Current Status of Hepatitis Medical Care Coordinators in Regional Core Centers for Liver Disease Management in Japan: Results of the Third Survey
The present study assessed the roles and activities of hepatitis medical care coordinators (HMCCs) in regional core center hospitals through three surveys conducted in 2019, 2021, and 2023, revealing a working rate of 80%, with an increase observed in deployment to nonspecialist departments. The third survey including 27 hospitals revealed that 73.1% of the 1485 trained HMCCs were active, with a retention rate of 90% and an increasing rate of HMCC deployment to nonspecialist departments. New HMCC activities beyond those included in the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare guidelines were also reported, such as educational efforts and the prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation. These results highlight the importance of expanding the HMCC roles to increase motivation and efficacy and suggest that formalizing new activities in official notifications would support these goals.
Authors
- Mizuki Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5094-8532)
- Jun Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1171-7835)
- Kazuhito Kawata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4986-8578)
- Akira Asai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2915-7875)
- Hiroko Setoyama
- Takakazu Nagahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9467-6970)
- Masatsugu Ohara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3184)
- Yoshihito Uchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6012-0915)
- Norihiro Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9231-1284)
- Atsushi Suetsugu
- Koji Sawada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9708-4786)
- Tatsuya Ide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-6527)
- Hiroshi Isoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-6492)
- Shigenobu Nanba
- Chikara Iino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6844-4415)
- Tadashi Ikegami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-3186)
- Tatehiro Kagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-1423)
- Hironori Toshima
- Tetsuro Shimakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-4056)
- Masaru Enomoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-4381)
- Yoshio Tokumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3008-691X)
- Ryo Sasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9255-3192)
- Masaaki Korenaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-8297)
- Masami Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2407-8067)
- Masato Yoneda
- Mitsuaki Sato
- Takako Inoue
- S. Tatsuki
Institutions
- Kurume University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University (JP)
- Hirosaki University (JP)
- Asahikawa Medical University (JP)
- Okayama University (JP)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Yamaguchi University (JP)
- Saga University (JP)
- Tohoku University Hospital (JP)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- Hamamatsu University Hospital (JP)
- Yokohama City University Hospital (JP)
- Kanazawa University Hospital (JP)
- Gifu University Hospital (JP)
- University of Yamanashi Hospital (JP)
- Nagoya City University Hospital (JP)
- Tokai University Hospital (JP)
- Saitama Medical University Hospital (JP)
- Kumamoto University Hospital (JP)
- Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital (JP)
- Tokushima University Hospital (JP)
- Tottori University Hospital (JP)
- Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital (JP)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center (JP)
- Hokkaido University Hospital (JP)
- Oita University Hospital (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
- Yokohama City University (JP)
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kanzo
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2957/kanzo.66.54
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00