日本神経治療学会「地域医療部会ワーキンググループ」の取り組みに期待する

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In my clinic, working time consists of home care medicine (80%) and out–patient clinic (20%). Ninety percent of out–patients have neurodegenerative diseases or neuromuscular disorders and seventy in home care medicine. Only 10% of the home calls required the specialization that neurologists have. And when neurological specialization was required it was limited to the examination because neurological treatment often requires specialized equipment or medicine that is only available at large hospitals or universities. Moreover, it is difficult to maintain the knowledge and skill of neurology for a neurology specialist in home care medicine.

The Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics decided to start a new working group for community medicine (named by the president Nakashima and headed by the administration officer Suzuki) for the member doctors working in community medicine. The role of neurology specialists in home care medicine is still not concretely determined. I hope the working group will help neurology specialists build a community in which they can share collective knowledge and skill to ultimately improve the quality of the care they provide in home care medicine.