SK Teleom Launches Smart Hospital SolutionsSK Teleom Launches Smart Hospital Solutions

SK Telecom launches smart hospital solutions to elevate hospital service to next level

April 22, 2013

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SEOUL, South Korea -- SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that it launched two innovative smart hospital solutions namely Patient Guide and Bedside Station under collaboration with Healthconnect, a joint venture formed between SK Telecom and Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) in January 2012. The solutions are applied to Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) to offer a wide range of services designed to bring enhanced convenience and benefits to patients.Since designating healthcare business as one of its three new growth engines earlier this year, SK Telecom has been making aggressive efforts to combine its state-of-the-art ICT with medical service with the aim to create a whole new type of healthcare services that help improve the quality of peoples’ lives. Following its commercialization of a smart health management service named Health-On in March 2013, SK Telecom now introduces a smart hospital environment that, for the first time in the world, offers personalized medical services for patients through mobile devices.Patient Guide is an enterprise solution that allows hospitals to provide a wide-range of guidance services for out-patients based on full mobile/ICT system. Patients can simply download the free Patient Guide application to their smartphones to receive personalized support during their visit to the hospital. The application, which automatically starts upon patient’s entrance to SNUBH, will communicate with the hospital EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system to retrieve the patient’s appointment-related data and handle the check-in procedure. Then, the patient will be able to view the order of scheduled appointment/examinations, check expected waiting time, find detailed medical information (e.g. prescribed medication), and pay medical bills via mobile. Supported by SK Telecom’s differentiated indoor positioning technology and 3D-mapping technology, Patient Guide also gives accurate directions to help patients find their way to an appointment or any other locations inside of the large hospital. Furthermore, patients can participate in satisfaction surveys and schedule follow-up appointments. The above service can also be provided through interactive kiosks installed within the hospital. SK Telecom

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