History
The Hanaro Medical Foundation has developed alongside the history of Korea's medical examination.
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2020's
2025
- 01. Advanced the “The Hanaro” one-stop healthcare solution app
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Signed MOU with premium home meal & meal kit brand Kim’s Cooking
Signed a business cooperation agreement with Kim’s Clinic in Vietnam - 04. Signed partnership agreement with KBO team Kiwoom Heroes
- 05. Signed social contribution agreement with UNICEF Korea
- 07. Designated as the official health screening institution by the Embassy of Spain in Korea
- 08. Held the Kick-off Ceremony for the Next-Generation IT Development Project
2024
- 01. Selected as the Customer Satisfaction Management Grand Prize winner for eight consecutive years in 2024
- 03. Opening of the Urology Clinic at Gangnam Center
- 09. Launching of 'The HANARO Black' at Jongno Center
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Introduction of Digital Pathology
Signed MOU with the Korean National Council of Women - 11. Signed MOU with U.S. digital healthcare company LVIS
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Selected for the National Integrated Bio Big Data Construction Project
Awarded the Commissioner’s Commendation from the National Fire Agency for contributions to improving firefighters’ welfare
2023
- 01. Selected as the Customer Satisfaction Management Grand Prize winner for seven consecutive years in 2023
- 02. Introduction of 3.0T MRI at Jongno Center(Siemens)
- 05. One-stop healthcare solution app ‘The Hanaro’ launched
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06.
Leaders Healthcare, integrated into ‘Hanaro Leaders Healthcare’
Launched a ‘Nutrition Center for Better Health’ for personalized nutritional counseling - 09. Published a book commemorating the 40th anniversary of the foundation, ‘Wise Health Checkup Leading K-Health’
2022
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Selected as the Customer Satisfaction Management Grand Prize winner for six consecutive years in 2022
Introduction of 128slices MDCT at Gangnam Center (Siemens, Philips) - 03. Introduction of 3.0T MRI at Jongno Center (GE)
- 04. 2022 Korea Medical Healthcare Awards
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07.
Signed a business agreement with Seocho-gu excellent volunteer health checkup support project
'HANARO HAIBOT' AI chatbot introduced - 10. KT Partner Award (Health Checkup/Overseas Business Consulting Cooperation Division)
- 12. Acquired ISO 45001·27001 certification
2021
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Selected as the Customer Satisfaction Management Grand Prize
winner for five consecutive years in 2021 -
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Free health checkup for the medically underserved in Yeongdeungpo-gu
Established a remote chronic disease management system for primary care -
03.
Byung Seok Lee took office as general director
Expanded women’s health programs and began gynecological examination and treatment
Visited health facilities in Jongno-gu for COVID-19 vaccination -
04.
Selected as the Medical Service Grand Prize winner in 2021
KCCI & Forbes CSR Awards for five consecutive years / Inducted into the Hall of Fame - 05. Introduction of AI system to detect breast cancer
- 09. Introduction 128ch CT equipped with AI technology at Jongno Center
- 10. Ministry of Health and Welfare's evaluation of national examination institutions received the highest grade of 'general examination'
- 11. Women's specialist clinics (thyroid, breast, gynecological diseases) open for expansion
2020
- 01. Selected as the Customer Satisfaction Management Grand Prize winner for four consecutive years in 2020
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02.
Signed an agreement with Sewoom Community Welfare Center,
Gangnam-gu for the health support of the disabled -
05.
Selected as the Medical Service Grand Prize winner in 2020
KCCI & Forbes CSR Awards for four consecutive years
Business agreement with JDB Entertainment -
08.
Launched a personalized chronic illness management application, ‘In-my-palm Health Management’
Launched a personalized health care management program ‘Greating Office’ in collaboration with Hyundai Green Food -
09.
Wonho Kim took office as the Outpatient Center director at Jongno Center
Established gastrointestinal endoscopy treatment center - 10. Established COVID-19 testing center
Present - 2010’s
2019
- 03. Selected as the Medical Service Grand Prize winner in 2019 KCCI & Forbes CSR Awards for three consecutive years
- 07. Signed an agreement with SCL Healthcare and Hyundai Green Food to establish a health care service
- 12. Built a personalized health care program
2018
- 11. Established a treatment endoscopy center (Adopted ‘290 system’ endoscopy)
2017
- 04. Director Hae Ryung Kwon received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare at the 45th Health Day ceremony
- 09. Gangnam Center adopted a new 3.0T MRI scanner
2016
- 02. Hye Ryung Kwon took office as the third director
- 09. Selected as the Medical Service Grand Prize winner in 2017 KCCI & Forbes Social Contribution Awards
2015
- 03. Received a commendation from National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee for contributing to the health and welfare of the global community
- 04. Received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare for advancing Korea’s medical services overseas
2014
- 02. Expanded/relocated Jongno Center (with Korea’s largest IT-based one-stop checkup service)
- 03. Free checkup for senior citizens who live alone and the underprivileged in Jongno-gu
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06.
Opening ceremony for the Fighting Metabolic Syndrome project (2nd phase)
Opened a Korean health checkup center in Hangzhou, China (First to export Korea’s health examination service model) - 06. Health checkup support for the family members of the Sewol ferry victims and volunteers at Paengmok Port
2013
- 03. Director Kyoung-ryul Lee received an appreciation plaque from the Global Community Health & Welfare Foundation
- 07. Opening ceremony for the Fighting Metabolic Syndrome project (1st phase)
2012
- 03. Entered into a consultation agreement with the Yanda Group in China to oversee diagnostic testing and visiting-health-checkup technologies
- 05. Gangnam Center was certified as a special health examination institution
- 06. Business agreement with the World Korean Association
- 08. Certified as a new excellent laboratory for the diagnostic lab department
- 12. Director Kyoung-ryul Lee received an achievement award from Seoul Metropolitan City for welfare promotion for the neglected
2011
- 02. Expanded/relocated Gangnam Center (with a customer-centric examination flow)
- 03. Business agreement with Kaesong Industrial Complex to provide health checkups for Korean employees
- 12. Signed a contract for a health checkup partnership with KOICA for trainees invited to Korea
2010
- 09 . Held Customer Day (Sep. 1) to celebrate the 2 million customer milestone
- 12. Set up a sisterhood relationship with Gyeonggi-do Province to provide health checkups for multicultural families and single mothers
2000’s
2009
- 04. Director Kyoung-ryul Lee received an award from the Minister of Health and Welfare for the 37th Health Day
- 10. Director Kyoung-ryul Lee received the first “Order of the Polar Star” in medicine from the Mongolian government
2008
- 01. Kyoung-ryul Lee took office as the second director
- 05. Expanded the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Center
- 06. Adopted the capsule endoscopy diagnostic system
- 06. Introduced customized exercise and nutrition services
- 11. Established the Hanaro Medical Foundation’s Gangnam Center
2007
- 06. Designated to examine bioequivalence test subjects
2005
- 12. First director Kyu-bum Lee received a presidential citation for improving public health care
2004
- 01. Certified as an excellent member institution by the Korean Society of Health Screening and Promotion
2000
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09.
Founded the Hanaro Medical Foundation
Corporation separation
● Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Fndn (Private referral laboratory
● Hanaro Medical Foundation, Medical corporation (Comprehensive health checkup institution)
1990’s
1998
- 02. 1st CAP (College of American Pathologists) accreditation in Korea
1995
- 06. Designated by the Ministry of Labor as a special health checkup institution for business
1994
- 03. Selected as a health checkup institution by the US Embassy
1990
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10.
Kyu-bum Lee took office as the first director
Founded the Seoul Medical Science Institute (SMSI), Fndn
1980’s
1986
- 03. Selected as a health checkup institution for employment/study-abroad/immigration health examination for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
1985
- 09. Designated by the Ministry of Labor as a general health checkup institution for employees
1983
- 06. Opened the Seoul Clinical Pathology Center (Korea’s first private referral laboratory)
