
The Japan Hospital Association and the Nippon Omni-Management Association organized The International Modern Hospital Show 2010, which was held from July 14 (Wed) at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center) in Ariake utilizing Halls 4, 5 and 6 of East Exhibition Wing under the theme of "Brightness of the Life-Reliable Health, Medical Treatment, and Care" .
Exhibiting Companies & Exhibits
This year's Hospital Show utilized halls 4, 5, and 6 of the Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Wing, hosted 400 exhibiting companies, and was held over a scale of approximately 8,000 m² ?
Exhibits were comprised of six zones: "Medical Instrument & Hospital Environment Equipment Zone", "Medical Examination and Healthcare Zone", "Nursing Zone", "Home Care Zone", "Hospital Operation Support / Service Zone" and "Medical Information System Zone".
The Hospital Show featured a broad range of new products, systems, technologies, services, and so on, from exhibits and demonstrations related to medical devices and hospital environment equipment, medical checkup and healthcare, nursing and nursing care, hospital/facilities operation support/services, to medical information systems.
In terms of medical devices, in addition to exhibits featuring products such as medical cotton swabs, non-woven medical supplies, compact portable electrocardiographs, electromyographs, ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, bladder imaging diagnosis equipment, AEDs (automated external defibrillators), non mydriasis retinal cameras, endoscopic surgery simulators, and heat/cold therapy equipment, there were also exhibits introducing compact diagnostic X-ray equipment, medical exam gloves, automated blood collection tube preparation equipment, laptop blood analysis systems, reagent for quick check of respiratory apparatus infection, and so on.
In the outpatient category, automated medical fee calculators, out-patient guidance systems, and in-hospital display systems, among other products, were exhibited and demonstrated.
In the nursing category, exhibits included nursing gowns, shoes, nurse call buttons, and bed sensors. Among other products, there were also in-patient ID wristbands to prevent medical accidents and mis-identification of patients, and drug envelope barcode printing systems to prevent mis-administration of drugs.
In the nursing care and rehabilitation categories, in addition to senior-citizen clothing, bed sensors, special bathing systems, bath chairs, wheelchairs, wheelchair standing assist devices, patient transfer aid devices, welfare vehicles such as lift-equipped busses, and nursing care foods, simple lower limbs exercisers, sport disability appliances, training equipment, and waterbed massagers were exhibited and demonstrated.
In the hospital ward category, exhibits included motor-powered beds, bed-side furniture, bed-side information terminals, ordering carts, and ward medical materials cabinets, as well as powered examination tables for echocardiographic examinations, furniture such as carts for electronic patient records, and office automation equipment designed for hospital use, such as antibacterial mouse for PC.
There were also a large number of exhibits related to infection control, including jet-washing machines, air purifiers, and sterilization packs, as well as medical waste related systems, deodorant-stoma related products, and so on. Further, protective kits to prevent infection during the super-flu pandemic were also exhibited and garnered a lot of interest.
In the medical information systems category, more than 28 companies exhibited electronic patient record systems this time. In particular, electronic patient records optimized for various medical treatment organizations such as voice recognition software for electronic patient records, electronic patient records customized for specific departments such as psychiatry and ophthalmology departments, and those for hospitals and clinics were proposed and attracted attention. Other exhibits featured liquid crystal display systems and LCD pen tablets, as well as PET/CT support systems, regional medical care collaboration systems, dialysis control systems, special health guidance support systems, DPC analysis systems, and ME equipment management systems. Imaging-related exhibits included medical imaging display monitors and filmless solutions.
In the hospital/facilities operation support/services category, various in-hospital amenity facilities, such as convenience stores and beauty parlors, in-hospital location information systems, all-electric kitchen equipment, gas cogeneration systems, as well as bakeries, cafes, hospital housekeeping, etc., were introduced. There were also exhibits and demonstrations of dual-arm robots optimized for the automation of processes such as sterilization and inspections, gathering much attention.
Special Exhibits. In recent years, the environment in which hospitals operate has been growing increasingly severe, and efforts toward environmental protection on the part of hospitals, which use large amounts of energy through round-the-clock operation and the use of sophisticated medical equipment, are being demanded. This time, under the theme of "the sparkle of life, the sparkle of the Earth, the sparkle of medical workers-creating environmentally friendly hospitals", special exhibits by the organizers, which have earned rave reviews from visitors in previous years, featured model room like spaces representing rooms for acute hospitalizations designed taking into consideration the environment and balconies planted with greenery, while pioneering cases of hospitals and facilities actively addressing environmental issues were introduced with panels.
At the "Energy-Saving, Air Conditioning Hygiene and Odor Control" exhibit corner held in conjunction with the above organizers' special exhibits, a large number of different products and systems using the latest technologies were exhibited and demonstrated, attracting a lot of interest. These included water-saving management systems, groundwater utilization systems, odor-eliminating ultrasonic humidifiers, as well as photocatalyst air purifiers, antimicrobial systems, environmental bacterial elimination agents, waste material odor elimination, plasma deodorizers for smoking room, energy-saving UV blocking film, and virus adsorbent blocking filters and masks.
Furthermore, the Medical Imaging Solutions Corner featured exhibits of various medical image information systems, PACS systems, remote medical treatment network systems, as well as image management server systems, pathological film filing systems, medical image display monitors, and finally surgical image recording/saving/search systems, medical image transfer systems for cellular phones at times of emergencies, endoscope surgery simulators, and touch panel computers. The Remote Medical Treatment IT Spot Exhibit held in conjunction with the Medical Imaging Solutions Corner introduced the Kagawa Remote Medical Treatment Network (K-MIX), an active remote medical treatment project in collaboration with the Kagawa Medical Association and Kagawa.