The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on the 14th that it held the Second roundtable on rationalizing regulations for telemedicine in Osong, North Chungcheong, and discussed key regulatory issues in the process of institutionalizing telemedicine.
The meeting is a follow-up discussion to the telemedicine roundtable kickoff meeting on Feb. It aims to refine specific standards and requirements related to delegated matters under the subordinate statutes of the Medical Service Act, revised in Dec.
The meeting was attended by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as well as related associations and organizations such as the Korea Startup Forum and the Venture Business Association, telemedicine startups, and the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED).
Participants exchanged views on core issues in system design, including the number of days for which medications may be prescribed and the scope of items eligible for prescription, limits on the proportion of telemedicine within overall care, and the permissible scope of telemedicine for patients outside the same region. Additional industry requests for system improvements were also discussed.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) plans to collect additional feedback from the startup sector through June and deliver it to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Cho Kyung-won, director-general for startup policy at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), said, "The telemedicine system should be designed with both public access to health care and the industry's growth potential in mind," and added, "We will contribute to preparing a rational system by reflecting diverse on-site opinions."