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KMID : 1170320180240010001
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2018 Volume.24 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.35
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A Comparative Analysis on Current Status of Telemedicine Policy: Focused on United States, Japan, Korea
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Kim Jin-Suk
Oh Su-Hyun
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Abstract
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In 2009, the government announced the first legislative amendment of the Medical Law, allowing physician-patient telemedicine, and then the legislation was announced again in the period of Park Geun-hye's government in 2013, but due to the vehement opposition of the health care organization, legislation was pending in the National Assembly. Recently, as the Moon Jae-in government started, the policy for telemedicine has become unacceptable. However, in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, information and communication technology will be developed more and the need and role of telemedicine is expected to grow in solving the problems of the medical delivery system. Despite the need to discuss and prepare specific standards and regulations for telemedicine in order to successfully achieve policy goals when telemedicine is introduced, there is a lack of preparation for this. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to derive the policy implications by systematically comparing and analyzing Korea's policy situation with the cases of the United States and Japan which are conducting telemedicine ahead of Korea in the future when the telemedicine is allowed. The results show that the United States and Japan are very detailed and rigorous about telemedicine related laws, jurisdictional agencies, financial support (insurance and medical fee), provision standards(object, region, type, provider qualification criteria and responsibilities). On the other hand, Korea has relatively ambiguous regulations about telemedicine. Therefore, based on the experience of remote medical practice in developed countries, it is necessary to discuss the preconditions and environment for the successful implementation of telemedicine in Korea and to provide institutional maintenance that contains specific regulations.
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KEYWORD
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Telemedicine, Policy comparison, United States, Japan, Korea
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