The direction of healthcare in each community is determined by fiscal and healthcare policy at the national level, while concrete details are determined by the needs of each community. The role of medical institutions as public institutions is to continuously provide stable, high-quality healthcare for the community. In other words, what is expected of each medical institution is to accurately recognize its role in the community and to remain functional without collapsing. Before the relocation of Obihiro Kosei Hospital, the functions of the hospital were evaluated and ways that the hospital could sustainably contribute to the community were discussed. The outcomes of these discussions were taken into account when designing the new Obihiro Kosei Hospital.
Tokachi Subprefecture, where Obihiro Kosei Hospital is located, covers a wide area (10,831 km
2, equivalent to the entire area of Gifu Prefecture) and is surrounded by mountains and ocean. “Complete healthcare within the mountain boundaries” remains our main task. Based on an analysis of DPC data and bed reports, we outline our future vision of the hospital─to become an “acute phase specialist hospital” that protects healthcare in the community. Accordingly, the new hospital was designed to achieve the following goals:
1. Provide advanced emergency care
2. Adapt practice to provide advanced medical care (e.g., cancer treatment)
3. Provide a safe and secure healthcare environment
4. Provide an efficient working environment
5. Be resilient to disasters
To meet these goals, some elements of the hospital, if unlikely to be needed, had to be eliminated.
This lecture focused on the design of the hospital, but the hospital’s operations and equipment are also important. Further, more accurately understanding the hospital’s position makes clear the importance of cooperation (and beyond cooperation) with other medical institutions. For every medical institution, the most important point is to have a keen awareness of its own “responsibility to protect healthcare in the community” and to avoid misjudging its position.
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