Development and clinical application of multi-language emergency medical translation system for foreign patients

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460843
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical and hospital managemen
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Matsuo Hiroya 神戸大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (60229432)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 在住外国人 / 医療 / 多言語医療会話支援 / ソフトウエア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The number of foreign residents has been increasing, which causes to reside and stay longer.　There is an increase of foreign patients with chronic illness and who undergo surgery.　They are sometimes put under inequalities in the health care due to issues such as language, cultural difference, health care system, and economical problem.Language barriers becomes an obstacle to an appropriate health care and induce misinterpretation even if translated. In this study, we developed the software of the multi-language medical translation system to support foreign patients residing in Japan, which included the mutual translation on chief complain, present illness, examination and treatment between patients and doctors.

Free Research Field

産婦人科学