Hyundai Motor and Korea University Medical Center to cooperate for "Smart Mobile Hospital"

Hyundai Motor and Korea University Medical Center has decided to cooperate to build a "smart mobile hospital."

Hyundai Motor announced that it has signed an MOU with Korea University Medical Center for "Joint Research on Smart Medical Device-Mobile Hospital Development."

Hyundai Motor and Korea University Medical Center plans to study and run pilot visiting medical services for 18 months until April 2023 to provide smooth medical services to patients and vulnerable groups with limited mobility due to age, disease, injury, and childbirth.

Hyundai Motor will support small SUVs and large buses to this end, and support vehicles will be equipped with smart medical devices based on various advanced technologies, and Korea University Medical Center will visit nursing homes and residences for people with disabilities by these vehicles.

In addition, the vehicle will be used as a "smart mobile hospital" by establishing a system that integrates supporting disease diagnosis to treatment in connection with the cloud-based hospital information system of Korea University Medical Center.

Ji Young-jo, president of innovation at Hyundai Motor Group, said, "We expect this business agreement to provide quality medical services to the underprivileged who have low access to hospitals. We will continue to carry out projects for neighbors in blind spots of medical services."

Meanwhile, Kim Young-hoon, vice president and director of the Medical Center at Korea University Medical Center, said, "We expect the cooperation with Hyundai Motor will promote the health of the elderly and the vulnerable who have difficulty receiving medical benefits and take a step further to the goal of becoming the nation's top social medical institution."

Reported by Smart City Today