Entering the Business of Strengthening and Revitalizing Regional Hospitals and Hospital Beds

「More recently, we have entered the comprehensive medical support business in earnest by applying the expertise acquired through operating Ichishinkan facilities and other activities, and have continued to build a track record of supporting medical institutions during the current interim consolidated accounting period.」

「As one example, in October 2023 the company began providing management support to 2 medical corporations in the same regional city. By leveraging expertise in regional marketing, clarifying the functions of hospitals and facilities, cost management, organization-building, and multidisciplinary collaboration, and by converting surplus hospital beds into hospice beds, it succeeded in significantly improving profitability.」

「In October 2023, the company began providing management support to 2 medical corporations in the same regional city. It intends to expand into peripheral businesses, including comprehensive support for medical institutions in remote areas that are considered structurally difficult to manage, by leveraging the expertise it has acquired through operating Ishinkan facilities and other activities.」

「Over the medium to long term, as part of its partnerships with medical institutions, the company is considering opening Ishinkan facilities or home-visit nursing stations by effectively using vacant hospital capacity, as it did by repurposing hospital beds at Ishinkan Nabari, as well as strengthening coordination of hospital admissions and discharges by opening Ishinkan facilities on the same premises.」

「In April 2021, the company opened Ishinkan Hongo under a new scheme not previously used, through a partnership with 株式会社ネクサスケア, which operates fee-based homes for the elderly and is headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its representative director is Yamaki Masayuki (山木正幸).」

「In March 2020, as a first step toward resolving challenges facing community healthcare, including operating deficits and a chronic shortage of physicians, and with the aim of generating synergies with its existing Ishinkan business, the company established its consolidated subsidiary 株式会社明日の医療, whose objectives include consulting on the management of medical institutions and nursing-care facilities, in order to place greater emphasis on the revitalization of community healthcare.」

「Over the medium to long term, the company is considering actively entering businesses related to strengthening and revitalizing local hospitals and hospital beds, as it did by repurposing a hospital and its beds at Ishinkan Nabari.」