South Korea has released a five-year roadmap to research and develop artificial intelligence in healthcare as part of a wider vision to harness innovation in the technology to improve national health.
Korea Lays Out Roadmap For Use Of AI Across Drug Development
The five-year roadmap aims to expand support for AI research and development in essential health care and new drug development, as well as advance medical data usage systems and enable its safe use.

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