Asan Medical Center

An AI scribe runs in the background during a clinic consultation
By  Adam Ang 08:40 pm April 6, 2025
Asan Medical Center has developed a voice-based clinical documentation system powered by a large language model. HOW IT WORKS The system automatically records and analyses conversations – including identifying symptoms and classifying diseases – between and among staff and patients in near real-time. It also creates patients' medical records on the spot which are automatically saved to AMIS 3.0,...
Two surgeons operating on a body
By  Adam Ang 07:47 pm March 10, 2025
Researchers from one of South Korea's largest hospitals claim to have developed an objective measure of pain during and after surgery using AI.  FINDINGS The research team at Asan Medical Center devised a pain assessment model that can be applied throughout the entire surgery process. It involves tracking a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and blood volume change during surgery. A machine...
A surgeon conducting a stent procedure
By  Adam Ang 07:20 pm December 16, 2024
Researchers from Asan Medical Center, South Korea's largest hospital, have developed an AI-based system for analysing coronary artery images prior to coronary angioplasty. Coronary angioplasty is a standard treatment to widen narrowed or blocked coronary arteries indicated in coronary artery diseases such as angina and heart attack.  FINDINGS The Asan research team's AI system supports...
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By  Adam Ang 04:22 am October 4, 2024
Mental health app Lissun bags $3M for AI integration  Mental health platform Lissun in India has scored $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by RPSG Capital Ventures. With its fresh funds, the startup plans to integrate AI into its suite of digital mental health solutions which target corporates, schools, and families of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. The new funds will...
Two surgeons examining a brain scan
By  Adam Ang 05:30 am June 7, 2024
South Korea OKs new stroke prediction AI software South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has recently approved an AI-based software for predicting the onset of ischemic stroke or cerebral infarction.  The NNS-SOT software, developed by researchers from Asan Medical Center and Nunaps, provides an estimated time of onset of cerebral infarction in brain MRI images. It is based on AI that was...