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Data Definition - Healthcare DX Dashboard

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Definitions of Data and Numerical Values

The various types of date used in the dashboard were collected in Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Digital Agency with the cooperation of relevant organizations. The definitions of the dates are as follows.

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Insurance qualification check

My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Registration rates in My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Calculated as "number of valid health insurance card registrations ÷ number of cards held by My Number Card" for reference to the status of dissemination of integrated health insurance card measures

Utilization factor of My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate

Calculated by dividing the number of My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate users by the number of receipts as a reference for the status of utilization of measures to integrate health insurance cards.

Online Credential Verification

Online Credential Verification Usage

Number of online referrals to health plan eligibility information for patients at health facilities and pharmacies using My Number Card or Eligibility Verification Form

Prescription and dispensing

Electronic prescription

Adoption rate of electronic prescriptions

Calculated by dividing the number of facilities with electronic prescriptions by the number of facilities with online qualification confirmation systems.

Number of checks for double dosing, etc.

Cumulative value of checks performed by medical institutions and pharmacies using information registered in the electronic prescription management service to determine whether there are duplicates of prescribed / dispensed drugs and whether there are contraindications for concomitant use

Number of alerts on double dosing and contraindications for concomitant use

  • Duplicate medications: Number of occurrences of alerts generated when duplicate medications with the same route of administration and the same active ingredient were detected in the check of duplicate medications, etc., in the electronic prescription management service
  • Contraindications for concomitant use: Number of times that a check for duplicate medications, etc. via the electronic prescription management service detected a combination that would not result in serious adverse health effects or appropriate therapeutic effects if taken together, resulting in an alert

Electronic Prescription Management Services

Number of registered prescription information

"Number of electronic prescription registrations" + "Number of paper prescription registrations with exchange numbers"

Number of electronic prescription registrations

  • The monthly total of dispensing results registered as "electronic" in the electronic prescription management service by pharmacies that have implemented the electronic prescription system during the month
  • *Number of electronic prescriptions issued by medical institutions that are received and dispensed at pharmacies, with dispensing results registered as "electronic"

Number of registered paper prescriptions with exchange numbers

  • The total amount of paper prescription information registered in the electronic prescription management service by medical institutions that have adopted the electronic prescription system for the month
  • ("Paper prescription with exchange number" is a paper prescription issued by a healthcare establishment that has implemented the electronic prescription system. Each prescription has a 6-digit exchange number so that the pharmacy can receive prescription information via the electronic prescription management service.)

Registration rate of dispensing results

  • Calculated by dividing the number of registered dispensing results by the number of prescriptions issued.
  • The most recent values are estimated values. Estimated values are indicated by dotted lines in the graph. Estimates may exceed 100% in some prefectures, but in the dashboard, the upper limit is shown as 100%.

Number of registered dispensing results

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

Number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies

  • The "number of receipts" indicated on dispensing fee specifications, which are processed by the receipt computer processing system. The value calculated based on the information provided.
  • Since the number of prescriptions on a receipt basis is not available for the most recent value, the number of prescriptions estimated using the year-on-year rate of change in the number of prescriptions on a receipt basis six months ago was used.

Health care

Mynaportal

Number of medical information views

Number of views of "medical expenses," "medicine," "vaccination," "infant diagnosis," "prenatal checkup," "health checkup," "medical advice," "name of injury / disease," "allergy, etc.," "infectious disease," "test result," "prescription information stated in referral form, etc.," "transmission of referral form," "consent to provision of medical information," "history of provision of medical insurance information," and "information related to long-term care" when using My Number card login status

Personal health record (PHR)

Number of business operators using API

Total number of business operators that released a service to obtain PHR information via API

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

Medical expense subsidy

Number of local governments

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

Number of medical institutions, etc.

Number of medical institutions, etc. that have established the use of online confirmation of eligibility for Medical Care Support for Children, etc. and have a record of doing so

Online Credential Verification Usage

Number of Online Inquiries on Medical Care Support for Children and Other Entitlements

Maternal and Child Health

Number of local governments

Number of local governments participating in the PMH-based digital health checkup pilot project

Total Number of

Number of People Eligible for Digital Health Checkups in Local Governments Participating in the PMH-Based Digital Health Checkup Demonstration Project (Cumulative)

Total number of medical examinees

Cumulative number of people receiving digital health checkups in local governments participating in the PMH-based digital health checkup pilot project