| Takeshi Hashiguchi | Marketing Dept., Healthcare Business Development Center, Research and Development Gr., |
| Hitoshi Matsuo | Life Science Research Lab., Central Research Lab., |
| Akihide Hashizume, Ph. D. | Goverment & Public Corporation Information Systems Div., |
As popular needs diversify in the field of healthcare services, service providers are being asked to deliver detailed services oriented to the personality of each service recipient on either the individual or organizational level. To this end, service providers collect information from administrative records, reimbursement records, and clinical tests in particular to evaluate individual medical techniques. The knowledge gained from such information, however, is not totally sufficient due to its fragmentary nature and limited scope. In other words, it is important to collect information continuously as an individual makes the transition from a healthy state to illness and then on to recovery. The Hitachi Group proposes the concept of "healthcare dynamics informatics" as a new form of healthcare informatics centered about the individual. As an initial example of such informatics, they are currently working on "health checkup services using mobile phones."
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
healthcare, informatics, mobile phone, health checkup, dynamics
