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Samsung Medical Center ranks fourth in global smart hospital list
Samsung Medical Center in Seoul ranked fourth in the 2027 World's Best Smart Hospitals list.
It placed behind Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Hospital, all in the United States.
The center rose 11 places from last year, when it ranked 15th; it was 18th in 2025.
It has ranked first among South Korean hospitals for six consecutive years.
The center received a top score for digital maturity and was named an AI innovation leader.
It launched an AI initiative in June and is now operating a conversational AI system.
It plans to link AI with medical information systems later this year, and eventually connect it to medical robots and automated systems.
Samsung Medical Center ranked fourth in Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2027 list.
The three hospitals ranked ahead of it were Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Hospital, all in the United States.
The center was named an AI innovation leader and received 5 out of 5 for digital maturity.
It rose 11 places from the previous year and was the top-ranked hospital in South Korea for the sixth consecutive year.
The center launched an AI transformation task force in June and recently began operating a conversational AI system.
- Who
- Samsung Medical Center.
- What
- It ranked fourth in Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2027.
- When
- The ranking was announced on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- The ranking is global. Samsung Medical Center is in South Korea.
- Why
- The sources do not state the ranking’s specific reasons. The hospital said the result reflects its fast progress in innovation and AI transformation.
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Samsung Medical Center launched an AI transformation task force.
Newsweek announced its 2027 smart hospital rankings, placing Samsung Medical Center fourth.
- Global rank
- 4th
- Digital maturity score
- 5 out of 5
- Year-on-year rise
- 11 places
- South Korean hospital ranking
- First for six consecutive years
- Conversational AI
- Recently built and put into operation
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indicates that future innovation capabilities and AX (AI transformation) are fast and ahead