ICT Trends in Japan’s Healthcare Policy
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With the coming of a super-aging society, Japan is faced with pressing social problems including medical expenditures increasing at an annual rate of about 1 trillion yen and an overstretched healthcare system—drastic structural reform in healthcare and medical care has become an urgent matter. Under the Japan Revitalization Strategy (revised in June 2014) to promote national growth, Japan aims to “extend the nation’s healthy life expectancy” while simultaneously sustaining the social security system, providing high-quality healthcare services, and stimulating the healthcare industry in Japan. The government has also enacted the Act on Promotion of Healthcare Policy, which aims to promote medical care using world-class technologies and contribute to economic growth as basic principles, and the Healthcare Policy (July 2014), which incorporates specific measures and emphasizes the importance of applying ICT to medical care. This paper describes the latest policy trends in using ICT in the healthcare, medical care, and nursing care fields with a focus on the Healthcare Policy.
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