Efforts to expand activities of ward medical technologists (WMT) by Working Group of Nursing Section of Clinical Laboratory Department

Abstract

Our hospital is designated as a medical center that provides medical support in remote areas including the dispatch of doctors to a remote area without a doctor. Therefore, we have a shortage of doctors and nurses. Moreover, many of our patients are elderly with dementia and in need of high-level care. This is not only our challenge but also the biggest challenge the Japanese medical care system is facing. To provide the best medical care for patients, we need to support doctors and nurses by working together as a team and by eliminating the wall of sectionalism and making the best use of limited resources. For this purpose, we established a ‘Working Group of Nursing Section of Clinical Laboratory Department’ to expand our medical support as WMT ward medical technologists.