[Publication Announcement] "Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Wellness" by Jun Murai, Masahito Kawamori, Ryutaro Yamamoto, and Hitomi Sano

Publish: April 24, 2024

KGRI

2024.04.24

We are pleased to announce the publication of "Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Wellness" (Impress), edited by members of the Medical Inclusion Working Group, under the Cyber Civilization Research Center: Jun Murai (Professor at Keio University and Co-Director of the Center), Masahito Kawamori (Project Professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance), Ryutaro Yamamoto (senior researcher at the Keio Research Institute at SFC), and Hitomi Sano (researcher at the Graduate School of Media and Governance).

*For information on the activities of the Medical Inclusion working group, click here .

About This Book

The response to COVID-19, a shared historical experience for humanity, has triggered a re-examination and reflection on our information society and initiated the construction of new social systems. In the medical field, digitalization is also advancing, creating new collaborations among various relationships, such as those between hospitals and patients, healthcare and wellness, and individuals and their daily lives. The digital transformation (DX) that begins here should not simply replace analog-era systems with digital ones but should lead to new, digital-first systems for the benefit of people and society. The three seminars on DX in healthcare and wellness held during the COVID-19 pandemic explored the healthcare and wellness fields from diverse perspectives.

This book compiles the content of those seminars. It aims to widely share the cutting-edge knowledge of leaders on the front lines of the healthcare and wellness fields, which are based on DX, robotics, AI, and new digital data. It is intended to serve as a cornerstone for tackling new challenges in standardization, developing systems and rules, and exploring the future missions of industry, government, and academia in their respective fields.