Inspection of online medical treatment To verify the timed measures that allow the first medical examination 14:20 on June 29
In order to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection at medical institutions, Minister Kato of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare visited the site of online medical treatment that is widely used, and there is a problem with online medical treatment from the first medical examination, which is currently recognized as a temporary measure I showed you the idea of doing a verification.
On the morning of the 29th, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare visited a clinic in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, to observe the utilization status of "online medical care", which provides medical care for patients using the Internet.
Regarding online medical treatment, the government has approved from April the first medical treatment as a temporary measure to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in medical institutions.
During the visit, the doctor at the clinic told Minister Kato about the issue of online medical care at the first visit, "There is no major problem, but I don't know how far to make a diagnosis in the absence of patient information. , Please come once"."
After finishing the visit, Minister Kato told reporters, "It is important to improve the medical institutions' ability to respond to health and illness as a whole, not online or face-to-face. We are going to verify it every month, so we would like to hold a study meeting from the end of July to the beginning of August to start the verification work."