Hospital Overview
Overview
| Hospital Name | NTT Medical Center Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Address | 5-9-22 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8625, Japan |
| Permitted Beds | 594 beds (general wards: 544 beds, psychiatric ward: 50 beds) Beds available for use: 594 (general wards: 544 beds, psychiatric ward: 50 beds) |
| Outpatient | 1,444/day(April, 2023 – March, 2024), |
| Inpatient | 403/day(April, 2023 – March, 2024), Average length of stay: 10.2 days (9.4 days) *The average length of stay for general beds is indicated in parentheses |
| Site area | 39,500m² |
| Number of employees (as of April 1, 2024) |
Physicians:195 Residents (Reprinted):25 Nurses:737 Pharmacists:41 Technicians:236 |
- *The hospital is operated by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation.
History of NTT Medical Center Tokyo
| 1951 | Dec | Kanto Teishin Hospital established |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jan | Start treatment |
| 1954 | Jan | Affiliated higher school of nursing established |
| 1986 | Jun | Receives designation as an insurance medical institution, and opened to the general public |
| 1987 | Jun | Dialysis room opens (1st floor, Ward 0) |
| Oct | Adoption of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy device | |
| Nov | New ICU established | |
| 1989 | Mar | Standard Nursing Approval (Special Class 3) |
| Nov | General Counseling Center established | |
| 1990 | Sep | Introduction of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) |
| Oct | Information Center opened | |
| Nov | Transfusion Center established | |
| 1991 | Feb | Integrated operation with Izu Teishin Hospital, start of new system with the Clinical Division, Clinical Support, and respective centers. |
| 1992 | Apr | Start of the brain and spine comprehensive medical examination |
| Jun | Expansion of Special Class 3 Nursing / Enhancement of the nighttime / holiday medical care system for secondary emergency (use of on-call technicians) | |
| Nov | Discontinuation of Saturday outpatient care | |
| 1993 | Mar | Receive approval as a designated medical institution based on the Public Assistance Act |
| Apr | Establishment of the Medical Engineering Office in Clinical Support | |
| May | Start acceptance of short-term hospitalization from Shinagawa-ku | |
| Sep | Secondary emergency medical institution designation | |
| 1994 | Nov | Start of integrated medical information system (KHIS) operations for hospitalization tasks |
| 1995 | Jul | Start of integrated medical information system (KHIS) operations for outpatient tasks for all departments |
| Oct | Emergency Room and Department of Pathology renamed the Emergency Center and Histopathology, Clinical Support Acute Phase / Short-Term Rehabilitation Center renamed the Clinical Division Acute Phase / Short-Term Rehabilitation Center, ICU / central operating room abolished, and ICU and central operating room established | |
| 1996 | Mar | Start of support service activities with the introduction of volunteers |
| 1997 | Apr | Introduction of gamma knife therapy |
| 1998 | Feb | Start of telephone reservations with the establishment of the telephone reservation center |
| Apr | Establishment of the Clinical Pathology Support within Histopathology | |
| Jul | Attached Medical Information Research Institute abolished, and Strategic Development established in the Administrative Division, Hospital Marketing renamed Regional Medical Cooperation | |
| Nov | Introduction of excimer laser corneal surgical system | |
| 1999 | Apr | Tokyo metropolitan secondary emergency medical institution designation |
| Jul | With the reorganization of NTT, hospital name changed to NTT Medical Center Tokyo | |
| 2000 | Oct | New hospital completed |
| Dec | Start of medical care at the new hospital, introduction of the new comprehensive medical information system (KHIS -21) | |
| 2002 | Aug | “Patient Library Corner” established |
| Oct | Start of Health Management Center (former Clinical Wing) operations (Comprehensive Medical Checkup Room, Neuropsychiatry ward, Metropolitan Health Management Center) | |
| Oct | Hospital function evaluation certification | |
| 2003 | May | Chemotherapy room established |
| Aug | Regional Cancer Care Hospital designation | |
| 2004 | May | Courtyard “Nagomi (Relaxation)” opened |
| Jul | Start of shuttle bus service | |
| Nov | Start of publication of the external PR magazine “Moshimoshi” | |
| 2005 | Nov | Internet cafe opened |
| 2006 | Apr | Core clinical training hospital and cooperative clinical training hospital designation under the new clinical training system |
| Jan | Comprehensive medical checkup / health checkup facility function evaluation certification | |
| 2007 | Mar | Affiliated higher school of nursing abolished |
| Jul | “Moshimoshi (Hello) Center” established | |
| 2009 | Jan | Postgraduate clinical training evaluation certification |
| 2010 | Nov | “Patient Library Corner” renewed and reopened as the “Patient Library Moshimoshi (Hello) Drop-In Library” |
| 2011 | Mar | JCI (Joint Commission International) accreditation |
| 2012 | Apr | Renewal opening of the chemotherapy room at the site of the former restaurant |
| May | Installation of electronic bulletin board signage in the outpatient waiting room | |
| Jun | New restaurant wing opened (NTT Medical Center Tokyo Tanita Shokudo, Garden Cafe) | |
| 2013 | Apr | Relocation of the Palliative Care Ward (from ward 10A to ward 5C) |
| May | Establishment of the HCU ward (changed from ward 5A) | |
| 2014 | Ari | DPC Hospital |
| May | Pre-Hospital Admission Support Center established | |
| Jul | Document Center established (medical assistants) | |
| 2015 | Mar | Radiation Therapy Wing expanded (IMRT newly installed) |
| Dec | Introduction of endoscopic cancer surgery support robot (da Vinci) | |
| 2018 | Jan | Increased number of operating rooms (from 10 to 11 rooms) |
| Apr | Cancer genomic medicine collaboration hospital designation | |
| 2019 | Apr | Increase in ICU beds (from 8 to 10 beds) |
| Apr | Cancer Care Hospital designation (advanced) | Aug | Designated as a Regional Medical Care Support Hospital |
| Sep | Obtained ISO15189 certification | |
| 2020 | Jul | Establishment of a hybrid operating room |