A symposium was held on the 8th to consider Japan's future medical system based on lessons learned from the response to the new coronavirus in European countries where family doctors are established.
This symposium was held by the Japan Medical Association Policy Research Institute to think about a medical system that can respond to new pandemics and other situations in the future, as the role of family doctors is currently being considered. , distributed online.
In this session, Chief Researcher Daiichi Morii reported the results of a survey on the response to the new coronavirus in European countries where family doctors are established.
▼In Germany, local family doctors are in charge of treatment for the new coronavirus, While the introduction of a system to refer patients to hospitals has prevented the medical system from collapsing, there have also
been cases in the UK and France where medical services have become strained as a result of patients concentrating in large hospitals. Introduced.
He also pointed out that in Japan, it is important to clarify the roles of primary care physicians in order to avoid confusion in medical care, such as by having primary care physicians responsible for basic medical care such as fever outpatient treatment.
Chief researcher Morii said, ``We need to have not only medical professionals but also patients participate in the discussion, and think together about the role of family physicians.''