Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute Researcher Publishes New Study Findings on Health Insurance (Survey on the current usage of ultrasound-guided procedures in Korean Medicine Clinics and Hospitals): Health Insurance

2024 APR 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on health insurance is now available. According to news reporting out of Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Ultrasound-guidance is applied during the administration of Korean medicine (KM) interventions to improve the safety and effectiveness of the interventions. Although many case series and reports on the use of ultrasound-guided KM interventions have been reported, no study has investigated the current use of ultrasound-guidance in clinical practice by doctors of Korean medicine (KMDs).”

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute: “An online survey was conducted with questions examining the status of ultrasound-guidance usage among KMDs practicing in various KM clinical settings. Survey responses from 335 KMDs were collected. Ultrasound started to be widely used in the clinical practice of KM since 2022. The primary objective of using ultrasound-guidance was “To improve the accuracy and efficacy” by 54.6%. Ultrasound-guidance was most frequently applied for shoulder joint diseases, and pharmacopuncture was the most frequently used intervention (76.1% and 90.4%, respectively). The respondents reported that effectiveness could be enhanced the most in nerve entrapment syndromes and especially when used in shoulder joints. Over 90% of KMDs responded that the safety and efficacy of treatment, specialty, and patients’ satisfaction were improved after adopting ultrasound-guidance.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Moreover, 94.9% of KMDs agreed with the necessity for reimbursement of ultrasound-guidance in KM under national health insurance coverage. Most KMDs responded that they had positive perceptions regarding the clinical use of ultrasound-guidance in KM in terms of treatment effects, safety, and patient satisfaction, and the need for national health insurance coverage of the service. Our findings may provide practice-based evidence for conducting clinical studies.”

For more information on this research see: Survey on the current usage of ultrasound-guided procedures in Korean Medicine Clinics and Hospitals. Medicine, 2024,103(14). (Medicine - http://journals.lww.com/md-journal). The publisher for Medicine is Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000037659.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Ju Yeon Kim, Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Jung Min Yun, Sook-Hyun Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Dong Kun Ko, In Heo, Woo-Chul Shin, Jae-Heung Cho, Byung-Kwan Seo, In-Hyuk Ha.

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