Inpatient

Patient Commitment

To ensure quality health care, please ensure that you give healthcare providers detailed and accurate information about your own health.
To ensure that you receive satisfactory medical care, please make sure you fully understand the tests and treatments and ask enough questions for your peace of mind, confirming anything you are unsure about.
Smoking is not allowed on hospital grounds. Inpatients are not allowed to smoke on or off the premises.
Drinking alcohol or disrupting other people is not allowed.
Disruptive behavior (violence, verbal abuse, sexual harassment, stalking, etc.) may be reported to the police.
In the interest of protecting personal information, we prohibit audio or video recording and photography without permission in the hospital.
Please do not use your cell phone in areas where it is restricted.
You may be asked to reimburse us for any damage or loss of equipment or supplies in the hospital.
If you receive a claim for payment of medical expenses, please pay it as soon as possible.
Please do not bring in large amounts of cash or valuables, in order to prevent theft.
As a general rule, please do not bring in any electronic appliances.

※If a patient fails to comply with the rules written in the "Patient commitment" section, the patient may be discharged from the hospital.

A Request for Patients

As part of its mission as a hospital affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, the hospital is committed to the education of post-graduate clinical interns, medical students, highly specialised nursing professionals, nursing students and pharmacy students, as well as to the improvement of healthcare through the development and research of advanced medicine and drug discovery. We ask for the cooperation of all patients with an understanding of these aims.
The 2021 amendment to the Medical Service Act sets a ceiling on doctors' overtime work at all medical institutions in order to maintain doctors' health, prevent medical accidents due to fatigue and provide safe medical care. Patients are asked to understand the following initiatives and to cooperate with medical treatment during working hours.

As a rule, explanations of medical conditions and surgical procedures/procedures are provided during working hours. (weekdays 8:30 - 17:15).

However, this does not apply in the case of medical treatment or other related or emergency situations.

The same explanation or consultation from a medical professional will not be given more than once if possible.

However, if you do not fully understand what has been explained, etc., please do not hesitate to ask questions.
On Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and weekday evenings, the doctor on duty or on duty will take responsibility on behalf of the attending physician. If necessary, the doctor on duty will liaise with the attending physician.

Please be assured that appropriate medical treatment will be provided in contact with the attending physician, if necessary.

System of medical treatment

Examination Policy

The medical decisions made by physicians are not coercive but rather based on the physicians’ personal knowledge and conscience, with the goal of providing the best medical care to their patients.

System of medical treatment by the doctor

The attending physician and the doctor in charge work together with the entire department to treat patients. The head of the department makes rounds about once a week to monitor the individual doctors' treatment of all in-patients in the department and to provide advice and guidance.
When the resident participates in the treatment as a doctor in charge, he or she performs his or her medical duties under the supervision of the supervising doctor.
The attending physician and the doctor in charge examine the patients in their charge, monitor daily changes in medical conditions, listen to patients' requests and complaints, and respond to these requests and complaints sincerely.
In addition, in order to provide high quality medical care to patients, the doctor will cooperate with various professions, take appropriate action as necessary and share the results.
In the absence of the attending physician or doctor in charge, the ward medical director and the entire department cooperate to ensure that medical activities on the ward run smoothly.

Nursing regime

The nursing department provides care based on a 'nursing plan' in consultation with patients and their families to ensure that the patient's wishes are respected.

On the wards, two nurses act as 'receiving nurses' and are in charge of patients from admission to discharge.

Due to shift work, information is shared to ensure that patient care continues to be provided in the absence of the receiving nurse.

In order to restore patients' health and solve problems in their recuperation, support is provided from before hospitalisation with a view to life after discharge. Please do not hesitate to discuss any concerns or problems you may have with the nurses.

Nursing Department Mission

The medical decisions made by physicians are not coercive but rather based on the physicians’ personal knowledge and conscience, with the goal of providing the best medical care to their patients.

Nursing Department Policy

Provide ethical, patient-centered nursing care
Continuously strive to improve the quality of care provided by nurses
Work with specialists in various fields to promote team-based medical care
Contribute to the enhancement of nursing care quality in the community

Nurse specific acts

Nurse-specific acts are newly positioned as assisting medical treatment that can be carried out by nurses who have undergone training in medical practices that were considered too difficult for nurses to carry out.

Nurses undergo training at a training organisation designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, receive certification for each specific act, and carry out the specific act in accordance with a written procedure prepared in advance as a doctor's instruction.

The hospital has established a system for the safe implementation of specified acts and implements nurse-specific acts.　

Persons who have completed the Nurse Specified Practice training are referred to as 'Specified Nurses' and wear a 'Specified Nurse' badge so that they can be identified by patients and other healthcare professionals.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.