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by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 14, 2024 0

Japan to Hike Outpatient Visit Fees to Increase Hospital Worker Pay

A Japanese government advisory panel Wednesday proposed hikes in hospital visit fees paid by outpatients for their initial and follow-up medical examinations, in order to increase salaries of health care workers.

For the year starting in April, Japan will revise fees for the three care-related services covered by public insurance–the medical and elderly care services and the welfare service for people with disabilities–together for the first time in six years.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 3, 2024 0

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Survey Finds Hospitals in Japan Have Difficulties Dealing with Cancer Patients with Dementia

Many hospitals in Japan have experienced difficulties dealing with cancer patients with dementia, a survey by the Japan Cancer Society showed Saturday.

The survey was carried out in April-June 2023 for 451 hospitals designated by the health minister to provide high-quality treatment to cancer patients, with 256 of them, or 57 pct, giving responses.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 28, 2023 0

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20 Pct of Hospital Doctors in Japan at Risk of Overwork Death

About 20 pct of doctors at hospitals in Japan are believed to be working overtime for more than 960 hours a year, equivalent to the 80-hours-per-month threshold for being at risk of death from overwork, a survey by a health ministry research team found.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 12, 2023 0

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Flooded Hospital in Fukuoka Pref Working to Resume Operations

As the hospital became unable to provide dialysis and other medical care, patients were temporarily transferred to a nearby hospital.

With electricity and water supplies remaining unavailable as of Tuesday, Tanushimaru Central Hospital is operating medical equipment using an emergency power system. On Tuesday, all hospital staff and volunteers worked to remove the floodwater and mud.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt June 2, 2023 0

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Japan Aims for Sharing of Digital Medical Records by 2030

The Japanese government on Friday adopted a roadmap for launching a system to allow hospitals and pharmacies across the country to share electronic medical records by 2030. Japan has been slow to digitalize its medical sector, which was exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The country now aims to es

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 9, 2023 1

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Severely Disabled Woman Contracted Coronavirus in January 2023, Refused Admission to a Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital

In January this year, a woman who lives in Ota Ward, Tokyo, who has cerebral palsy, a speech impediment palsy and uses home visiting care contracted a new variant of the coronavirus and requested to be admitted to a metropolitan hospital, but was refused.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 17, 2023 0

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Japan Hospital Transport Difficulty Cases Hit Another Record

The weekly number of cases in Japan in which ambulance crews could not soon find hospitals to transport emergency patients has hit a record high for the fourth consecutive week, government data showed Tuesday. The result came as COVID-19 infections are continuing to spread in the country, putting a burden on the medical care system.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 9, 2022 0

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Japanese Government to Demand that Big Hospitals Give Medical Care during Epidemic

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting on Friday 7th October bills partly aimed at obliging large hospitals in the country to keep providing medical services even if patients surge in times of epidemics.