Jeju Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as Jeju Center) announced on the 29th that digital healthcare startup Indream Healthcare was selected as 2nd place in the creative innovation category at the 8th 'Lina 50+ Awards' hosted by the Lina Foundation.
The 'Lina50+ Awards' is a program that discovers and awards individuals and organizations that have contributed to improving the quality of life of people aged 50 or older and creating healthy social values. This year marks the 8th anniversary of the awards.
Indream Healthcare was recognized for developing 'Indream Medisupport', a solution that analyzes and manages drug interactions and side effects for patients taking multiple medications, with the goal of solving drug safety issues for the elderly. The solution was introduced at Jeju National University Hospital in April and is currently being used in actual elderly patient treatment settings.
In particular, this award is evaluated as having greater significance as it coincides with Korea entering a 'super-aging society' with the proportion of the population aged 65 and over exceeding 20% by the end of 2023. The use of multiple medications by the elderly is a major factor that can lead to increased hospitalization rates and mortality risk, and is emerging as an important issue in the medical field.
According to data from the National Health Insurance Corporation, the number of chronic disease patients taking more than 10 medications for more than 60 days increased by about 53% over five years, from 840,000 in 2019 to 1.288 million in 2023. In addition, a follow-up survey of about 650,000 adults aged 66 who underwent national health checkups in 2015 and 2016 showed that those taking inappropriate medications had a 25% higher risk of death and a 46% higher risk of disability.
Against this backdrop, Indream Healthcare's technology is gaining attention as a practical solution that can contribute to preventing drug safety accidents in elderly patients in advance. 'Indream Medisupport' has secured compatibility with various electronic medical record (EMR) systems by utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology, and helps medical staff analyze patients' medication information in real time and prescribe safe prescriptions.
“Indream MediSupport is a tool that increases the efficiency of medical staff’s treatment while strengthening patients’ drug safety,” said Kang Byung-joo, CEO of Indream Healthcare. “The problem of polypharmacy is an issue that requires a national solution in an aging society, and we hope that our technology can contribute to this.”
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