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In order to provide high-quality medical care to each and every patient, medical staff from various professions work together to demonstrate their respective specialized skills. By engaging from a multidisciplinary perspective, we aim to improve medical care and quality of life by promoting recovery from illness and preventing the condition from becoming severe. Furthermore, physicians from the fields of internal medicine, surgery, and medical support work together across medical departments to provide the best possible medical care needed at any given time, depending on the patient's symptoms.
Our hospital's ICT is involved in all aspects of infection control as an organization responsible for preventing healthcare-associated infections. The head of the infectious diseases department (ICD) serves as the leader of the ICT, and its members include doctors, infection control certified nurses (ICNs), infection control certified pharmacists (BCPICs), clinical laboratory technicians, physical therapists, registered dietitians, and administrative staff.
We hold ICT meetings and hospital rounds once a week to carry out infection prevention activities to provide a safe and secure medical environment.
In recent years, the emergence and spread of drug-resistant bacteria due to the careless (inappropriate) use of antibiotics has become a major global issue. Therefore, the organization was established in June 2017 with the aim of providing support for maximizing therapeutic efficacy while minimizing adverse events when administering antibiotics to individual patients, and for completing infectious disease treatment as quickly as possible. Its members include infectious disease physicians, pharmacists, clinical laboratory technicians, and nurses.
Our hospital's pressure ulcer prevention team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, registered dietitians, pharmacists, and administrative staff. We work together to prevent pressure ulcers and improve treatment outcomes, while valuing communication so that each team member can fully utilize their expertise. Every Thursday, we visit patients with pressure ulcers in the hospital, discussing issues together with their attending physicians and ward nurses and striving to provide the best possible care and treatment. We also hold training sessions based on an annual plan as an educational activity for in-hospital medical professionals. Deep pressure ulcers do not heal during hospitalization alone and require continued treatment even after patients return home. Home prevention and care are also important to prevent new pressure ulcers from developing. We believe it is necessary to expand our activities beyond our in-hospital activities, sharing information with local medical institutions and facilities and contributing to the establishment of a system for home pressure ulcer care. We will likely need to ask for the advice and cooperation of local doctors, so we appreciate your continued support.
The team's target population is elderly patients with dementia or cognitive decline who are hospitalized with physical illnesses, and their families. They also provide guidance and support to ward nurses and other staff who provide direct care.
Our goal is to enable patients and their families, who are burdened with the pain of physical illness as well as great anxiety due to declining cognitive function, to approach treatment with peace of mind, and to use hospitalization as an opportunity to prevent further decline in physical and cognitive function, allowing them to return to a life in which they can maintain their individuality.
Our genetic disease support team provides support to individuals and their families who have a predisposition to developing disease due to congenital changes in genes and chromosomes, which are the blueprints of our bodies.
Because these genetic and chromosomal changes occur in cells throughout the body, genetic care, including diagnosis, treatment, and post-diagnosis follow-up, requires collaboration between multiple departments, not just one. At our hospital, certified genetic counselors (medical professionals who specialize in genetic counseling) work together to provide team medical care, with doctors from many departments, including breast surgery, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, pediatric surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, and urology, as well as certified nurses, clinical psychologists, and clinical laboratory technicians.
Furthermore, because medical treatment involving the Hereditary Disease Support Team may involve not only the patient but also their relatives, the team works together to provide various information related to genetic medicine through genetic counseling by certified genetic counselors, establish a system for genetic testing if the patient requests it, and provide follow-up care afterward.
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It was formed in October 2010 as a medical team that brings together multiple medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and clinical engineers, with expertise in their respective fields of respiratory care to advise, select, and implement respiratory therapy in a safe and effective manner.
At our hospital, we not only make rounds on patients who require ventilators, but also on patients receiving NPPV and high-flow therapy, inspecting the equipment and observing whether there is any skin damage caused by wearing it to ensure that it is being used safely.
We make ward rounds every Thursday and provide medical care at the bedside of the relevant patients.
We hold meetings on the fourth Thursday of every month to discuss accident prevention measures, problem-solving in the event of an accident, reviewing supplies related to ventilators and oxygen therapy, and planning training.
We hold regular training sessions to raise awareness among our medical staff.
The training content includes training for nurses, clinical engineers, and physical therapists on the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, the correct use and application of ventilators, NPPV, and high-flow therapy, respiratory physical therapy, and suction techniques.
Cancer patients may experience a decline in physical strength due to cancer and its treatment, which can interfere with their daily lives. Cancer rehabilitation begins immediately after a cancer diagnosis and provides rehabilitation tailored to each treatment and stage of the disease, with the aim of maintaining and improving the quality of daily life of cancer patients as much as possible.
At our hospital, cancer rehabilitation is carried out mainly by staff who have attended designated training sessions.
In September 2015, the Cancer Rehabilitation Team was established with the aim of improving the quality of medical care, including rehabilitation, for cancer patients. In order to improve staff knowledge about cancer patients, the team is working to expand cancer rehabilitation within the hospital by holding in-hospital study sessions, collaborating with other teams, and promoting participation in training sessions.
Our hospital's palliative care team is made up of a variety of professionals, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, registered dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical psychologists.
At all stages of cancer treatment, from the time of diagnosis to when, we aim to alleviate the worries and pain of patients, such as the physical pain and side effects associated with the cancer itself and treatment, as well as the mental and social anxiety, and to maintain and improve the quality of life of patients and their families, so that they can live their lives as they wish. With this goal in mind, our team of professionals from many different fields share their knowledge and experience and work together with the attending physician and ward staff using their expertise.
We hold palliative care team conferences and ward rounds once a week, working in cooperation with the patient's doctor and ward staff to alleviate painful symptoms and enable patients and their families to live lives that are true to themselves.
For outpatients who require palliative care, we hold interviews at the Cancer Counseling and Support Center and strive to establish a continuous palliative care system that covers everything from hospitalization to outpatient treatment.
The oral care and swallowing rehabilitation team is made up of multiple medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, registered dietitians, pharmacists, speech-language-hearing therapists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. Organized in 2014, the team works to support the joy of eating for hospitalized patients who have difficulty eating.
In 2018, we began medical and dental collaboration to promote understanding of oral care among medical staff in order to provide continuous oral care, and to promote collaboration with dentistry as a cancer center hospital.
We make ward rounds together with dentists and dental hygienists, and provide swallowing function assessments, oral care, dietary habits and posture adjustments, and guidance at the patient's bedside.
In addition, we have established a system for providing more accurate understanding of swallowing status and providing dietary guidance by conducting swallowing endoscopy and swallowing contrast examinations for patients who need them.
In addition, we hold in-house seminars and strive to improve knowledge and skills throughout the hospital, with the goal of ensuring that patients eat safely every day.
Diabetes control affects the course of all diseases. Our diabetes support team provides support for blood sugar control during hospitalization with a multidisciplinary team including specialized doctors, nurses, and registered dietitians. We also work to provide appropriate diabetes treatment and care from an early stage to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of diseases other than diabetes.
Our hospital's nutrition support team (NST) is made up of doctors, nurses, registered dietitians, pharmacists, clinical laboratory technicians, physical therapists, and speech-language-hearing therapists, and is a team that provides appropriate nutritional management to patients.
We also propose appropriate nutritional supplementation for hospitalized patients who are unable to take in sufficient nutrition orally due to their condition or treatment, and propose planned nutritional management before surgery to prevent postoperative complications. Through these activities, we aim to improve quality of life (QOL) and shorten hospital stays by improving nutritional status, enhancing treatment effectiveness, and preventing complications.
Every Thursday, the team makes ward rounds, visiting patients at their bedsides and holding multidisciplinary conferences to make nutritional management suggestions. We also hold monthly in-hospital study sessions, inviting external lecturers to raise awareness about nutritional management.
