The 1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group to Be Held, Discussing the Future of Local Healthcare in Hokkaido from the Frontlines
Mediva Inc. announced that its representative Kanoko Oishi will speak at the '1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group' to be held in Sapporo on July 3, 2026. This study group aims to serve as a platform for sharing challenges and practices in small and medium-sized hospitals, home care, and general medicine in Hokkaido, encouraging flat interaction among various professions. Organized by the Community & Community Hospital Association, the participation fee is 2,000 yen, with a capacity of 50 people.
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Mediva Inc. (Headquarters: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kanoko Oishi), a provider of healthcare consulting services, is pleased to announce that its representative Kanoko Oishi is scheduled to speak at the '1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group' to be held in Sapporo on Friday, July 3, 2026.
Under the theme of the future of small and medium-sized hospitals, home care, and general medicine in Hokkaido, this study group will not focus on polished success stories, but rather serve as a venue for sharing practices, struggles, and questions from the frontlines of community healthcare in Hokkaido.
Background: Sharing Practices and Questions of Local Healthcare in the Context of Hokkaido
Population decline, maldistribution of doctors, vast healthcare zones, connection with home care, and multi-professional collaboration—the challenges surrounding local healthcare are common throughout Japan.
Among them, Hokkaido presents these challenges in a more complex manner on the ground, under conditions where medical resources and personnel are scattered across a vast land area. Local small and medium-sized hospitals are increasingly required to serve not only as providers of inpatient care but also as hubs connecting outpatient care, home care, nursing care, and the community.
On the other hand, there are very few opportunities to bring together practical experiences and concerns from the field and speak frankly across positions and professions on these themes. Therefore, the '1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group' has been established.
Objectives of the Study Group
The Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group has three major objectives:
1. Facilitating encounters among those interested in community hospitals in Hokkaido
Creating a place where people who share common interests and challenges in local small and medium-sized hospitals, home care, general medicine, and multi-professional collaboration can meet in person and exchange words. We emphasize flat connections among multiple professions, including not only doctors but also nurses, rehabilitation specialists, MSWs, pharmacists, care managers, administrative staff, and management planners.
2. Frankly sharing practices and challenges at each region and facility
This study group is not a place to present perfected success stories. It is a venue for frankly sharing what is actually being done on the ground, successful tips, and struggles or mismatches such as 'things are not progressing as expected' or 'this part is difficult.'
3. Thinking about the possibilities of community hospitals in the context of Hokkaido
Instead of presenting 'community hospital' as the only correct answer, we view it as an auxiliary guideline for thinking about local healthcare in Hokkaido. We will collectively think, based on frontline sensibilities, about what can be done and what is difficult under conditions such as wide-area geography and staff shortages.
Program Details
The event will be held in a meetup format with light meals and drinks, featuring the following program:
Light talks
Participant 1-minute pitches
Theme-based table discussions
Free networking
Sharing of questions
Speakers and Topics
Thinking about the possibilities of local healthcare and community hospitals in Hokkaido from three perspectives.
Speakers
Affiliation/Title
Topic/Perspective
Ryo Nishimura
Dohoku Kinkyokai Ichijodori Hospital
Director of Home Care
How to connect inside the hospital to home care and the community
Kunio Kusajima
Medical Corporation Ojin-kai
Fukase Clinic Acting Director
Recurrent physician in general medicine. Reals of career transition, community implementation, and education
Takuma Hoshino
Social Medical Corporation Houseikai
Higashinaebo Hospital Vice Director
Community hospitals from the perspective of a home care support hospital
Kanoko Oishi
Mediva Inc.
Representative Director and President
Thinking about the possibilities of community hospitals from community diagnosis and macro perspectives
Event Overview
Name: The 1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group
Date & Time: Friday, July 3, 2026, 19:00–21:00
Venue: TKP Sapporo-ekimae Conference Center
Bellevue Office Sapporo, Kita 7-jo Nishi 2-chome 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Format: Meetup with light meals and drinks
Target: Healthcare professionals in Hokkaido interested in community hospitals
Capacity: 50 people
Participation Fee: 2,000 yen
Application: Pre-registration required
Primary Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026
Application Form:
https://forms.gle/yCmNKKxzLQiAfHLE7
Organizer:
Community & Community Hospital Association (C&CH Association)
Cooperating Parties:
Medical Corporation Jin-kai Fukase Clinic (Hakodate)
Dohoku Kinkyokai Ichijodori Hospital (Asahikawa)
Recommended for:
Those who want to think about the future of local small and medium-sized hospitals
Those interested in the connection between home care and hospitals
Those involved in general medicine, family medicine, and hospital general medicine
Those who want to deepen multi-professional and regional collaborations
Those interested in community hospitals in Hokkaido
Those who want to connect with peers
Presentation by Representative Kanoko Oishi
Mediva Inc. Representative Director and President Kanoko Oishi is scheduled to speak at this study group. As a healthcare manager involved in medical policy and regional healthcare reform, Oishi will examine the possibilities of community hospitals from a community diagnosis and macro perspective.
Click here for event details
About the Community & Community Hospital Association
A general incorporated association that supports the realization of community-based integrated care where healthcare, nursing care, and welfare are integrated by transforming small and medium-sized hospitals nationwide into 'community hospitals.' It aims to establish a sustainable local medical system by training general medicine specialists, building educational networks, and popularizing regional medical cooperation models.
Representative Director: Masaki Muto
Location: Taito-ku, Tokyo
Established: 2020
URL: https://cch-a.jp/
Under the theme of the future of small and medium-sized hospitals, home care, and general medicine in Hokkaido, this study group will not focus on polished success stories, but rather serve as a venue for sharing practices, struggles, and questions from the frontlines of community healthcare in Hokkaido.
Background: Sharing Practices and Questions of Local Healthcare in the Context of Hokkaido
Population decline, maldistribution of doctors, vast healthcare zones, connection with home care, and multi-professional collaboration—the challenges surrounding local healthcare are common throughout Japan.
Among them, Hokkaido presents these challenges in a more complex manner on the ground, under conditions where medical resources and personnel are scattered across a vast land area. Local small and medium-sized hospitals are increasingly required to serve not only as providers of inpatient care but also as hubs connecting outpatient care, home care, nursing care, and the community.
On the other hand, there are very few opportunities to bring together practical experiences and concerns from the field and speak frankly across positions and professions on these themes. Therefore, the '1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group' has been established.
Objectives of the Study Group
The Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group has three major objectives:
1. Facilitating encounters among those interested in community hospitals in Hokkaido
Creating a place where people who share common interests and challenges in local small and medium-sized hospitals, home care, general medicine, and multi-professional collaboration can meet in person and exchange words. We emphasize flat connections among multiple professions, including not only doctors but also nurses, rehabilitation specialists, MSWs, pharmacists, care managers, administrative staff, and management planners.
2. Frankly sharing practices and challenges at each region and facility
This study group is not a place to present perfected success stories. It is a venue for frankly sharing what is actually being done on the ground, successful tips, and struggles or mismatches such as 'things are not progressing as expected' or 'this part is difficult.'
3. Thinking about the possibilities of community hospitals in the context of Hokkaido
Instead of presenting 'community hospital' as the only correct answer, we view it as an auxiliary guideline for thinking about local healthcare in Hokkaido. We will collectively think, based on frontline sensibilities, about what can be done and what is difficult under conditions such as wide-area geography and staff shortages.
Program Details
The event will be held in a meetup format with light meals and drinks, featuring the following program:
Light talks
Participant 1-minute pitches
Theme-based table discussions
Free networking
Sharing of questions
Speakers and Topics
Thinking about the possibilities of local healthcare and community hospitals in Hokkaido from three perspectives.
Speakers
Affiliation/Title
Topic/Perspective
Ryo Nishimura
Dohoku Kinkyokai Ichijodori Hospital
Director of Home Care
How to connect inside the hospital to home care and the community
Kunio Kusajima
Medical Corporation Ojin-kai
Fukase Clinic Acting Director
Recurrent physician in general medicine. Reals of career transition, community implementation, and education
Takuma Hoshino
Social Medical Corporation Houseikai
Higashinaebo Hospital Vice Director
Community hospitals from the perspective of a home care support hospital
Kanoko Oishi
Mediva Inc.
Representative Director and President
Thinking about the possibilities of community hospitals from community diagnosis and macro perspectives
Event Overview
Name: The 1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Study Group
Date & Time: Friday, July 3, 2026, 19:00–21:00
Venue: TKP Sapporo-ekimae Conference Center
Bellevue Office Sapporo, Kita 7-jo Nishi 2-chome 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Format: Meetup with light meals and drinks
Target: Healthcare professionals in Hokkaido interested in community hospitals
Capacity: 50 people
Participation Fee: 2,000 yen
Application: Pre-registration required
Primary Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026
Application Form:
https://forms.gle/yCmNKKxzLQiAfHLE7
Organizer:
Community & Community Hospital Association (C&CH Association)
Cooperating Parties:
Medical Corporation Jin-kai Fukase Clinic (Hakodate)
Dohoku Kinkyokai Ichijodori Hospital (Asahikawa)
Recommended for:
Those who want to think about the future of local small and medium-sized hospitals
Those interested in the connection between home care and hospitals
Those involved in general medicine, family medicine, and hospital general medicine
Those who want to deepen multi-professional and regional collaborations
Those interested in community hospitals in Hokkaido
Those who want to connect with peers
Presentation by Representative Kanoko Oishi
Mediva Inc. Representative Director and President Kanoko Oishi is scheduled to speak at this study group. As a healthcare manager involved in medical policy and regional healthcare reform, Oishi will examine the possibilities of community hospitals from a community diagnosis and macro perspective.
Click here for event details
About the Community & Community Hospital Association
A general incorporated association that supports the realization of community-based integrated care where healthcare, nursing care, and welfare are integrated by transforming small and medium-sized hospitals nationwide into 'community hospitals.' It aims to establish a sustainable local medical system by training general medicine specialists, building educational networks, and popularizing regional medical cooperation models.
Representative Director: Masaki Muto
Location: Taito-ku, Tokyo
Established: 2020
URL: https://cch-a.jp/
FAQ
When and where will the '1st Hokkaido Community Hospital Research Group' be held?
It will be held on Friday, July 3, 2026, from 19:00 to 21:00 at the TKP Sapporo Ekimae Conference Center (Bellevue Office Sapporo, Kita 7-jo Nishi 2-chome 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo).
What is the participation fee, capacity, and deadline for the event?
The fee is 2,000 yen (with light meals/drinks), the capacity is 50 people, and the primary application deadline is Monday, June 1, 2026.
Who is the organizer and which organizations are cooperating?
It is organized by the Community & Community Hospital Association (C&CH Association) with cooperation from Fukase Clinic and Dohoku Kin-I-Kyo Ichijodori Hospital.
Who are the speakers for the event?
Ryo Nishimura (Dohoku Kin-I-Kyo Ichijodori Hospital), Kunio Kusajima (Fukase Clinic), Takuma Hoshino (Higashinaebo Hospital), and Kanoko Oishi (Mediva) will speak.
What is the speaking topic for Kanoko Oishi, President of Mediva?
She will present on 'Thinking about the possibilities of community hospitals from community diagnosis and a macro perspective.'