The 2022 Prospects and Issues for Health and Welfare Information Statistics Policy

Abstract

2022 is a year in which new policy promises are made during the presidential election, and the nation's informatization policy and statistics policy must be prepared anew.Major changes in recent information and statistics policies include the 6th National Informatization Basic Plan (2018-2022), the 2nd National Statistical Development Basic Plan (2018-2022), the Korean New Deal 2.0 Promotion Plan, the Comprehensive Plan for My Data Development, strategies for virtual convergence economy development and Metaverse, and plans for Cloud Transformation of administrative and public Institutions.There are several issues to be dealt with in policies on health and welfare information and statistics. First, it is important to establish and implement an integrated health and welfare data management system with a view to promoting the usability of health and welfare data.Second, new My Data services should be created and provided for users of health and welfare data users.Third, the use of metaverse platforms should be expanded to the health and welfare field. Fourth, efforts need to be exerted to improve the quality of health and welfare statistics.