October 16, 2024 Presentation Ceremony in Chino City for the "Smart City Promotion Projects to Solve Community Issues" Grants

 A presentation ceremony was held in Chino City on October 2, 2024, to hand a notice of decision for the "Project to Strengthen Childcare Support Systems by Linking Electronic Maternal and Child Health Handbook Data based on the City OS and Online Pediatric Medical Consultation Services Provided by Doctors at Night and on Holidays" (issued August 9, 2024) as one of MIC's "Smart City Promotion Projects for Solving Community Issues."

1. Outline

 MIC supports part of the expenses associated with the development and improvement of the City OS by local government entities and services connecting to the City OS to solve various issues communities are facing (e.g., disaster prevention, crime prevention, healthcare, childcare, and tourism) and promote regional revitalization using digital technology and data utilization through its Smart City Promotion Projects for Solving Community Issues (subsidies for information and telecommunications technology utilization projects).
 The subsidy was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Subsidy Budget Rationalization Act, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the same act, presentation ceremony for handing the notice of decision was held on October 2, 2024, at which Director-General TAGUCHI Yukinobu of the Shin-Etsu Bureau of Telecommunications, MIC, handed the notice to IMAI Atsushi, the mayor of Chino City.

1. Project name

 Chino City’s "Project to Strengthen Childcare Support Systems by Linking Electronic Maternal and Child Health Handbook Data Based on the City OS and Online Pediatric Medical Consultation Services Provided by Doctors at Night and on Holidays"

2. Description

 It is a project aiming at providing childcare and medical support for the child-rearing generation by digitizing information on administrative support and maternal and child health handbooks using the "Electronic Maternal and Child Health Handbook App" and linking it to the "Online Pediatric Medical Consultation for Night and Holidays App" via the City OS to reduce the burden on doctors and administrative officials. In particular, this project, launched following the closure of the Suwa District Pediatric Nighttime Emergency Medical Center operated by the Suwa Regional Association, is the first in the country to build a system for online pediatric medical consultations by doctors outside the area even at night and on holidays and to enhance medical consultation services with prior consent by digitizing maternal and child health handbooks and pregnancy notifications and linking them to the City OS. The project will reduce the burden not only on residents but also on administrative officials and staff at medical institutions and will increase the added value of the region, which is aiming to "realize a town chosen by young people," as stated in the Second Phase of the Chino City Comprehensive Strategy for Regional Revitalization.

2. Ceremony overview

• 1.
  Date and time: October 2, 2024 (Wed), 1:00 p.m. to 1:40 p.m.
• 2.
  Place: Main Hall, 8th floor of Chino City Hall
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  Main attendees (titles omitted)

Chino City:
IMAI Atsushi, Mayor
KAKIZAWA Keiichi, Deputy Mayor
KUMAGAI Akira, Regional Development Policy Director
KOIKE Toshimasa, General Manager, Planning Dept.
USHIYAMA Hiroshi, Manager, DX Promotion Section, Planning Dept.
MIC:
TAGUCHI Yukinobu, Director-General, Shin-Etsu Bureau of Telecommunications
SONODA Yuji, General Manager, Information and Communication Department, Shin-Etsu Bureau of Telecommunications
NIIRO Marie, Director, Information and Communication Promotion Division, Information and Communication Department, Shin-Etsu Bureau of Telecommunications
Fujiwara Shinya, Assistant Director, Regional Communications Promotion Division, Information Distribution Administration Bureau