Global management consultant L.E.K. Consulting recently surveyed 50 hospital directors in public and private hospitals around Japan to understand their strategic priorities and challenges.
As of 2021, Japan lagged behind EMR adoption in primary care at 42%, below the 93% average among countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
By institution, private hospitals in Japan implement digital health solutions, especially for initial consultation and patient administration, more than public hospitals. In terms of use, private hospitals use them more to push [personalised] information to patients, while public hospitals leverage digital solutions to record patient information.
A focus on investment in hospital IT comes as both private and public hospitals in Japan are seeing positive financial outlooks in the near term. Almost six in 10 public hospital directors polled were expecting a budget surplus over the next three years while 88% of their counterpart in private hospitals said they are anticipating high profit margins.
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