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Daiyukai received a Double Award for “Women’s Health-Friendly Company”. Its efforts to make the workplace more welcoming, as well as its emphasis on attracting female Karteco users, were complimented.
- March 8, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Social Medical Corporation Daiyukai (Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture; President: Shinichi Ito) recently received a double award for Excellence and Challenge in the Large Company Division of the newly established “Women’s Health-Friendly Company Award” commemorating the 10th anniversary of the “NIPPON Women’s Body Conference ® 2024” symposium organized by Think Pearl (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Michiyo Namba).
The Women’s Health-Friendly Company Award was held in Tokyo on March 3, 2024. At the award ceremony, Ms. Fumiko Yoshiya, Director of Business Strategy Department, Corporate Headquarters of Daiyukai, gave a lecture, explaining the various measures that the corporation has implemented with an emphasis on making it easier for women to work. Among the specific measures she mentioned were the establishment of a daycare center, shift considerations (day shift only, fixed night shifts on certain days of the week, and overtime restrictions), and the ability to see a doctor during working hours. She also introduced the establishment of a comprehensive outpatient clinic for women, the establishment of “Heartful Station Aichi,” a support room for victims of sexual crimes in the hospital in cooperation with the Aichi Prefectural Police, and a campaign using local media with the slogan “Shining Life, Building the Future” as its catchphrase.
Ms. Yoshiya and others at the award ceremony (Ms. Namba is on the right end) Photo courtesy of Think Pearl.
Ms. Yoshiya giving a speech
Daiyukai has been using the PHR (Personal Health Record) system “Karteco” of Medical Data Vision Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hiroyuki Iwasaki) since April 2019. Karteko is a web service that allows patients and health checkup examinees to store their own medical information and health checkup results and view them anytime, anywhere, via smartphones and other devices.
In her speech, Ms. Yoshiya introduced the fact that the number of users of “Karteco” in Daiyukai has exceeded 12,000 and emphasized that she will create an environment that will allow more women to use Karteco in the future.