Samsung Medical Center Launches AI Transformation Task Force, Expands SMC-GPT Across Clinical Operations
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The move includes upgrading the hospital’s in-house conversational AI platform, SMC-GPT, and expanding digital connectivity with partner healthcare institutions.
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) has launched an Artificial Intelligence Transformation (AX) Task Force as part of a broader initiative to integrate AI across medical care, research, and patient services. The move includes upgrading the hospital’s in-house conversational AI platform, SMC-GPT, and expanding digital connectivity with partner healthcare institutions.
The newly established AX Task Force replaces the hospital’s existing Digital Innovation Task Force and will serve as a dedicated organization responsible for implementing AI-driven initiatives across the institution. While SMC’s AI Strategy Committee will continue to provide governance and strategic direction, the AX Task Force will oversee execution and operational deployment.
The task force will be led by Dr. Lee Kyu-sung, Professor of Urology, who previously headed the Digital Innovation Task Force. Under his leadership, the hospital’s AI-based research commercialization and medical AI research program generated 44 published papers, 26 patent applications, and one technology transfer.
As part of its AI expansion strategy, Samsung Medical Center is upgrading SMC-GPT on a cloud-based infrastructure established after relocating its data center to Sangam. The platform functions as an internal AI assistant and supports medical record summarization, document drafting, hospital protocol guidance, and workplace queries.
The hospital also plans to expand SMC-GPT’s role as an interface connecting medical robots and automation systems. In addition, SMC will introduce DAIA, an AI service integrated with DARWIN, the hospital’s medical information system. DAIA will support electronic medical record (EMR) search and analysis, summarize patient information, and convert conversations between clinicians and patients into text for inclusion in medical records.
To strengthen patient engagement, Samsung Medical Center is revamping its website to enable greater data sharing between patients and healthcare providers. Biometric data collected through smartphones and wearable devices will be linked with patient-entered symptom information and integrated into clinical charts for physician review during consultations.
The hospital is also upgrading S-CARENet, its care continuity platform for regional healthcare providers. The updated platform will allow partner hospitals to directly schedule appointments at Samsung Medical Center and conduct online remote consultations and medical advisory services.
Additionally, enhanced optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities will allow clinicians at Samsung Medical Center to access electronic records from partner hospitals, reducing the need for patients to carry physical documents and supporting coordinated care across institutions.
According to the hospital, these initiatives are intended to expand the use of AI in clinical workflows, patient management, and healthcare collaboration.
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