🇯🇵 Japan
How FutureProof is the healthcare system in Japan?
3rd
/11
Locations in Asia Pacific
How this score impacts life in Japan
Telehealth
Top for Telehealth
Placing 1st, Japan has a comparatively high level of adoption of tele-health services, such as teleradiology and remote patient monitoring.
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Drug Approval & Reimbursement (Lung Cancer)
1st for drug approvals
Compared to other Index countries, Japan ranks top for approval and reimbursement of lung cancer medicines, an indicator of the level of access to be expected for other personalised medicines.
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Patient Right to Access Data
More Patient Data Control needed
Increasing patients’ control over their data could improve Japan’s Index rank – it places 10th for this measure.
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Vital Signs and Measures
All measures, including the measures within the Vital Signs, are equally weighted.
Japan presents many strengths in personalised healthcare.
With an advanced digital infrastructure, comprehensive health data collection, high levels of investment in research and development, and regulatory incentives, Japan is well positioned to realise personalised healthcare. Japan could further strengthen its position by improving the infrastructure for and collection of health data, especially concerning the use of electronic health records. Achieving greater interoperability of health and health-related data, as well as patients’ control over and access their own data could also be a focus for Japan moving forward.