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Content ArticleIncident reporting can inform hospital safety. However, under-reporting is preventing this. Authors of this study, published in the Journal of General and Family Medicine, conducted a nationwide survey among Japanese physicians-in-training by including a questionnaire in the General Medicine In-Training Examination to assess incident reporting behaviour and participation in patient safety lectures. Responses of 6,164 physicians-in-training indicated that although 78% had attended patient safety lectures, 44% had not submitted an incident report in the previous year and 40.6% did not know how to submit an incident report. The authors conclude that discrepancy between attendance at safety courses and incident reporting behaviour must be addressed to improve hospital safety.
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How Japan could shape the future of the NHS
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The health secretary is taking inspiration from Japan in his bid to change how Britons are treated by the NHS. Wes Streeting has said he's interested in the idea of "health MOTs" for Britain's older citizens, evoking how the Asian island nation relies on personalised medical plans for its ageing population. Japan combines genomics and AI machine learning to offer hyper-bespoke programmes for individuals, helping to predict and prevent illnesses before they really take hold. Mr Streeting said such an approach could be a "game-changer" in the UK, as he prepares to publish his 10-year plan for the health service later in 2025. He has repeatedly spoken about his desire to move more of the NHS's work out of hospitals and into local communities, focusing more on preventative care than more expensive and invasive emergency treatment. Read full story Source: Sky News, 19 April 2025 -
Content ArticlePatient safety incidents, including medical errors and adverse events, frequently occur in intensive care units, leading to a significant psychological burden on healthcare professionals. This burden results in second victim syndrome, which impacts the psychological and psychosomatic wellbeing of these staff members. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the occurrence of second victim syndrome among intensive care unit healthcare workers, including the types, prevalence, risk factors and recovery time associated with the condition.
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Content ArticleIn this article in the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter, Katsuyuki Miyasaka talks about the history of the pulse oximeter in Japan and celebrates one of it's earliest developers, Takuo Aoyagi. The author recognises the life-saving impact of pulse oximeters, but talks about the need for more education and regulation around the use of this readily available device. Miyasaka highlights that the quality of devices is variable and that when patients attempt to interpret the numbers they see, it may lead to harm.
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Content ArticleJapan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MOHLW) hosted the Third Patient Safety Ministerial Global Summit in April, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. Healthcare quality including patient safety is one of critical aspects to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Japan has been striving for patient safety improvement around the last 20 years. This article describes some of the recent activities including the new reporting system of death cases due to medical accidents, the reform of patient safety management at advanced treatment hospitals.
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Content ArticleIn this Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) blog, Professor Shin Ushiro talks through the no-fault compensation system for birth injury in Japan, in particular how they worked with patients and families to launch the system and the resultant reduction in harm. Professor Shin Ushiro is Executive Board Member, Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ), and Deputy Director and Professor of Patient Safety – Kyushu University Hospital.
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Content ArticleProfessor Shin Ushiro is Executive Board Member at the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ) and Deputy Director and Professor of Patient Safety at Kyushu University Hospital. In this guest blog for HSSIB, Professor Ushiro gives a brief overview of the history of patient safety in Japan, looks at similarities with other countries and outlines the work of the International Patient Safety Organisations Network.
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Content ArticleThe Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ) has been conducting various activities, such as the Project to Collect Medical Near-Miss/Adverse Event Information and the evaluation of medical services provided at hospitals, in order to maintain public confidence in healthcare services and improve the quality of the services. In response to rising awareness and expectations of the general public as well as medical institutions concerning promotion of patient safety and medical adverse event prevention, the JQ has been actively engaged in the said activities. The JQ Division of Adverse Event Prevention has been undertaking the Project to Collect Medical Near-Miss/Adverse Event Information to prevent medical adverse events and to promote patient safety since 2004. As a neutral third-party organisation, the JQ has been publishing collected medical near-miss/adverse event information and the analyses of data in the form of periodic reports, annual reports and monthly fax newsletters for medical professionals, administrative organisations and the general public. The reports can also be browsed on JQ's website.
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Content ArticleThe world’s third biggest economy seems to have emerged from the pandemic comparatively unscathed. Priyanka Borpujari speaks to health workers who survived the frontlines about how, and at what cost.
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Content ArticleThe consultancy firm McKinsey & Company explored the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the nursing workforce in a global survey that included nurses from United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Brazil and France. The survey findings show a consistency around how nurses feel in their roles today, despite the different healthcare systems and delivery networks in each of the six countries. A substantial population of nurses are expressing a desire to leave direct patient care, with between 28% and 38% of nurse respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan and France indicating that they were likely to leave their current role in direct patient care in the next year. This article explores in detail some of the reasons why nurses are choosing to leave direct patient care, and highlights approaches that might encourage retention, including positive leadership initiatives.
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Content ArticleThe Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system, and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Here is the HiT profile for Japan.
