抄録
We report the activities of the Study Group on Total Quality Management（TQM）of Healthcare over the past two years. While there were some variations in the number of participating members and observers, we held regular online discussions once a month amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The main items to be examined were 1）analysis and proposal of comprehensive policies for the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, 2）assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S.healthcare, 3）Act on the Protection of Personal Information in COVID-19, 4）revision of the 7 tools for Medical TQM of healthcare, especially the addition of cause-and-effects diagrams, 5）standardization
and quality assurance of MUJI, 6）utilization of data and its potential in the Tokushukai Group,7） overview of the AI hospital on Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program, 8） Issues related to EMR and EHR, 9） legal regulations on medical devices, etc.
We would like to examine the issues faced from the standpoint of TQM of healthcare.
