The National Health Alarm Services of Korea have offered various health alarms to the public 2 3 before the epidemic spreads out in earnest. They combine different data from diverse sources such as national health information from National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), SNS(twitter, blog, etc.) data from Daumsoft Corporation, climate information from Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), air pollution information from Ministry of Environment (MOE) and food poisoning information from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).

KOSHA has established 42 Workers’ Health Center nationwide to provide professonal and complimentary health services for workers at workplace with less than 50 employees, who show higher prevalence of diseases based on health examinations and work under poorer environment prone to expose to more harmful factors. The services provided by the centers are health examination/consultation, work stress prevention and exercise prescription performed by professional manpower such as occupational and environmental medicine doctors, nurses, and clinical counsellors.

Aiming to resolve the problems in construction industry, such as high work-related injury risks, flexible employment and high mobility of construction workers, China has implemented the “Tongzhou Program”, i.e. the specific social insurance expansion program for the construction industry workers. The program requires the construction industry to join the social insurance coverage in terms of each building project, exploring a new coverage pattern of dynamic real-name registration management.

In order to reduce the personal burden of medical expenses and improve the Chinese patients’ sense of acquisition, happiness and security, in 2017, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security organized the negotiation of National Medical Insurance Drug List.

In December 2016, Zhejiang Provincial Government made the decision to push forward the reform of “Running Errand, at Most Once”, actively forging a province with “least examination and approval matters, highest efficiency, optimal government environment and strongest sense of gains for the masses and enterprises”. Aiming at reducing the running errands of the insured, based on the “Internet+ E-government Service” and big data, Zhejiang province launched the reform from the aspects and matters closest to the production and livelihood of the enterprises and masses.

Targeting at building a social security system that covers the urban and rural residents in an all-round way, the Chinese government has formulated and implemented a universal social security enrolment programme focusing on the old-age insurance and medical insurance. By the end of 2017, the registration of all the targeted groups across China has been basically completed through the measures of policy optimizing, publicity, strict law enforcement, service improvement and registration at every address.

To fundamentally solve the two problems of “running errands for reimbursement” and “full prepayment by the patients”, in 2016 the Chinese government made the commitment that within two years, the direct settlements of hospitalization expenses will be fully portable across provinces. A nationwide network for basic health insurance and direct settlement network across provinces will be set up to achieve direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces.

The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service(COMWEL) operates the following system as a strong shield for the protection of claim for wages of workers: The wage for the last three months in the month and for the last three years of retirement funds shall be given priority over other securities, taxes, and utility bills to be protected in the highest priority.

This project has extended the rehabilitation services, which were divided into medical, social, and work rehabilitation. It also developed the service delivery system, helping industrially injured workers(IIW) return to work and ultimately even improve their quality of life.

The National Pension Service (NPS) developed a system that connects social insurance computer network and established the Social Insurance Information Center at the NPS in February 2003 to allow citizens to register once by visiting any office of the four social security organizations or via online to resolve inconveniences of having to make requests or submissions at each of the organizations of the four social insurances (National Pension, National Health Insurance, Employment Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Insurance).