Health

In face of the growing number of senior citizens and the rising need for nursing and home medical care, coordination between medical care and social welfare has become a major issue in local communities. In addition, providing seamless medical care/nursing care/social welfare services even during a natural disaster requires backup of patient data, not only paper-based records. Kita Sanriku Net was created as a system to resolve this issue by connecting hospitals and medical clinics (including dental clinics), pharmacies, nursing care facilities and social welfare facilities (such as comprehensive community support centers), totaling 67, in the four municipalities in the Kuji medical service zone. Started as a drive to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, Fuji Xerox is providing the system, including an integrated patient data system, to support communitylevel problem solving in the areas of medicine, nursing care and welfare in Iwate Prefecture. The network is being managed by the NPO Kita Sanriku Juku, established as an organization to support all persons in the Kuji medical care zone requiring rehabilitation and nursing care through coordination between relevant organizations.

The network digitizes data at each facility for storage and backup in a secure private cloud, which also provides access to participating facilities. The information shared by participating facilities include treatment records, pharmacy prescription history, letters of recommendation, records of care at nursing and social welfare facilities for citizens who agree to the shared access with written consent forms, as well as notes and reports on home medical examination and doctor’s visits for treatment and nursing at home. This system makes possible to provide smooth cooperation between facilities and continual services. Fuji Xerox will continue to propose solutions to various community problems in the areas of Document Services & Communications, in coordination with local governments and regional organizations.