Regional medical support hospitals and medical collaboration

What is medical collaboration?

Each medical institution has its own characteristics.Medical cooperation is a concept that utilizes the specialties of each medical institution and cooperates with each other to continuously provide appropriate medical care without waste.

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Why do we need medical cooperation?

Medical cost issues

Although the growth of national medical expenses has slowed down in recent years, the ratio of national medical expenses to gross domestic product continues to increase.In addition to the demand, it seems that this trend cannot be avoided due to the advancement of medical care.Therefore, it is important to provide efficient medical resources through functional differentiation and medical cooperation.

Advances in medical technology

Advances in medical technology have reduced the number of people who die in hospitals in the acute phase, but not all patients can leave the hospital in the same condition as before admission, as they may require rehabilitation or prevention of recurrence.Since it is difficult to meet all needs in the acute phase, the division of roles is becoming increasingly important in order to efficiently provide medical resources.

management problem

Due to advances in medical technology, equipment and drugs used in medical care have become extremely expensive, requiring caution in capital investment.It is also necessary to develop the fields in which we are good at, and to cooperate with facilities that are good at them in the fields that we are not good at.

could improve the quality of care

Compared to other countries, Japan has more facilities that can perform difficult surgeries, but the number of cases per facility is small.
At first glance, it seems convenient, but in advanced treatment, it is thought that the effectiveness and safety of treatment will be enhanced by gathering patients at a specific facility.

What is functional differentiation

It is to recommend the division of roles among medical institutions.The government is promoting policies such as differentiating the functions of outpatients and hospitals, and the functions of hospital beds such as acute phase, convalescent phase, and chronic phase.However, the actual situation is that there is a bias in the medical provision system depending on the region, and adjustments are being made in each region.

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To everyone in the community

There are a variety of people in hospitals, from mildly ill patients to severely ill patients who are brought in by ambulance or helicopter.
Outpatient care at a hospital often takes a whole day, and you may feel that the actual consultation time is short compared to that.
In order for our hospital to fulfill its role in this region, it is necessary to respond promptly without refusing treatment when hospitalization or surgery is required, and for severely ill patients who need immediate treatment.
Diagnosis and treatment methods are becoming more specialized and sophisticated year by year, and it is becoming difficult for a single medical institution to complete everything. Medical collaboration and functional differentiation have become important keywords.

We believe that local medical institutions can cooperate with each other, share roles, and make the most of their strengths to improve the efficiency and quality of medical care.For this reason, our hospital attaches great importance to cooperation with many medical institutions and facilities with different functions, such as general practitioners, other acute hospitals, convalescent hospitals, recuperation hospitals, and nursing care facilities.
We ask for your understanding and cooperation regarding regional medical cooperation.