On Friday, December 23, 2022, Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) hosted the third meeting in its “Reexamining Issues and Sharing Opinions on Health Policy in Japan” Media Seminar and Workshop for Promoting Healthcare Reform series.

Over the course of three meetings, we hosted opinion exchange sessions with experts and media representatives with the objective of helping the public gain a correct understanding of the nature of Japan’s current health and social security systems in light of the digitalization of healthcare in the future. Previous meetings featured Mrs. Jacqueline Hoogendam (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands), Professor Shuhei Nomura (School of Medicine, Keio University), and Professor Keita Nishiyama (Institute for Future Initiative, University of Tokyo; former Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)) who gave presentations on topics including the current circumstances surrounding the digital transformation (DX) of healthcare in Japan and the Netherlands and issues for achieving health system reform in Japan. Together, we deepened discussions on the current state of healthcare DX.

For the third and final installment in this series, we hosted Professor Hiroaki Miyata of the Keio University School of Medicine for a lecture with the theme, “Better Co-Being: A Vision for the Future of Health Systems.” We were joined by Professor Shuhei Nomura and Professor Keita Nishiyama (who spoke at the previous sessions) for the question-and-answer session and workshop following the lecture. Together, we had a lively discussion in which participants and speakers shared insights on behavioral changes among members of the public driven by healthcare DX, bottlenecks for promoting healthcare DX, and other key topics that form the basis of advancing healthcare DX.

We will crystallize points from this event’s discussion, compile them into reference materials, and present those materials at a later date.

 

[Event overview]

• Date & time: Wednesday, December 23, 2022; 16:30-18:00
• Language: Japanese

 

[Program] (Titles omitted)

Moderator: Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, HGPI)

16:30-16:40 Explanatory introduction and Summary of Previous meetings
Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, HGPI)

16:40-16:50 Presentations
“Better Co-Being: A Vision for the Future of Health Systems.”
Hiroaki Miyata (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University)

16: 50-17:50 Workshop (Q&A session and opinion exchange)

17:50-18:00 Closing remarks

 

■ Speaker Profile

Hiroaki Miyata (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University)
Professor Hiroaki Miyata was born in 1978 and serves at the Keio University School of Medicine. He earned his Master’s Degree from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Department of Health Sciences and Nursing in 2003. He holds a Doctorate of Health and Science from that same institution. After serving as Assistant at the Waseda University Faculty of Human Sciences and as Assistant Professor at the Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, he was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment in April 2009. He was appointed Professor in that same role in April 2014 (adjunct since May 2015). In May 2015, he was appointed Professor of the Keio University School of Medicine Department of Health Policy and Management. He was then appointed Guest Professor at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine in December 2020.

He also serves in various roles in social activities, including Theme Project Producer, Expo 2025; Advisor, Umekita 2nd Project; Advisory Board Member, Data Health Reform Promotion Headquarters, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; Health Information Management Supervisor, Niigata Prefecture; Value Co-Creation Officer, Kanagawa Prefecture; and Director, International House of Japan.

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[Event Report] Future of the Healthcare System Project – The First Media Seminar and Workshop for Promoting Healthcare Reform: Understanding Circumstances and Issues in the Domestic Health Sector Today (October 31, 2022)

[Event Report] Future of the Healthcare System Project – The Second Media Seminar and Workshop for Promoting Healthcare Reform: Reexamining Issues and Sharing Opinions on Health Policy in Japan (December 14, 2022)