A large amount of medical data is accumulated in hospitals where hundreds of patients come and go every day. Information on the causes of various diseases, progress, and treatment processes, etc. The medical data contained therein is very useful as it increases the accuracy of diagnosis and helps prevent and manage diseases.

However, it was not that long ago that medical data could be properly utilized in Korea. As it contains the patient's personal information, its use was limited due to security concerns, and it was not until 2016, when the medical law was revised, that medical data was made available through the cloud. It is now possible to save and utilize. The law was revised in 2016, but it took until people's perception changed and data could be utilized in earnest. It took another 4-5years. As a result, medical data is still often neglected and not properly managed in many hospitals.

Amid this trend, IRM provides platforms and solutions to hospitals that cannot manage medical data, helping them create value through the use of medical data. We met with Choi Seung-wook, CEO of IRM, who aims to build a medical data platform ecosystem through his company's services and enable many people to enjoy quality medical services, and heard his story in detail.

Please introduce your company

IRM is a company that develops and provides a medical data platform that can integrate and exchange various medical data. Usually hospitals use chart systems PACS, which are systems that view images such as EMR, CT, MRI is used a lot. This system has been built and used since the 1990s, but in fact, there is a lot of data generated in hospitals in addition to these. .

However, these data are not systematically managed and are left in shared folders or hard drives, and EMR or PACS >There are cases where the data in is not utilized properly. So, our company is creating a platform and solution that can create new value by utilizing such medical data.

Please tell us about your main business

IRM is currently developing solutions to acquire and integrate medical data. A representative solution among them is EDP (Enterprise Data Platform). EDP stands for Enterprise Data Platform, which acquires all unstructured medical data. It is a medical big data platform that can be integrated and used for research and clinical trials. This platform provides various types of data, including image data, clinical data, and IoT data. Data can be managed in one place and stored comprehensively, including medical data called FHIR. p>

By using EDP, medical institutions can manage their data efficiently, and distribute various types of data in one place. You can increase your ability to utilize data in research and clinical trials by processing it in . Also,It is also possible to provide customized medical services by comprehensively understanding the patient's data..

A critical element of these solutions is interoperability. Interoperability means that seamless communication is possible between various healthcare systems. IRM has the technology and network to increase interoperability based on its extensive experience and technological capabilities, so it can be said to be showing the best performance in Korea.

Therefore, IRM focuses on providing the most professional medical data management and interoperability in Korea, and has excellent performance and technology >.

What are your future goals

The domestic medical data platform market is currently in its beginning stages. Hospitals are also increasingly interested, In response to this, IRM seeks to build the foundation of a medical data platform< span>. Based on medical data expertise and many years of construction experience, all hospitals establish and implement a digital transformation strategy that effectively utilizes medical data and AI Our goal is to establish ourselves as an essential partner in doing business.

Accordingly, the company will build a medical data platform by providing infrastructure, and future artificial intelligence and various data-based services will also operate within the platform. I think it is important to build a medical data platform ecosystem with other partners with the goal of making it possible.

IRM is a challenging company that others do not present. In the past, it was a time when many people did not recognize the importance of data, but now, the need for a platform for interactive data utilization has emerged. Came. I want to hear that many innovations and developments have occurred in the medical field thanks to IRM’s efforts and capabilities..

Therefore, IRM plays a leading role in the domestic medical data platform market and has great value as a company that leads various innovations and developments. .