Mr. Sasaki, what is your opinion on the current situation where medical digital transformation using My Number cards has not progressed?
Toshinao Sasaki (hereinafter Sasaki): First of all, the penetration rate of My Number cards is in the 70% range, but this is merely the result of a campaign, and it does not mean that the meaning of My Number cards themselves is understood. I think this is because the meaning of having My Number cards has not been properly reported.
The My Number Health Insurance Cards that are currently a hot topic have become usable in the field, but the Tokyo Shimbun and other newspapers are running a negative campaign against them, citing the fact that personal information will be managed by the government. However, in terms of personal information, medical information is submitted to the government even with a paper health insurance card, so such criticism is wrong in the first place.
So the idea that paper is more convenient or inconvenient is not the essence of My Number cards?
Sasaki: That's right. For example, if you go to a hospital to get examined and get a prescription using a paper health insurance card, that data will be managed by that hospital and will not be shared with other hospitals. In that case, when you are examined at another hospital and get a prescription, the data is not shared between the hospitals, so you may end up taking medicines that should not be taken together.
Or, if you go to multiple hospitals for similar symptoms, there is a possibility of double medication.
Until now, there was no realistic way to prevent such situations. It is true that there are things like medicine notebooks for medicine, but in this paperless era, you are not sure whether you should carry a paper notebook, and the medicine notebook app is different for each pharmacy, so in the end it does not solve the problem.
That is where the My Number card comes in, and the meaning of the My Number card in the medical field is to centralize and query data such as hospital visit records, medical records, prescriptions, and pharmacy medication data.
Then, when a hospital queries the My Number card, it will be able to find out what kind of examinations you have had so far. Naturally, prescription data will also be shared, so there will be no problems with double administration or cross-combination.
