2021 Volume 38 Issue 3 Pages 221-223
The staff, who work for hospitals or clinics with beds in Setagaya Ward, meet up regularly to discuss bed control in acute care hospital etc. This work shop is named Setagaya Hospital Renkei Network (SHRN), which is an advisory panel of Hospital Directors' Conference in Setagaya. For regional medical cooperation, not only hospitals–clinics but also hospitals–hospitals cooperation is very important and collaboration practitioners are involved in this cooperation. Some members of SHRN played an important role in launching and operating Setagaya Dementia Network Study Group (SDNSG). The secretariat of SDNSG consists of nurses and collaboration practitioners including medical social workers (MSW) and clerks. The secretariat helps to collaborate with the Setagaya Medical Association, Tamagawa Medical Association, and Setagaya Word to support the activities of SDNSG as well as to hold official liaison meetings and special lectures. In 2020, the secretariat of SDNSG have prepared for the regular lecture in February, but it has been suspended due to preventing the spread of COVID–19 infection. In this way, the collaboration practitioners not only practice in hospitals–clinics and hospitals–hospitals cooperation but also help activities of SDNSG.
