Gyeonggi Province to Launch Korean Medicine-Based Care and Home Healthcare Model

The Gyeonggi Provincial Government is embarking on the establishment of a Korean medicine-based care and home healthcare model.

The Gyeonggi-style Korean medicine care and home healthcare model will be structured as a community-based health management system utilizing local public health centers to provide home visits and health management services by Korean medicine practitioners. The model is designed to link local healthcare and care services according to each individual's health status and care needs.

On July 20, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government announced that it will hold a business briefing session titled "Establishment of the Gyeonggi-style Korean Medicine Care and Home Healthcare Model" at the main auditorium of Dongguk University Ilsan Korean Medicine Hospital on July 22 for Korean medicine doctors at local public health centers and healthcare and care service stakeholders.

This briefing session aims to share standardized care directions for each disease, gather feedback on experiences with Korean medicine-based projects at public health centers, and incorporate field opinions to develop a Korean medicine care and home healthcare model that can be applied in local communities.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Government plans to use the accumulated clinical and project data from the field to improve future projects and provide an evidence base for policymaking.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

In particular, the government intends to establish specific directions and an implementation system so that public health centers can serve as local hubs in charge of identifying eligible individuals, assessing health status, providing Korean medicine home visits, and connecting to local healthcare and care services.

Starting with this briefing session, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government plans to collect further field opinions from local public health centers and hold discussion forums with local Korean medical institutions. Through these efforts, the government aims to understand the conditions for implementing Korean medicine projects in each locality, determine the health management needs of target groups, and assess the feasibility of both public health center-based models and collaborative models with regional Korean medical institutions.

Yoo Youngchul, Director-General of Public Health and Wellness at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, stated, "This briefing session marks the starting point for developing the Gyeonggi-style Korean medicine care and home healthcare model in collaboration with public health centers. We will faithfully reflect field experiences and feedback to develop an effective model that allows home care patients and health-vulnerable groups to continuously receive health management within their local communities."

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