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Effectiveness of the Facility for Elderly Surveillance System (FESSy) in Two Public Health Center Jurisdictions in Japan: Prospective Observational Study

Effectiveness of the Facility for Elderly Surveillance System (FESSy) in Two Public Health Center Jurisdictions in Japan: Prospective Observational Study

However, on May 8, 2023, infection control policies for COVID-19 in Japan were relaxed. For that reason, public health centers have become unable to recognize outbreak situations at facilities for older people unless the outbreak grows to include more than 10 cases [3]. To fill this information gap, the Facility for Elderly Surveillance System (FESSy) has been used [4] as a mode of syndromic surveillance that monitors symptoms and infectious diseases among facility residents.

Junko Kurita, Motomi Hori, Sumiyo Yamaguchi, Aiko Ogiwara, Yurina Saito, Minako Sugiyama, Asami Sunadori, Tomoko Hayashi, Akane Hara, Yukari Kawana, Youichi Itoi, Tamie Sugawara, Yoshiyuki Sugishita, Fujiko Irie, Naomi Sakurai

JMIR Med Inform 2025;13:e58509

Efficacy of Save Medical Corporation (SMC)–01, a Smartphone App Designed to Support Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Based on Established Guidelines: Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficacy of Save Medical Corporation (SMC)–01, a Smartphone App Designed to Support Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Based on Established Guidelines: Randomized Controlled Trial

Mobile phone ownership rates reached 95% in developed regions in 2022 [18], and in Japan, the number of households owning smartphones reached 86.8% in 2020 [19]. Given this, and that nearly 0.5 billion people use health-related apps worldwide already, m Health is likely to be a key addition to standard diabetes treatment [16].

Nicholas Leung, Kayo Waki, Satoshi Nozoe, Shunpei Enomoto, Ryo Saito, Sakurako Hamagami, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masaomi Nangaku, Kazuhiko Ohe, Yukiko Onishi

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e53740

AI Analysis of General Medicine in Japan: Present and Future Considerations

AI Analysis of General Medicine in Japan: Present and Future Considerations

The concept of “general medicine in Japan,” born around the 1970s, led to 2 main physician categories in Japan: family doctors and hospitalists. Unlike general medicine departments overseas, there are no barriers to practicing within either family medicine or hospital medicine; both are unique specialties that require the adaptation of work to the size and conditions of the institutions they belong to, such as hospitals and clinics [1].

Nozomi Aoki, Taiju Miyagami, Mizue Saita, Toshio Naito

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e52566

Efficacy and Safety of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Control HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Single-Arm Interventional Study

Efficacy and Safety of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Control HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Single-Arm Interventional Study

The government of Japan formulated the “Tourism Vision for Graphics” in March 2016, in which a target of 40 million foreign visitors to Japan in 2020 and 60 million in 2030 was set to stimulate the travel economy; it is expected to result in a large number of foreigners entering Japan and increased cases of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Junko Terada-Hirashima, Daisuke Mizushima, Misao Takano, Daisuke Tokita, Shinichi Oka

JMIR Res Protoc 2023;12:e50919

The Efficacy of an mHealth App in Facilitating Weight Loss Among Japanese Fitness Center Members: Regression Analysis Study

The Efficacy of an mHealth App in Facilitating Weight Loss Among Japanese Fitness Center Members: Regression Analysis Study

We found that, in addition to the frequency of weekly gym use, the frequency and continuity with which a health and fitness self-tracking app was used were associated with a decrease in weight among a sample of over 20,000 gym members in Japan. Future work is needed to examine the mechanisms by which apps influence health behaviors and what app features are effective for sustaining wellness-promoting health behaviors.

Akifumi Eguchi, Yumi Kawamura, Takayuki Kawashima, Cyrus Ghaznavi, Keiko Ishimura, Shun Kohsaka, Satoru Matsuo, Shinichiro Mizuno, Yuki Sasaki, Arata Takahashi, Yuta Tanoue, Daisuke Yoneoka, Hiroaki Miyata, Shuhei Nomura

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e48435

Incorporating Unstructured Patient Narratives and Health Insurance Claims Data in Pharmacovigilance: Natural Language Processing Analysis of Patient-Generated Texts About Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Incorporating Unstructured Patient Narratives and Health Insurance Claims Data in Pharmacovigilance: Natural Language Processing Analysis of Patient-Generated Texts About Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Similarly, in Japan, we previously examined Japanese-language disease blogs (tōbyōki) as a resource for patient-generated data from the internet to augment pharmacovigilance [7]. In these blogs, we found that patients share information about adverse events, drugs, and distress due to adverse events. Such information can improve our understanding of disease epidemiology, treatment status, and burden by providing details that cannot be captured by existing health care data sources.

Shinichi Matsuda, Takumi Ohtomo, Shiho Tomizawa, Yuki Miyano, Miwako Mogi, Hiroshi Kuriki, Terumi Nakayama, Shinichi Watanabe

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(6):e29238

Efficacy of Telemedicine in Hypertension Care Through Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Videoconferencing: Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficacy of Telemedicine in Hypertension Care Through Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Videoconferencing: Randomized Controlled Trial

Nevertheless, in Japan, only 12 million of 43 million individuals with hypertension receive treatment and have their BP controlled [1]. This phenomenon, termed the “hypertension paradox,” must be resolved to improve public health [2]. Among the reasons why individuals do not take action to control their hypertension, the burden of time takes precedence for discontinuation or noninitiation of antihypertensive treatment.

Junichi Yatabe, Midori Sasaki Yatabe, Rika Okada, Atsuhiro Ichihara

JMIR Cardio 2021;5(2):e27347

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