The Minister of Health and Welfare awarded Professor Soo-Yong Shin of SAIHST for excellence in Health Information Policy.

‘2nd Health Information Policy forum’ organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare was held on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, at Sheraton Seoul Palace Gangnam Hotel.

Ministry of Health and Welfare awarded those who contributed to the field of Health Information Policy, including standardization of medical terminology and health information exchange.

Prof. Shin (SAHIST) has played a vital role in establishing SC 1 Genomics Informatics in the field of Health Information Policy (ISO/TC 215) and appointing Korea as the Secretariat of the committee. In this regard, he received the minister award for his contribution.