Enabling Consistent Care, Anytime and Anywhere

The Tokushukai Group has standardised many of its healthcare information systems, including electronic medical records, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), and departmental systems such as dispensing support systems.

This makes it possible to provide consistent care at any time, in any hospital and in any clinical department. All hospitals also use the same staff-facing systems for accounting, asset management, approvals, document management and groupware. Staff can therefore continue working smoothly when transferred or assigned to support another facility. We also build databases from accumulated medical information in accordance with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's SS-MIX initiative for electronic clinical information exchange, supporting collaboration with local healthcare providers and access to medical records during disasters and emergencies.

Helping Data on More Than 15.04 Million Patients Contribute to Medical Progress

As information systems become larger and more multifunctional, exchanging information between hospitals and systems becomes increasingly important. Led by committees representing each profession, the Tokushukai Group has worked to standardise the master codes used in medical information.

Many codes have been standardised, including Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare standards for pharmaceuticals (HOT codes), diagnoses (ICD-10) and laboratory test data (JLAC10). This has enabled large-scale clinical research and trials using medical information on more than 15.04 million Tokushukai Group patients, gradually contributing to advances in medicine. Codes for clinical departments, organisational units, professions and medical supplies have also been standardised. Together with standardised medical information, this allows extensive information to be centrally managed in a common language across the Group and used to improve management and operational efficiency.