Rollout of Industry-Specific Services, Including Education ICT and Medical ICT

「We provide OPTiM AI Hospital, an AI service equipped with an on-premises large language model (LLM) that supports physicians and nurses in preparing documents.」

「Digital health (healthcare DX): OPTiM AI Hospital, a generative AI-powered service for hospitals, is being rolled out steadily」

「This service uses generative AI even in environments such as hospitals where personal information is treated as highly sensitive, enabling physicians and nurses to use AI to prepare the documents they need to create. It has successfully reduced the cost of preparing healthcare-related documents by approximately 50% and has begun to be deployed at hospitals nationwide.」

「In digital health, we are strengthening the rollout of telemedicine services, while the MINS initiative for the hinotoriTM Surgical Robot System of 株式会社メディカロイド continues to grow steadily.」

「In digital health, we provided 総合メディカル株式会社 with a platform combining the customer management functions of OPTiM Digital Marketing with the online medication guidance function of our online consultation platform. 総合メディカル株式会社 launched its official healthcare app, TAYORIS, using this platform, and is gradually rolling it out to approximately 740 stores nationwide operated by the company.」

「In healthcare, development of projects for large-scale orders received is continuing to progress, and license and customization sales are increasing steadily. We also entered into a capital and business alliance with 株式会社ぐるなび to promote DX in the food-service industry.」

「In healthcare, projects for large-scale orders received are progressing through each development stage, and license and customization sales are increasing steadily.」

「Deployment of OPTiM AI Camera Enterprise, a real-time AI image analysis service usable across industries, is progressing, with the service being used in a variety of settings. New initiatives have begun to count visitors at the passenger terminal building of Kyushu Saga International Airport, operated and managed by 佐賀ターミナルビル株式会社, and to use the service as a COVID-19 countermeasure solution at the main tower of Kumamoto Castle.」

「As deployment of Japan's first domestically developed surgical support robot system, the hinotoriTM Surgical Robot System, continues to advance, our group is continuing to support product implementation on the software side, develop related services, and enhance and add functions, including through MINS, the network support system platform for hinotoriTM. Progress has become particularly visible, including through the receipt of a new large-scale order.」

「As deployment of Japan's first domestically developed surgical support robot system, the hinotoriTM Surgical Robot System, continues to advance, our group is continuing to support product implementation on the software side, develop related services, and enhance and add functions, including through MINS, the network support system platform for hinotoriTM, during the current fiscal year.」

「We began a joint research study with our company, Kobe University and 株式会社ZAIKEN to examine the safety and usefulness of a new model of care for outpatients with atrial fibrillation, using a system for mailing compact electrocardiographs and combining Online Consultation Pocket Doctor with the wearable electrocardiograph duranta.」

「In agriculture, working with the Ishikawa Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, which is jointly developing a drone direct-seeding machine, we conducted a pilot project to obtain growth data on rice, soybeans and other crops over a wide area from aerial images captured by the fixed-wing drone OPTiM Hawk, enabling detailed cultivation guidance. This pilot project was conducted as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Smart Agriculture Demonstration Project for fiscal 2021.」

「We are also promoting DX across industries. In healthcare, we jointly developed MINS, the network support system for the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System, with 株式会社メディカロイド and シスメックス株式会社. In agriculture, we aim to establish a consumer- and producer-first business model providing an end-to-end service for rice, which has the largest single-crop market in Japan, from cultivation through processing and e-commerce sales.」

「In healthcare, we jointly developed the Medicaroid Intelligent Network System, or MINS, with 株式会社メディカロイド and シスメックス株式会社. MINS is a network support system platform for the operation of the hinotoriTM Surgical Robot System, which obtained marketing approval on 7 August 2020, as well as for supporting safe and efficient operating-room use and the transfer and succession of surgical techniques. The system was jointly developed on the basis of OPTiM Cloud IoT OS.」

「Meanwhile, we have also focused on deployment in the education ICT field, including the adoption of Optimal Biz in Saga Prefecture's Advanced ICT Utilization in Education Promotion Project in 2014. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the GIGA School Initiative, which aims to provide every child and student receiving compulsory education at schools nationwide with one learning device and a high-speed communications network, thereby creating an education ICT environment that more reliably develops students' qualities and abilities. In April this year, in response to the state of emergency declared over the spread of COVID-19, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology stated that support would be promoted to achieve the initiative at an early stage. In response to this initiative, we believe that Optimal Biz can build its license base in the education ICT field on the strength of its track record to date.」

「In healthcare, we began an initiative with Saga University to promote clinical research on AI-assisted medical image diagnosis using AMIAS, and are providing a clinical research platform to domestic and overseas manufacturers of medical image diagnosis AI programs. We also reached a basic agreement with シスメックス株式会社, with which we have a business alliance in the advanced medicine, AI and IoT fields, on establishing a joint venture responsible for planning, developing and operating solution services using digital healthcare platforms and applications, with the aim of accelerating the commercialization of digital healthcare.」

「In healthcare, we reached a basic agreement with シスメックス株式会社, with which we have a business alliance in the advanced medicine, AI and IoT fields, on establishing a joint venture responsible for planning, developing and operating solution services using digital healthcare platforms and applications, with the aim of accelerating the commercialization of digital healthcare. We also signed a memorandum of understanding with 株式会社メディカロイド on a business alliance to apply AI to next-generation medical robots and are developing a next-generation surgical support robot system using advanced AI and IoT technologies.」

「Online Consultation Pocket Doctor, a telemedicine support service, has been selected as a clinical research tool for online consultations for patients with eating disorders at Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine.」

「In healthcare, as part of the Medical Innovation Project conducted jointly with Saga University, we are conducting clinical research at 医療法人YT美川眼科医院 on an AI-based glaucoma diagnosis support system using fundus images. We also obtained a license to sell and lease highly controlled medical devices and other products on 21 December 2018.」

「In November 2018, Online Consultation Pocket Doctor was selected for a pilot project on remote medication guidance in Aichi Prefecture. In December 2018, Honobono TV Call System, a solution for home-visit care and nursing services using our healthcare and nursing care platform, began being provided by エヌ・デーソフトウェア. We also obtained a license in December 2018 to sell and lease highly controlled medical devices and other products.」

「Began providing Smart Home Medical Care, a home healthcare support service using AI and IoT, to medical institutions nationwide.」

「For Pocket Doctor, a telemedicine and health consultation service, we began paid sales of the telemedicine service to medical institutions. We will seek to expand sales through sales partners.」

「We are steadily acquiring medical institutions through the paid rollout of Remote Consultation Pocket Doctor.」

「In the Remote Management Service, existing services continue to achieve steady growth in the number of licenses. In healthcare, paid deployment of Remote Consultation Pocket Doctor at medical institutions is progressing.」

「We revamped Pocket Doctor's Primary Care Consultation service and began rolling out Remote Consultation Pocket Doctor as a paid service for medical institutions. Telemedicine fees are expected to be revised in the 2018 medical fee revision, and we will accelerate sales to medical institutions to promote wider adoption.」

「In healthcare, we also began a pilot project for Smart Home Medical Care, a smart home healthcare service using AI and IoT.」

「In the Remote Management Service, we launched the appointment-based consultation service for Pocket Doctor, a telemedicine and health consultation service. This has made Pocket Doctor readily available to the general public as well.」

「We are also deepening our collaboration with Apple in the education sector and have made our services compatible with Apple's education ICT service, Apple School Manager. In the Remote Management Service, we are working on developing new services while the number of licenses remains firm. We are developing a successor to the smart glasses dedicated to remote work support and have released Primary Care Consultation, a service included in Pocket Doctor.」

「In the education market, the introduction of devices is also progressing, based on the government's goal of providing one tablet device to every high school student by 2020. The need for device management has become increasingly apparent in this market as well, owing to risks such as device loss and changes in usage policies inside and outside schools. In addition, remote support for teaching users how to operate the devices and support tools for automatically diagnosing and restoring network connections are useful in the education market, so we are proceeding with proposals that combine our services.」