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Data Definition - Healthcare DX Dashboard

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About Defining Various Data and Numeric Values

The various types of data used for the dashboard have been collected in Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Digital Agency with the cooperation of relevant organizations.

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Confirmation of insurance eligibility

My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Registration rate in My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Calculated based on "Number of valid registrations as health insurance cards / Number of cards held by My Number Card" as a reference for the spread of measures for the integration of health insurance cards

Utilization ratio of My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Calculated from "Number of My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate users ÷ Number of receipts" as a reference for the utilization status of the health insurance card integration measures

Online Credentials

Usage of online credential verification

Number of online queries to healthcare providers and pharmacies for patients' health insurance entitlements using the My Number Card or an eligibility verification form.

Medical examination

Electronic medical record

Adoption rate of electronic medical records

The calculation is based on the "number of institutions where electronic medical records have been introduced among the institutions that responded to the questionnaire" / "number of institutions where the online qualification confirmation system has been introduced among the institutions that responded to the questionnaire."

Prescription and dispensing

Electronic prescription

Adoption rate of electronic prescriptions

Calculated by dividing the number of institutions using electronic prescriptions by the number of institutions using the online qualification confirmation system

Number of cases checked for duplicated medication, etc.

Cumulative total of values checked at medical institutions and pharmacies using information registered with the electronic prescription management service to determine whether there was duplication of a prescribed / dispensed drug or a relationship to a contraindication for concomitant use.

Number of alerts for duplicate medications / contraindications for concomitant use

  • Duplicate medication: The number of cases in which it was determined that drugs with the same administration route and same ingredients were duplicated in the check of duplicate medications, etc. on the electronic prescription management service, and an alert was generated
  • Contraindications for concomitant use: The number of cases where a check for duplicated medication, etc. in the electronic prescription management service detected a combination that would cause serious health hazards or would not produce an appropriate therapeutic effect, and generated an alert.

Electronic prescription management service

Number of registered prescription information

Calculation based on "Number of registered electronic prescriptions" + "Number of registered paper prescriptions with a claim number"

Number of registered electronic prescriptions

  • Monthly total of dispensing results registered as "electronic" in the electronic prescription management service by pharmacies that have adopted the electronic prescription system in the month
  • *Number of cases in which an electronic prescription issued at a medical institution was received and dispensed at a pharmacy, and the dispensing result was registered as "electronic"

Number of registered paper prescriptions with a claim number

  • Monthly total of paper prescription information registered to the electronic prescription management service by medical institutions that have adopted the electronic prescription system in the month
  • ("Paper prescription with replacement number" is a paper prescription issued by a healthcare establishment that has implemented the electronic prescription system. A 6-digit replacement number is given to each prescription so that pharmacies can receive prescription information via the electronic prescription management service.)

Registration rate of dispensing results

  • Calculation based on "number of registered prescriptions" ÷ "number of prescriptions issued"
  • The latest values are estimates. The estimated values are indicated by dotted lines on the graph. Estimates may exceed 100% depending on the prefecture, but the upper limit is shown as 100% on the dashboard.

Number of registered dispensing results

Monthly total of dispensing results registered in the electronic prescription management service by pharmacies that have adopted the electronic prescription system in the month

Number of prescriptions dispensed at pharmacies

  • A value calculated by receiving information on the "number of receipts" entered in dispensing fee statements processed by the receipt computer processing system.
  • The latest figures are based on the number of prescriptions estimated using the year-on-year change in the number of prescriptions based on receipts six months ago, as the numbers based on receipts are not available.

Health care

Mynaportal

Number of times medical information was viewed

Number of times the My Number Card has been viewed during my My Number Card log-in status for the following items: "Medical Expenses," "Medicine," "Vaccinations," "Infant Diagnosis," "Prenatal Checkups," "Health Checkups," "Medical Treatment Advice," "Name of Injury / Illness," "Allergy, etc.," "Infectious Disease," "Examination Results," "Prescription Information in a Letter of Introduction, etc.," "Transmission of a Letter of Introduction," "Consent Setting for Providing Medical Information," "History of Providing Medical Insurance Information," and "Nursing Related Information"

PHR (personal health record)

Number of API-linked businesses

Total number of business operators who have released a service to obtain PHR information through API

Digitalization (PMH) of health, medical, and nursing care projects implemented by local governments

Subsidy for medical expenses

Number of municipalities

Number of local governments that can confirm data linkage to PMH and have at least one program that allows online confirmation of eligibility for Medical Care Support for Children, etc.

Number of medical institutions, etc.

Number of medical institutions, etc. that have established and implemented online eligibility confirmation for Medical Care Support for Children, etc.

Usage of online credential verification

Number of online inquiries about eligibility for Medical Care Support for Children, etc.

Maternal and child health

Number of municipalities

Number of local governments participating in the demonstration project of digital health checkup using PMH

Total number of employees

Number of people subject to digital health checkups in local governments participating in the demonstration project of digital health checkups using PMH (cumulative)

Total number of examinees

Number of people receiving digital health checkups at local governments participating in a demonstration project for digital health checkups using PMH (cumulative)