensive data ecosystem aims to support AI training and clinical research while fostering innovation through expanded access for startups and small enterprises, thereby enhancing healthcare delivery.
