Our Accreditations

JCI Authorization

Notice of JCI Certification Renewal at Yao Tokushukai General Hospital

We are pleased to announce that on December 1, 2023, Yao Tokushukai General Hospital successfully renewed its Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, which is the most rigorous medical facility evaluation organization in the world.

JCI was established in 1994 as the international division of the U.S.-based healthcare facility evaluation organization, the Joint Commission. Currently, approximately 1,000 healthcare institutions in more than 70 countries are accredited. The headquarters is in Chicago, with branches in Milan, Dubai, and Singapore. JCI is a globally trusted non-profit organization. It sets the most stringent standards to maintain healthcare quality and patient safety, and its accreditation criteria are highly regarded worldwide.

JCI accreditation renewal reviews are conducted every three years, and the evaluation criteria become even stricter with each renewal. This process ensures that healthcare facilities must continually meet the world’s cutting-edge standards.

During the renewal evaluation, a wide range of criteria, including patient safety, infection control, facility management, and collaboration among medical teams, were rigorously assessed. Our entire staff worked together to meet these standards, allowing us to receive international recognition once again. The renewal of our certification demonstrates that we continue to provide high-quality healthcare and patient safety, while striving for ongoing improvement.

Yao Tokushukai General Hospital will continue to aim to maintain a medical environment where we can provide safety and trust to our patients as a leader in regional healthcare.

For inquiries regarding our JCI certification
Quality Management Office: 072-989-1070
Email：yao-jci@tokushukai.jp

Japan Council for Quality Health Care Accreditation Certificate

JCEP Accreditation Certificate

JMIP Initial Accreditation

The result of a united, multidisciplinary team effort

On March 25, 2025, Yao Tokushukai General Hospital was awarded its initial accreditation under the Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients (JMIP), a program administered by the Japan Medical Education Foundation.

JMIP is a third-party accreditation system granted to medical institutions that have established systems to provide safe and appropriate medical care to foreign patients. In recent years, with the increasing number of foreign residents and international visitors to Japan, more and more medical institutions nationwide have obtained this certification.

In response to the growing demand for internationalized healthcare, our hospital undertook this challenge as a unified team, involving not only doctors and nurses but also allied health professionals and administrative staff. Together, we worked collaboratively to prepare for the accreditation review.

The process included efforts such as multilingual support, cultural sensitivity, multilingual signage and documentation, and the establishment of training systems for staff—all conducted in parallel with regular operations. While these initiatives were not without challenges, every staff member shared the common goal of “providing safe and high-quality healthcare to all patients” and worked tirelessly toward it

Receiving JMIP accreditation is a testament to our hospital’s trustworthiness and capability in caring for international patients. Looking ahead, we will continue striving to be a hospital that is deeply rooted in the local community while also open to the international community.

Director of Hospital: Hiromasa Harada, M.D.

For inquiries regarding our JMIP accreditation:
International Medical Support Office
TEL：072-989-1070
　Email：yaotoku-intnl@tokushukai.jp

Accredited Training Facility Designations

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare – Core Clinical Training Hospital
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine – Accredited Teaching Hospital
Japanese Respiratory Society – Accredited Facility
Japanese Circulation Society – Accredited Training Facility for Cardiologists
Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT) – Training Facility
Japanese Society of Gastroenterology – Accredited Training Facility
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society – Accredited Teaching Facility
Japanese Society of Neurology – Accredited Associate Teaching Facility
Japan Diabetes Society – Accredited Educational Facility
Japan Primary Care Association – Training Facility for the Accredited Family Medicine Residency Program
Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine – Accredited Facility
Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy – Affiliated Educational Facility
Japan Society of Hepatology – Accredited Affiliated Facility
Japanese Society of Medical Oncology – Accredited Training Facility
Japan Surgical Society – Accredited Surgical Training Facility
Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery – Accredited Specialist Training Facility
Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons – Affiliated Educational Facility
Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine – Accredited Training Facility for Ultrasound Specialists
Japanese Breast Cancer Society – Accredited Affiliated Facility
Japan Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Society – Accredited Facility for Breast Implant Surgery
Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy – Accredited Training Facility
Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery (joint board of three societies) – Core Training Facility
Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database (JCVSD) – Accredited Facility
Japanese Committee for Stentgraft Management – Accredited Facility for Abdominal and Thoracic Stent Graft Procedures
Superficial Femoral Artery Stent Graft Management Committee – Accredited Facility for Superficial Femoral Artery Stent Graft Procedures
Japanese Association for Acute Medicine – Designated Training Facility for Emergency Medicine Specialists
Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine – Specialist Training Facility
Japanese Orthopaedic Association – Accredited Training Facility
Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand – Training Facility
Japan Neurosurgical Society – Training Facility for the Board Certification Training Program
Japan Stroke Society – Accredited Training and Teaching Hospital
Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Accredited Facility
Japanese Ophthalmological Society – Accredited Training Facility
Japanese Urological Association – Educational Facility for Urology Specialists
Japan Radiological Society – Training Institution for Radiology Specialists (Diagnostic Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine)
Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology – Accredited Specialist Training Facility
Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists – Accredited Hospital for Anesthesiology
Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists – Accredited Facility for Cardiovascular Anesthesia Specialists
Japanese Society of Pathology – Accredited Training Facility
Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – Accredited NST (Nutrition Support Team) Facility
Japanese Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism – Accredited Educational Facility
Japanese Society of Hypertension – Training Facility (Category I)
Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology – Educational and Training Facility
Japan Council for Nutritional Therapy – Accredited NST (Nutrition Support Team) Facility
Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – Accredited Educational Facility for NST Specialist Therapist Practical Training
Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences – Educational and Training Facility
Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences – Training Facility for Board Certified Oncology Pharmacists

Institutional Designations

Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution
Designated Emergency Hospital
Designated Medical Institution for Tuberculosis
Designated Medical Institution for General Medical Care of Atomic Bomb Survivors
Designated Medical Institution under the Maternal Health Act
Designated Medical Institution under the Public Assistance Act
Designated Medical Institution for Workers’ Accident Compensation Insurance
Designated Medical Institution for Pollution-Related Health Damage
Designated Medical Institution for Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Medical Care
(Rehabilitation Medical Care for Adults, Medical Care for Children with Disabilities, Outpatient Psychiatric Care)
Designated Physicians under the Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons (physical/mobility impairment, visual impairment, kidney function impairment, liver function impairment, heart function impairment, respiratory function impairment, bladder/rectal function impairment, small intestine function impairment)
Speech and language impairment, mastication (chewing) impairment
Osaka Prefecture Designated Specialist Medical Institution for Hepatitis
Osaka Prefecture Designated Cancer Care Hospital

Designated as a Clinical Training Hospital for Foreign Medical Professionals

On September 25, 2024, our hospital was designated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a Clinical Training Hospital under the Clinical Training System for Foreign Medical Professionals. This system aims to promote international exchange in the medical field and help raise the standard of medical care in developing countries. Under the system, foreign physicians, dentists, and nurses who come to Japan for medical training are permitted, as a special exception, to perform medical procedures (excluding the issuing of prescriptions) for a period of two years.

• For nurses, the period is one year.

We will continue to strive to further improve the quality of our medical care and contribute to the advancement of healthcare worldwide, while also pursuing global medical education and international exchange in medicine.

For inquiries:
International Medical Support Office: 072-989-1070
yaotoku-intnl@tokushukai.jp

Participation in the Surgical and Treatment Information Database Project

Participation in the Surgical and Treatment Information Database Project of the National Clinical Database (NCD)

2011年4月　八尾徳洲会総合病院

Our hospital participates in the database project conducted by the National Clinical Database (NCD), a general incorporated association.

This project registers, compiles, and analyzes information on surgeries and treatments performed throughout Japan in order to improve the quality of medical care and provide patients with the best possible treatment.

Through the NCD’s activities, it becomes possible not only to consider the appropriate allocation of physicians so that patients receive more suitable care, but also to obtain information that helps our hospital provide the best possible care to our patients. We kindly ask for your understanding of the project’s purpose and for your cooperation.

Information Registered with the NCD

We register information on surgeries and treatments performed at our hospital on or after January 1, 2011, along with information needed to evaluate their effectiveness and risks (such as age, height, and weight). Patients’ names are never registered with the NCD; instead, an ID unrelated to the patient’s name is used. The key linking IDs to patients is strictly managed by our hospital and is never provided to the NCD.

Management of Registered Information and Publication of Results

Although the registered information cannot on its own easily identify an individual patient, it is important information concerning our patients and is therefore strictly managed.

In managing the registered information, our hospital and the NCD comply with the laws, regulations, and guidelines on information handling and security, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Research, the Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Research, and the Guidelines for the Security Management of Medical Information Systems.

When data is published, only information approved by the NCD is released, and only in aggregated form. It is not possible to identify whose data has been registered.

Declining Registration and Reviewing Registered Information

If you do not wish to have your data registered, you may decline. Please inform a member of our hospital staff.

If you wish to view or delete your own registered data, please also let our staff know. Declining registration or requesting to view or correct your data will in no way disadvantage you in your day-to-day medical care.

Cooperation with Data Verification Visits by NCD Staff

To verify that the information our hospital has registered with the NCD is accurate, NCD staff may review patients’ medical charts and records.

When our hospital cooperates with such audits, we enter into a confidentiality agreement with the NCD staff that prohibits them from taking any patient-identifying information—such as the ID-to-patient key or patient names—outside the hospital or disclosing it to others.

If you have any questions about participation in this project, please speak to a member of our hospital staff. More detailed information is also available at the link below.

National Clinical Database (NCD) Website

For Patient

Request for Cooperation in Academic Research

National Clinical Database事務局
URL : http://www.ncd.or.jp