Sep 2004 |
Nineteen academic societies affiliated with Japan MedicalAssociationissue a joint statement on “notifying treatment-related deaths of patients —towards the foundation of neutral specialist institution.” |
Sep 2007 |
“Project for the Investigation and Analysis Models of Treatment-Related Deaths,” supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare is commenced, with the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine as the operating entity. |
Apr 2010 |
The Japan Medical Safety Research Organization (JMSRO) is founded. JMSRO takes over the “Project for the Investigation and Analysis Models of Treatment-Related Deaths” supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare from the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. |
Jun 2014 |
A partial revision of the Medical Care Act results in the issue of “Medical Accidents Investigation System,” which focuses on the investigation of accidents in hospitals (effective as of October 1, 2015) |
Mar 2015 |
The “Project for the Investigation and Analysis Models of Treatment- Related Deaths” supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare is terminated. |
Aug 2015 |
The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare designates JMSRO as a “Medical Accident Investigation and Support Center” as a part of the Medical Accidents Investigation System. |
Oct 2015 |
The “Medical Accidents Investigation System” comes into effect. |