Maternal and Child Health Handbook App 'Boshimo' Launches in Asahi Village, Nagano Prefecture!
Boshimo Co., Ltd.'s maternal and child health handbook app 'Boshimo' will be introduced in Asahi Village, Nagano Prefecture, starting April 1st. It digitizes health records and provides comprehensive childcare support and local information distribution.
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The maternal and child health handbook app 'Boshimo', operated by Boshimo Co., Ltd., has been introduced in Asahi Village, Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, and will begin offering its services on Wednesday, April 1st.
Asahi Village operates under the basic philosophy of "creating a village where the generation that bears the future can thrive, through an environment where children can grow up healthy and learn, and where people can raise children with peace of mind." They are working to create an environment where the entire village seamlessly supports and watches over children from the pregnancy stage through the child-rearing stage.
This time, 'Boshimo' has been adopted. It allows data from paper maternal and child health handbooks to be recorded as digital data and has already been introduced in over 830 municipalities. The operation will commence in line with the Children and Families Agency's policy to promote the use of electronic maternal and child health handbooks and maternal and child health DX (*1).
'Boshimo' is an app that easily supports managing vaccination schedules, medical checkup results, and the distribution of local information via smartphones, tablet devices, and PCs. Because the data is saved on the cloud, it serves as a backup in case the maternal and child health handbook is lost due to disasters. It also supports continuous use when moving to another municipality or changing phone models, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.
◆ Launching 'Boshimo' in Asahi Village, Nagano Prefecture, which provides seamless support from pregnancy to high school child-rearing!
The "Children and Family Center" in Asahi Village handles various consultations from pregnancy to the child-rearing period. While collaborating with relevant village institutions according to the nature of the concerns, they provide support tailored to each family, such as information provision, advice, and health guidance, serving as a reassuring base for child-rearing households.
In addition, child-rearing support is extensive, such as the provision of birth celebration money and free side-dish expenses for nursery schools and free school lunches for elementary schools. Furthermore, support for children's growth includes comprehensive infant medical checkups (a total of 8 times by age 3), visiting consultations at nursery and elementary schools by professionals, and the establishment of health consultation days. Other diverse support seamlessly assists child-rearing households, including making childcare fees free starting from the 2-year-old class at nursery schools and providing subsidies for commuting support to households with high school students.
To make the village's initiatives more conveniently accessible to child-rearing households, 'Boshimo' has been adopted as a new tool for disseminating childcare information.
◆ Solidly supporting pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare with a community-based childcare app!
'Boshimo', adopted by Asahi Village, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is packed with convenient features to assist busy mothers and fathers with childcare and work, including the recording and management of health data for expectant mothers and children, vaccination schedule management, provision of advice related to childbirth and childcare, sharing functions with family members such as grandparents living in distant areas, and notifying local information distributed by the village.
"Dekitayo Anniversary" (I Did It Anniversary), which can be used as a childcare diary, was created based on the Children and Families Agency's maternal and child health handbook format examples. It not only allows users to record developmental stages and anniversaries related to childcare, including the "Guardian's Record" of the maternal and child health handbook, along with photos and messages, but also serves as a benchmark for children's growth and development.
In addition, even when social environmental changes occur due to the impact of infectious diseases, important information such as warning information from local governments and advice from public health nurses can be immediately delivered via the app through text or video to those who need it. It supports creating an environment where childbirth and childcare can be done with peace of mind even in times of emergency.
Asahi Village operates under the basic philosophy of "creating a village where the generation that bears the future can thrive, through an environment where children can grow up healthy and learn, and where people can raise children with peace of mind." They are working to create an environment where the entire village seamlessly supports and watches over children from the pregnancy stage through the child-rearing stage.
This time, 'Boshimo' has been adopted. It allows data from paper maternal and child health handbooks to be recorded as digital data and has already been introduced in over 830 municipalities. The operation will commence in line with the Children and Families Agency's policy to promote the use of electronic maternal and child health handbooks and maternal and child health DX (*1).
'Boshimo' is an app that easily supports managing vaccination schedules, medical checkup results, and the distribution of local information via smartphones, tablet devices, and PCs. Because the data is saved on the cloud, it serves as a backup in case the maternal and child health handbook is lost due to disasters. It also supports continuous use when moving to another municipality or changing phone models, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.
◆ Launching 'Boshimo' in Asahi Village, Nagano Prefecture, which provides seamless support from pregnancy to high school child-rearing!
The "Children and Family Center" in Asahi Village handles various consultations from pregnancy to the child-rearing period. While collaborating with relevant village institutions according to the nature of the concerns, they provide support tailored to each family, such as information provision, advice, and health guidance, serving as a reassuring base for child-rearing households.
In addition, child-rearing support is extensive, such as the provision of birth celebration money and free side-dish expenses for nursery schools and free school lunches for elementary schools. Furthermore, support for children's growth includes comprehensive infant medical checkups (a total of 8 times by age 3), visiting consultations at nursery and elementary schools by professionals, and the establishment of health consultation days. Other diverse support seamlessly assists child-rearing households, including making childcare fees free starting from the 2-year-old class at nursery schools and providing subsidies for commuting support to households with high school students.
To make the village's initiatives more conveniently accessible to child-rearing households, 'Boshimo' has been adopted as a new tool for disseminating childcare information.
◆ Solidly supporting pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare with a community-based childcare app!
'Boshimo', adopted by Asahi Village, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is packed with convenient features to assist busy mothers and fathers with childcare and work, including the recording and management of health data for expectant mothers and children, vaccination schedule management, provision of advice related to childbirth and childcare, sharing functions with family members such as grandparents living in distant areas, and notifying local information distributed by the village.
"Dekitayo Anniversary" (I Did It Anniversary), which can be used as a childcare diary, was created based on the Children and Families Agency's maternal and child health handbook format examples. It not only allows users to record developmental stages and anniversaries related to childcare, including the "Guardian's Record" of the maternal and child health handbook, along with photos and messages, but also serves as a benchmark for children's growth and development.
In addition, even when social environmental changes occur due to the impact of infectious diseases, important information such as warning information from local governments and advice from public health nurses can be immediately delivered via the app through text or video to those who need it. It supports creating an environment where childbirth and childcare can be done with peace of mind even in times of emergency.