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Personal information protection policy

Edogawa Hospital strives daily to provide reliable medical care to ensure that our patients are able to receive high-quality treatment. We believe that it is extremely important to protect and manage patients' personal information in an appropriate manner. To that end, Edogawa Hospital has established the following personal information protection policy and is committed to implementing it in a thorough manner.

  1. 1. Collection of personal information

    When Edogawa Hospital collects patients' personal information, we do so within the scope required for medical treatment, nursing, and patient care. When using personal information for any other purposes, we will inform you of the purpose of use in advance and obtain your consent first. The same applies when personal information is required on our website.

  2. 2. Use and provision of personal information

    Edogawa Hospital will not use patients' personal information beyond the intended purpose, except in the following cases:

    • ◎When patient consent is obtained

      ◎When information is processed to a state where individuals cannot be identified or differentiated (Note 1)

      ◎When provision of information is required by law Except as required by law, Edogawa Hospital will not provide patients' personal information to third parties (Note 2) without the consent of the patient.

  3. 3. Appropriate management of personal information

    Edogawa Hospital strives to keep the personal information of patients accurate and up to date, and endeavors to prevent leaks, loss, destruction, alteration, or unauthorized access to this information.

  4. 4. Confirmation, correction, and other requests regarding personal information

    If a patient requests access to confirm their personal information, Edogawa Hospital will confirm the details of the request promptly and respond in accordance with our rules on personal information protection. Additionally, if the patient requests a correction due to inaccuracies or other reasons, we will investigate and respond appropriately.

  5. 5. Inquiries

    For questions regarding Edogawa Hospital's personal information protection policy or inquiries regarding patients' personal information, please contact the following:
    Patient consultation desk (General inquiries)

  6. 6. Compliance with laws and regulations and improvements to systems for the protection of personal information

    Edogawa Hospital complies with the laws and regulations of Japan with regard to the protection of personal information, as well as other relevant standards. We will periodically review the items listed above and will endeavor to continuously improve our personal information protection systems.

July 1, 2018
Edogawa Hospital
Director, Shojiro Kato

  • (Note 1) This is not a process of simply deleting personal information such as names. Instead, data is anonymized so that it is impossible to identify the subject of the information using any conceivable method.
  • (Note 2) "Third party" is defined as any entity other than the recipient (business operator) and the subject of the information, and refers to any organization or individual to which the original purpose of use does not apply, or to whom the subject of the information has not given consent for use of their personal information.
  • *In addition to patients, this policy applies to the personal information of Edogawa Hospital employees and all affiliated personnel in the same manner as detailed above. Edogawa Hospital has comprehensive systems in place to protect patients' personal information.
  • The hospital uses patients' personal information for the following purposes and has comprehensive systems in place to manage it. Please direct any questions or inquiries to the relevant point of contact.


Edogawa Hospital
Director, Shojiro Kato

Purposes of use of patients' personal information at Edogawa Hospital

  1. 1. Use within Edogawa Hospital

    1. (1) Medical services provided to patients
    2. (2) Medical insurance administration - Inquiries to healthcare bill check and payment organizations or insurers
    3. (3) Hospital ward management such as admissions and discharges
    4. (4) Accounting and finance
    5. (5) Reports on medical accidents, etc.
    6. (6) Improvement of medical services to the patient in question
    7. (7) Cooperation in in-hospital training
    8. (8) In-hospital case studies for improving the quality of medical care
    9. (9) Other patient-related management and administration

  2. 2. Use as information provided outside the hospital

    1. (1) Cooperation with other hospitals, clinics, maternity hospitals, pharmacies, home-care nursing stations, and nursing care service providers
    2. (2) Responding to inquiries from other medical institutions
    3. (3) Seeking the opinions or advice of external doctors or specialists for the treatment of patients
    4. (4) Outsourcing of laboratory testing and other tasks
    5. (5) Explanation of medical conditions to family, etc.
    6. (6) Outsourcing of insurance administration
    7. (7) Submission of claims to healthcare bill check and payment organizations
    8. (8) Inquiries to healthcare bill check and payment organizations or insurers
    9. (9) Responding to inquiries from healthcare bill check and payment organizations or insurers
    10. (10) Notification of results of health checkups commissioned by a business to said business.
    11. (11) Consulting medical professional organizations or insurance companies regarding medical liability insurance claims and related matters.
    12. (12) Use related to other medical insurance tasks for patients
    13. (13) Registering information with Edogawa Hospital's cancer registry and the National Cancer Registry, and conducting follow-up surveys on prognosis (which may involve requesting a family register, certificate of residence, or making inquiries to affiliated medical institutions, etc., as necessary)
    14. (14) Provision of information to the Cancer Registry Subcommittee QI Research for the Tokyo Metropolitan and Prefectural Cancer Care Hospitals Liaison Council (Lead Research Institution: National Cancer Center)

  3. 3. Other uses

    1. (1) Use as basic materials for maintaining and improving medical and nursing services and operations
    2. (2) Provision of information to external auditing organizations
    • *Please notify the relevant point of contact if you have concerns regarding the provision of information to other medical institutions.
    • *If you do not make any objections, we will assume that you have given your consent.
    • *Note that you can withdraw or alter your objections after submission.