New digital healthcare technologies will significantly reduce repetitive work of nurses, a medical professional said. Digital systems are likely to replace unnecessary or merely repetitive nursing work, according to Kim Jae-hak, head of the Innovation Center at Asan Medical Center, during the "Digital Healthcare Fair 2018" at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Sunday. "I analyzed why nurses' work is physically and psychologically exhausting. I found that there were too many types of work," Kim said. "Their tasks include medication, nursing, computerizing, recording, taking over, logistics, and even administration.