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  • Opened a Multidisciplinary Precision Cancer Treatment Center for Patients with Terminal Cancer

    Opened a Multidisciplinary Precision Cancer Treatment Center for Pa...

    ;Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center opened the world;s first multidisciplinary Precision Cancer Treatment Center.;Although genomic analysis, biomarker analysis, and immunotherapy have been actively conducted in the field of cancer research, the P...

    24 2022-05-16
  • Samsung Medical Center’s IT Infrastructure Receives the World’s First Highest Level Certification

    Samsung Medical Center’s IT Infrastructure Receives the World’s F...

    ;Samsung Medical Center became the first medical provider in the world to acquire the highest level of the HIMSS INFRAM Stage 7 Certification, the medical IT infrastructure standard from Healthcare Information and Management System Society [HIMSS]...

    117 2022-05-10
  • At Least Reduce Smoking If You Can’t Quit

    At Least Reduce Smoking If You Can’t Quit

    ;The research team (Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Hospital Gangnam Center) investigated subjects that had undergone health screening in 2009 and had a follow-up screening in 2011 to see whether the effects of reduction, cess...

    60 2022-04-25
  • Samsung Medical Center’s Digital Innovation Continues to Gain International Spotlight

    Samsung Medical Center’s Digital Innovation Continues to Gain Inte...

    ;Samsung Medical Center;s digital innovation drew international attention.;Samsung Medical Center (SMC) announced that it has been invited to an international academic conference hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (...

    75 2022-04-18
  • Samsung Medical Center Ranks No. 1 in ‘2022 Korea Brand Star’ for 19 Consecutive Years

    Samsung Medical Center Ranks No. 1 in ‘2022 Korea Brand Star’ for...

    ;Brand Stock, jointly sponsored by Korea Economic Daily and JoongAng Ilbo, is a brand value evaluation company that awards the ;Korea Brand Star; to selected brands representing each industry through surveys and assessments.;The survey was conduct...

    90 2022-04-11
  • Exceeded 500 Cases of Laparoscopic Surgery for Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    Exceeded 500 Cases of Laparoscopic Surgery for Living Donor Liver T...

    ;The Organ Transplant Center announced that the living donor hepatectomy performed through laparoscopy has exceeded 500 cases. It has been eight years since the first surgery in May 2013 until July 2021.;Laparoscopic surgery involves making four t...

    82 2022-04-05
  • 300 Cases of Robotic Radical Cystectomy

    300 Cases of Robotic Radical Cystectomy

    ;Radical cystectomy is a surgery performed either on muscle-invasive bladder cancer or on bladder cancer that has not yet invaded the bladder muscle but does not respond to intravesical therapy and the risk of recurrence and progression is high. T...

    98 2022-03-28
  • Korea’s First to Annually Register 100 Patients with Salivary Gland Cancer

    Korea’s First to Annually Register 100 Patients with Salivary Glan...

    ;The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of Samsung Medical Center has been operating a Salivary Gland Tumor Specialized Clinic. In 2016, it exceeded 50 registered patients with salivary gland cancer and with steady increase, t...

    86 2022-03-22
  • 2-Year Remission of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Reveal the ‘Possibility of Discontinuation of Immunosuppressive Drugs’

    2-Year Remission of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Reveal the ‘Pos...

    ;Crohn;s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can occur anywhere in the digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus. It is known that about 25% of all patients are children before the age of 20. Children and adolescents, who have a...

    75 2022-03-14
  • Brain & Nerve Center Performed 5,000 Cases of Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm

    Brain & Nerve Center Performed 5,000 Cases of Microvascular Dec...

    ;In December, a team led by Professor Lee, Seung Hoon from the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain ; Nerve Center at Samsung Medical Center achieved 5,000 cases of microvascular decompression (MVD).;Since April 1997, when microvascular decompression...

    88 2022-03-07
  • World’s First 100 Cases of Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery for Tumor Removal Through Eyelid Incision

    World’s First 100 Cases of Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery fo...

    ;A team of professors from Samsung Medical Center announced that they have achieved 100 cases of transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery for tumor removal through eyelid incision for the first time in the world. This is the first achievement in five ...

    78 2022-03-02
  • Successful Non-Surgical Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Low Birth Weight Infant

    Successful Non-Surgical Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Low ...

    ;Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital heart defect that has a persistent opening between the two major blood vessels leading from the heart. The opening (ductus arteriosus) is a normal part of a baby;s circulatory system in the womb that...

    89 2022-02-22
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Patients’ Rights

1. Right to receive medical care

Patients have the right to receive proper medical and nursing services for their Health Protection and
Promotion and they will not be discriminated for gender, age, religion, status, nationality, language, race,
or physical/mental/financial circumstances nor be violated of their health. Medical team may not deny medical care without justifiable reason.

2. Right to be informed & autonomous decision

Patients have the right to receive be well-informed and to inquire in detail about the treating physician’s
specialty, status of their disease, purpose of the treatment, treatment plan, method, expected results and side
effects of the treatment, discharge plan, medical cost, whether or not they are a subject to medical research,
organ transplant/donation and etc, and to decide whether to give consent. Patients may stop or deny specific
treatment or planned medical care within the ethical guideline and may decide on an alternative treatment.

3. Right to have confidentiality

Patients will not be violated of their rights to confidentiality regarding their physical/health status and privacy.
Medical team and facility may not reveal or announce patient’s confidential information, including personal information, unless patient has gives consent or specified in the law, such as criminal investigation.

4. Right to request for consultation and mediation

Patients may request for consultation and mediation from an internal or external agency
(Korea Consumer Agency, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency) in the event of any medical dispute.

5. Right to be respected of values or beliefs

Patients will not be discriminated for their culture, religious values or beliefs, and their rights will not be violated.

6. Right to be physically protected and to have stability of mind and bod

Patients have the right to be protected from possible danger in the hospital and to have the stability of mind and body.

Patients’ Responsibilities

1. Responsible to trust and respect the medical team

Patients must accurately inform the medical team of their health condition, trust and respect the medical team’s treatment plan. Patients may be responsible for consequences which results from not following the instruction.

2. Responsible to not use dishonest method for medical treatment

Patients must reveal their identity before receiving any medical care and must not use false or dishonest method, such as receiving medical case under disguised ownership.

3. Responsible to abide by all hospital regulations

Patients must abide by all hospital regulations, respect hospital staff and other patients, and earnestly fulfill
the financial obligation to the hospital