KBSMC was the first hospital to apply health screening, general health management concept in 1981. Since its opening, KBSMC has examined over 1,000,000 health screening, becoming the most prominent health institution to have serviced the largest number of people for health screening in Korea. Recently, KBSMC has been regarded as the most trusted health screening service provider by over 70,000 people who receive health screening at the center annually. The facility includes area of 10,000 m2, and over 200 medical staffs ncluding 40 physicians to provide the best medical service. The center solely owns highly specialized MRI, MDCT and PET-CT and other medical equipment. Professor-level physicians and specialists including cardiologists are available for medical consultation and treatment in the health screening center. Patients can comfortably wait in the waiting room area to be screened for the desired service. The center has separate male and female zones to offer more comfortable environment. During the screening, the patients are offered testing clothes and gowns made with organic cotton. The facility is themed with natural elements like trails, rock, wood, water, air, and sky offering patients experience like of being in the forest. On 2009 December 15th, KBSMC signed a memorandum of understanding with Johns Hopkins University Hospital to conduct joint cohort studies. Through this partnership with Johns Hopkins, KBSMC hopes to find new treatment and prevention methods by studying the causes of various disease including cardiovascular diseases, gastric cancer and colon cancers, diabetes, and other related diseases through cohort studies.