President

Kazuhiro Hara,MD, PhD.

Titles

〇 A specially appointed professor of Seto Inland Sea Regional Research Center, Kagawa University.

〇 President of Japanese Telemedicine and Telecare Association

〇 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization.

〇 Supervisor, Kagawa Medical Association.

〇 Chairperson, Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Information System Committee.

Awards:

△ Excellence Award, the 29th Japan obstetrics and gynecology ME conference (2006)

△ Minister of Economy Trade and Industry commendation “Information technology promotion Department” (2007)

△ Minister of Economy Trade and Industry commendation “Info-communications promotion month” (2013)

Research interests:

 The fetal monitor and ultrasound diagnostic equipment

 Medical IT system

 Perinatal Electronic Medical Record System

 Electronic Maternity Passbook

 Utilizing Telemedicine in remote areas

Research and Achievements:

1) Kazuhiro Hara: IT which can save the collapsing perinatal care – From developing CTG monitors to telemedicine, and expanding Japanese EHR throughout Japan. Jyoho Shori 51:1039-1048, 2010

2) Kazuhiro Hara, Hiroki Okada: Telemedicine which is transfiguring and the electronic net system. Iryo Hakusho 2004. pp75-87, Nippon Iryo Kikaku, Tokyo, 2004

3) Kazuhiro Hara, Hideto Yokoi, Masashi Akiyama, Others: The electronic medical record and the regional medical network – For the future of medical cooperation-. Digital Medicine 5: 15-19, 2005

4) Kazuhiro Hara: A Regional medical network will save the medical care in Japan. The capability of regional medical liaison connected through IT. Gekkan Shin Iryo 36: 36-39, 2009