Transformation of healthcare delivery driven by the expanding role of community and home-based care

「As pressure on healthcare finances continues, sluggish growth in medical fees has coincided with rising prices and labor costs, making the operating environment for medical institutions increasingly difficult. With the number of medical institutions reporting ordinary losses also trending upward, maintaining and improving the quality of healthcare with limited personnel and resources by promoting task shifting and operational efficiency has become an urgent issue.」

「Promoting task shifting and operational efficiency while maintaining and improving the quality of healthcare with limited personnel and resources has become an urgent issue.」

「In the healthcare industry, demand for medical services is rising further, while the operating environment for medical facilities remains extremely challenging due to higher material and utility costs, labor shortages and rising personnel expenses resulting from revisions to work schedules associated with work-style reforms in healthcare settings.」

「In the healthcare industry, challenges such as physician work-style reform, revisions to medical fees, shortages of healthcare professionals, and regional and specialty imbalances are becoming more serious. Promoting operational efficiency and digital transformation in healthcare settings has become an urgent issue.」

「In the medical equipment industry, as the cap on doctors’ overtime and holiday work that began in April 2024 forces major changes in healthcare settings, providing services that contribute to operational efficiency has become increasingly important.」

「In the medical equipment industry, as initiatives aimed at more efficient operation of medical institutions are being advanced, including the cap on doctors’ overtime and holiday work that began in April 2024, the consolidation and closure of public hospitals, and the promotion of ICT adoption by medical institutions, companies across the industry are required to continue providing services and products that support these measures.」

「Based on the experience of COVID-19, the medical equipment industry is required to continue providing effective solutions to healthcare settings as the need to improve and streamline the healthcare delivery system becomes increasingly urgent.」

「Based on the experience of COVID-19, the medical equipment industry is required to continue providing effective solutions to healthcare settings as the need to improve and streamline the healthcare delivery system becomes increasingly urgent.」

「Although the impact of COVID-19 is gradually diminishing, the medical equipment industry is required to continue fulfilling its social responsibility as an industry that supports healthcare professionals, based on the issues in healthcare settings brought to light by COVID-19.」

「In the healthcare industry, as the spread of infections during the so-called eighth wave of COVID-19 has renewed concerns about strain on the healthcare system, efforts to resolve the issues involved in establishing a stable healthcare delivery system are required.」

「In the healthcare industry, as the resurgence of COVID-19 infections has renewed concerns about maintaining the healthcare delivery system, efforts to resolve the issues involved in establishing a stable healthcare delivery system are required.」

「Under these circumstances, the healthcare industry is required to address a diverse range of issues, including urgent issues such as the strain on the healthcare system that became apparent after COVID-19.」

「The healthcare industry is required to address a diverse range of issues, including long-term challenges such as pressure on healthcare finances and the progression of an aging society, as well as urgent issues that became apparent after COVID-19, such as the capacity of medical facilities to accept patients during periods of widespread infection.」

「As the healthcare system has come under increasing strain, with numerous cases of people being forced to recuperate at home without adequate care due to the spread of COVID-19, maintaining and improving the healthcare system has become an urgent issue for the healthcare industry as a whole.」

「As various issues surrounding the healthcare system have been brought to light through the response to COVID-19, the healthcare industry as a whole is being pressed to address major changes, including the urgent need to maintain the healthcare system and establish a rational system for delivering healthcare that can respond even in emergencies.」

「In the medical equipment industry, as efforts to address the so-called “2025 problem,” amid concerns over a sharp increase in social security spending, including medical costs, are being accelerated, the nature of healthcare is once again being called into question through discussions on strengthening community and home-based care and reviewing doctors’ working practices. The industry as a whole is required to respond to these rapid changes.」

「Amid significant changes in the nature of healthcare, including the expanding role of community and home-based care, medical facilities and companies across the industry are required to respond flexibly to these changes.」

「Amid significant changes in the nature of healthcare, including the expanding role of community and home-based care, medical facilities and companies across the industry are required to respond flexibly to these changes.」

「Amid significant changes in the nature of healthcare, including the expanding role of community and home-based care, medical facilities and companies across the industry are required to respond flexibly to these changes.」