Melbourne-based Heidi, a healthcare AI company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Medical Center, its first South Korean partner.

The agreement will see the hospital test Heidi’s clinical documentation software in its electronic medical record system and adapt it for Korean hospitals.

The proof of concept, announced on November 12, will run on the hospital’s own infrastructure and assess technical performance, physician acceptance, and documentation quality.

The partners also plan to develop Korean clinical documentation and interoperability specifications.

If the trial succeeds, Samsung Medical Center will become a reference site for Heidi’s future use in South Korea.

The hospital ranked fourth globally in Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2027.

South Korea treats health data as sensitive personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act.

National standardization efforts include Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), the health data exchange standard that will underpin the planned integration.

Heidi also said it recently raised a US$100 million series C and secured a US$240 million growth investment.

🔗 Source: Heidi