Samsung Medical Center Earns 2024 Davies Award, First-Ever in the Republic of Korea

Samsung Medical Center, which has achieved four HIMSS Stage 7 maturity model validations, has been recognized as a 2024 HIMSS Davies Award recipient.

Samsung Medical Center is the first hospital to be recognized with the Davies Award in the Republic of Korea since the award’s inception in 1994.

“We are deeply honored to be recognized as a Davies Award recipient,” said Dr. Poong-Lyul Rhee, Chief Data and Digital Officer of Samsung Medical Center. “Our three innovative cases aim to improve patient outcomes and reduce the workload of medical staff, ultimately enhancing the culture in the healthcare industry. These cases demonstrate the power of digital transformation through cutting-edge technologies such as AI and robotics.”

Based in Seoul, Samsung Medical Center submitted three evidence-based case studies demonstrating the thoughtful use of data and technology innovations to improve care delivery and outcomes. With artificial intelligence as a key driver, Samsung Medical Center, facing physician and nursing staffing shortages, leveraged AI, telemonitoring, data visualization and robotics technology to improve patient safety outcomes, reduce surgical wait times and free up nursing time to focus on clinical tasks.

Samsung Medical Center Davies Award Case Studies

• Deep Learning for Pressure Injury Management
• Data-based Operation & Communication Center Surgery PAN (Data Delivery Tool)
• Smart Hospital Intelligent Logistics Model

Samsung Medical Center’s four Stage 7 validations were earned for the Infrastructure Adoption Model, Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, Digital Imaging Adoption Model and Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity.

"Although Samsung Medical Center has faced challenging conditions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising demand for care among severely ill patients, SMC has leveraged artificial intelligence, data visualization and robotics technology as key drivers to improve organizational resilience.

“Samsung Medical Center aspires to be the frontier of future medicine, and receiving the Davies Award represents a part of our ongoing commitment to realizing our vision,” he said. “It is also the result of the collective dedication and hard work of every caregiver at SMC.”

HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence

The Davies Awards program promotes HIMSS’s vision and mission by recognizing and showcasing use cases, model practices and lessons learned on how to improve health and wellness through the power of information and technology. Showcasing healthcare delivery systems, physician practices, community health organizations, long term and post-acute care sites, and public health organizations, the HIMSS Davies Award shares evidence-based case studies that are driving the reform of the global healthcare ecosystem through the power of information and technology.