Maternity Record Book App 'Boshimo' Launches in Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture!

The maternal and child health handbook app 'Boshimo', operated by Boshimo Inc., has been introduced in Matsuzaki Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture, and launched as 'Matchi Kosodate Navi' on Wednesday, April 1. In Matsuzaki Town, under the basic philosophy of 'Connecting to the Future: The Circle of Child-rearing', the town is promoting the creation of an environment where children can be born and raised with peace of mind. This is supported not only by parents but also through community interaction and mutual support, ensuring children grow up healthily in mind and body. This time, 'Boshimo' was adopted, which can record paper maternal and child health handbook data as digital data and has been introduced in over 830 municipalities. Operations will begin in line with the Children and Families Agency's policy (*1) of utilizing electronic versions of the maternal and child health handbook and promoting maternal and child health DX. 'Boshimo' is an app that easily supports the management of vaccination schedules, health checkup results, and local information distribution on smartphones, tablet devices, and PCs. Because the data is stored in the cloud, it serves as a backup in the event the maternal and child health handbook is lost due to disasters, etc. It also supports continued use when moving to other municipalities or changing device models, so it can be used continuously with peace of mind. ◆ 'Boshimo' provided in Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, which supports the lives of child-rearing families with assistance tailored to children's growth! In Matsuzaki Town, gift certificates worth 30,000 yen per child are provided when entering elementary and junior high school, and when graduating from junior high school. This supports the start of a new life by the whole town, while also connecting to local ties and activating economic activities. In addition, the town has established the after-school children's club 'Matsubokkuri Club', promoting the creation of a place where children can spend time safely and an environment that supports parents in balancing work and childcare. To make it more convenient for child-rearing households to utilize the town's initiatives, 'Boshimo' was adopted as a new tool for disseminating child-rearing information. ◆ Thoroughly supporting pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare with a community-based childcare app! The 'Matchi Kosodate Navi' adopted by Matsuzaki Town is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It offers a wealth of useful functions to help busy mothers and fathers with childcare and work. These include recording and managing the health data of expectant mothers and children, managing vaccination schedules, providing advice on childbirth and childcare, sharing functions with family members such as grandparents living far away, and notifying users of local information distributed by the town. '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 can record developmental stages and child-rearing anniversaries, including the 'Guardian's Record' of the maternal and child health handbook, with photos and messages, and also serves as a guide for children's growth and development. Furthermore, when there are social environmental changes due to infectious diseases, etc., the app can instantly deliver important information, such as alerts from the municipality and advice from public health nurses, via text and video to those who need it. This supports the creation of an environment where people can give birth and raise children with peace of mind, even in emergencies.