Legal Barriers to Implementing AI-Enabled Emergency Medical Services in Korea: Focus on the Medical Service Act, Emergency Medical Service Act, and Personal Information Protection Act
Eun-jeong Lee, Yeon-woo Choi, Yeail Joo, Min Lee, Hyekyeong Kim, Chaemin Shin · 2026
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Lee and colleagues examined in 2026 the legal blocks that slow the use of artificial intelligence in Korea's emergency medical services. AI tools can sort patients by urgency in real time, pick the right hospital, and guide ambulance crews. Korean pilot projects in several cities have shown the tools work, yet the law was written before they existed.
The team read three statutes and studied pilot cases, then compared them with United States and European rules. One law limits remote care to talks between doctors, which bars AI-guided help for crews. Another sets no duty for hospitals to share free-bed data fast. Privacy law leaves unclear when sensitive data can be processed in an emergency. The authors propose fixes, including clear emergency exceptions and legal shelter for staff who use certified AI tools.
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| CREATOR | Eun-jeong Lee, Yeon-woo Choi, Yeail Joo, Min Lee, Hyekyeong Kim, Chaemin Shin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |