According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, only 6.5% of medical institutions can handle "online medical care" from the first medical examination, which is permitted as a special measure against the new coronavirus.
Since April last year, "online medical examination", in which you receive medical examinations on your smartphone without going to a medical institution, has been permitted from the first medical examination as a special case under certain conditions.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, out of more than 110,000 (118,98) medical institutions nationwide, 7156 medical institutions, including telephones, can respond from the first medical examination, which is 6.5% at the end of April. ..
Including medical institutions that can handle medical care other than the first visit, there are 16,843 locations, accounting for 15.2% of the total.
Of these, Yamagata and Nagano prefectures exceeded 30%, while Kyoto and Okayama prefectures fell below 5%, showing variations depending on the prefecture.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "the cost of introducing the system and the lower medical fees than face-to-face medical treatment may be factors that have not spread."
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is proceeding with studies toward permanent online medical care from the first visit, but since there have been reports of cases of prescriptions such as psychotropic drugs that are not approved at the first visit, medical institutions through prefectures. I will give thorough guidance to.