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Credit: Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION
Project “CHANGE (Center of Healthy longevity And Nursing innovation with Global Ecosystem)” is the Kawasaki base of a national project (COI-NEXT: Co-Creation Opportunity Formation Support Program) adopted by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) last October. A symposium will be held on March 27 to introduce the project's research and to promote understanding of the project among the public and industry participants who will cooperate with the project's management. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided and online participation is also available.
See: https://iconm.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/news20230127.html
This project is an open innovation center for collaboration among various academia and companies, and the operating office has been established at the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM located at Kawasaki City), which is the core research facility, with strong commitment from the Kawasaki Nursing Association. Our vision is to create “Resilient, Healthy, and Long-Lived Society by Co-creation in Medical-Engineering-Nursing Cares”, aiming for well functionalized medical care with innovative tools and systems that will allow everyone to nurse patients at home in preparation for a future shortage of nursing personnel. In Japan, the leading country in the aging society with a declining birthrate, the functional differentiation of medical facilities is progressing, and the ratio of home medical care is expected to increase rapidly in near future. Unlike hospitals, however, nurses cannot take care of patients 24 hours a day. However, the medical tools available to people other than doctors and nurses are limited, and nursing literacy among the general public is not very high to begin with. We, therefore, set out to research and develop a tool that would allow us to perform tests and diagnoses without having to go to a medical facility. One example is the development of an affixable device that can analyze plasma components and manage drug blood levels without the use of a syringe. Furthermore, improving the efficiency of nursing operations is another important goal. Nurses, who are busy with daily routine tasks, have not been proactive in improving their working conditions. Even nurse calls have not evolved much since the days of Florence Nightingale, and night shift workers are plagued by frequent calls. With the ever-changing medical conditions of patients, doctors' orders change frequently, and handing off during shifts is never simple. Although many unmet needs emerged from interviews with nurses, many of them could be solved with current technology. Through this project, we hope to provide a solution that will benefit both nurses and patients, and avoid the possible collapse of medical care in the future. We are also working to create a new industry in the field of “Engineering Innovation for Nursing People”, which is considered to be a blue ocean on business.
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Date & Time: 1pm-4pm (JST) on March 27, 2023
Flyer & Registration: https://iconm.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/news20230127.html
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided and online participation is also available.
CONTACT:
Dr. Makoto Shimazaki, Communications Manager of iCONM
Shimazaki-m@kawasaki-net.ne.jp
Misato Yamamoto, Communications Coordinator of iCONM
Kaori Ikeshiro, Communications Staff of iCONM