Report on Japanese Activities

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Report on Japanese Activities

• Hidenori Shinoda
• 12/4/2004
• JIRA

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Recent Activities

• We have started to develop a push model of MWL.
  Currently we are collecting use cases. The cases
  may be limited to general X-ray studies.
• JIRA members visited hospitals in Korea to
  investigate how they succeeded to use PACSs at
  their hospitals widely. About 20 of hospitals
  operate without film. Only a few percent of
  Japanese hospitals run without film.
• There is economical incentive to operate filmless
  department.
• In reimbursement
• Film cost
• Radiologists there are more respected by
  physicians than in Japan, they say.

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Recent Activities (to be continued)

• JIRA formed a committee for SR.
• They have a close relationship with a group of
  JRS.

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Some News

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
  agreed to continue to support IHE-J activity
  financially.
• Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor (MHWL) has
  started the discussion of deregulation regarding
  to storing medical records outside of healthcare
  facility.
• Keys
• What kinds of documents will be the first?
• PKI for transferring data between facilities.
• What kind of rules should be adopted to the
  facilities to protect PHI?