Samsung Medical Center Ranks 4th in Newsweek Smart Hospital Rankings, Up 11 Places

No. 1 among hospitals outside the U.S.; top-ranked in Korea for six consecutive years
Perfect score for digital maturity; highest HIMSS rating in four areas
AX task force launched and SMC-GPT introduced; expanding AI-powered clinical support

Samsung Medical Center ranked fourth in the world in Newsweek's "World's Best Smart Hospitals 2027" ranking. It climbed 11 places from 15th last year, making it the highest-ranked hospital outside the United States. It has also ranked first among domestic hospitals for six consecutive years.

Samsung Medical Center said on October 22 that it placed fourth in Newsweek's 2027 smart hospital rankings, behind the U.S. hospitals Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Mount Sinai Hospital. MD Anderson Cancer Center, a world-renowned cancer hospital in the United States, ranked fifth. Samsung Medical Center has improved its ranking from 18th in 2025 and 15th in 2026.

Samsung Seoul Hospital ranked fourth globally in Newsweek's "World's Best Smart Hospitals 2027" ranking. Samsung Seoul Hospital.

The evaluation focused on hospitals' digital transformation and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Along with recommendations from domestic and international experts, it assessed seven areas: digital information systems, digital infrastructure, education and feedback, AI, robotics and automation, governance and certification, and evaluation and auditing.

Samsung Medical Center was named an AI Innovation Leader and received a perfect score of 5 in the digital maturity assessment. Of the top five institutions, only Mayo Clinic and Samsung Medical Center received a perfect score for digital maturity. AI Innovation Leaders are institutions that scored 70% or higher in the field based on criteria including the strategic adoption and implementation of AI and its responsible use.

Samsung Medical Center also achieved the highest level, Stage 7, in four areas of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) assessment of healthcare organizations' digital maturity: the Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), the Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM), and the Analytics Maturity Assessment Model (AMAM). Among these, INFRAM reached Stage 7 for the first time in the world in 2022, and DIAM did so in 2023.

Samsung Medical Center is also accelerating efforts to build the organization and systems needed for AI transformation (AX). After launching its AX Promotion Task Force in June this year, the hospital began operating SMC-GPT, a conversational AI system it developed in-house. SMC-GPT supports work-related questions and answers, summarizes medical records, drafts documents, and provides guidance on hospital policies and work procedures. The hospital plans to expand its role as an AI interface connected to medical robots and automation systems.

In the second half of this year, the hospital also plans to introduce DAIA, an AI service linked to DARWIN, its in-house medical information system. DAIA will support searches and analysis of electronic medical records (EMRs) and summaries of patient information. It will also convert conversations between medical staff and patients into text and incorporate them into medical records.

SMC-GPT in use on a hospital ward. Samsung Medical Center.

The hospital is also expanding digital services to improve the patient experience. Samsung Medical Center plans to link biometric data collected through smart devices with symptom information entered by patients, so medical staff can review the information during consultations. Through S-CARENet, a platform that supports care coordination with partner medical institutions, the hospital provides appointment booking, online remote consultations between medical professionals, and medical advice.

"Now that AX has become a defining issue of our time, the future of healthcare will be more advanced than we can currently imagine," said Park Seungwoo, president of Samsung Medical Center. "Even so, I believe that our commitment to patient-centered care will not change." He added, "We will continue to innovate together with our patients and share with the world the future of healthcare that we have built ourselves."

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