Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) hereby publishes a summary report, “Medical Practitioner Interviews on the Current State and Issues for Interdepartmental Collaboration in Clinical Practice for Chronic Kidney Disease.”

Since the launch of the Kidney Disease Control Promotion Project in FY2022, HGPI has been advancing efforts to elevate public awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and to build momentum for more effective and organic CKD control measures.
Over the past three years, HGPI has promoted the importance of implementing CKD policies alongside policies for other diseases at expert meetings and when compiling good examples of CKD control from local governments. CKD is often comorbid with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and these conditions often share preventive measures and treatments. For this reason, there are many cases in which local governments, businesses, and providers of employee health insurance implement measures for CKD in conjunction with measures for other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
On the other hand, the main driver of progress in the medical field has traditionally been specialization in particular organs or diseases, meaning that opportunities for collaboration are limited among professionals serving in real-world clinical settings as well as among academic societies or across specialties in academia. Promoting and advancing effective CKD control measures in the future will require strengthening collaboration both among nephrologists and between nephrologists and specialists in other fields.

Aiming to promote CKD control measures and cross-disciplinary medical treatment for CKD that cuts across fields, this report summarizes opinions gathered through personal interviews with medical practitioners and clarifies the current state and issues regarding interdepartmental collaboration in clinical practice for CKD.

For the details of the discussions, please see the report at the bottom of this page.

Please note that the content of this report reflects the personal opinions of the medical practitioners we interviewed and does not represent a consensus among all departments.