About the National Clinical Database (NCD)
Our hospital is participating in a database project run by the National Clinical Database (NCD), a general incorporated association. This project aims to improve the quality of medical care by registering, compiling, and analyzing surgery and treatment information from across Japan, and providing the best possible medical care to patients.
Through the activities of this corporation, we will be able to consider the optimal allocation of doctors to provide more appropriate medical care to patients, as well as obtain information that will serve as a reference for our hospital in providing the best possible medical care to patients. We ask for your understanding of the purpose of this organization and your cooperation.
1. The medical departments participating in NCD at our hospital are as follows:
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Gastroenterological Surgery
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Pediatric Surgery
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Breast Surgery
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Cardiovascular Surgery
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Department of Urology
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Transplant Surgery
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plastic surgery
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Critical Care Department
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Department ofCardiology
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Department of Pathology
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
2. Information to be registered in the NCD
We register information about surgeries and treatments performed at our hospital, information for verifying the effectiveness and risks of surgeries and treatments (age, height, weight, etc.), and information related to medical insurance claims. Patient names are not registered in NCD; instead, registration is done using an ID unrelated to the patient's name. The correspondence table linking IDs to patients is strictly managed by our hospital and is not provided to NCD.
3. Management of registered information and publication of results
The registered information itself does not easily identify individual patients, but it is important information related to patients and will be managed with strict confidentiality. When managing the registered information, our hospital and NCD comply with laws and regulations regarding the handling and security of information (such as the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, Ethical Guidelines for Life Science and Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, and Guidelines for the Security Management of Medical Information Systems). When publishing data, only information approved by NCD will be published as aggregated data. The registered data will not be identified.
4. Refusal of registration and confirmation of registration information
If you do not want your data to be registered, you can refuse registration, so please inform the staff of your department. Also, if you wish to view or delete your registered data, please let us know. Please note that refusing to register or requesting to view or modify your data will not result in any disadvantage to patients in their daily medical treatment.
5. Cooperation with NCD staff in verifying registered data through visits
To verify that the information registered by our hospital in NCD is correct, NCD staff may view patients' medical charts and medical records. When our hospital cooperates with this survey, we will enter into a confidentiality agreement with NCD staff, and will prohibit the patient-ID correspondence table, names, and other information that can identify patients from being taken outside the hospital or disclosed. If you have any questions about participating in this project, please speak to staff in the relevant department. Please also see the following for more detailed information.
