Medical Fee Revision to Change Nurses' Work Styles: Will it Break or Transform the Workplace? The Order of Introduction Decides.

The Japan Association of Male Nurses (location: Tokyo, Representative Director: Kosuke Tsubota, hereinafter referred to as "the Association"), an organization for nurses by nurses, will co-host an introductory support webinar with OPERe Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo, Minato-ku, CEO: Yuka Sawada), which operates the patient communication DX system "Pokesapo." This webinar will address the relaxed staffing standards (1.3x conversion) for the medical office work assistant system additional fee, newly established in the FY2026 medical fee revision.

To calculate this relaxed measure, the utilization of 10 or more types of patient explanation videos is a condition. However, preparing videos and nurses being able to effectively use them are entirely different matters. Have the contents of the videos been shared with nurses before explaining them to patients? Have operations been designed? Reforms not explained to the frontline are detrimental changes.

With the philosophy of "Nursing for Nurses," the Association aims to ensure that nurses are not swayed by the system but can embrace changes through steady introduction steps. Representative Director Tsubota will provide commentary from a frontline perspective.

■ Background: Simply preparing videos for 1.3x conversion will not move the frontline

In the FY2026 medical fee revision, a new measure was established for the medical office work assistant system additional fee: if 10 or more types of patient explanation videos are utilized, one medical office work assistant can be counted as "1.3 people" in the staffing calculation.

While this additional fee is attractive from a hospital management perspective, the Association is concerned about its introduction process. The introduction of videos will undoubtedly change how nurses work. Nevertheless, cases where video preparation and additional fee calculation preparations proceed first, while explanations to nurses and frontline operation design are postponed, are currently occurring in various locations.

There will be no retention in a workplace that feels "the way we work suddenly changed one day." The turning point for whether this revision becomes a "reform" or a "detrimental change" lies in steady introduction steps: nurses understanding the video content, designing patient guidance flows themselves, and utilizing data for improvement.

■ Webinar Overview

Title: [Breaking News/Commentary] Deciphering the FY2026 Medical Fee Revision "10 Types of Patient Explanation Videos" Requirement

Date: April 8, 2026 (Wednesday) 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (Zoom live stream)

Speakers:

Kosuke Tsubota (Representative Director, Japan Association of Male Nurses / Nurse, Policy Secretary to a Member of the Diet)

Hiroya Hojo (Senior Manager, Sales Team, OPERe Inc.)

Target Audience: Those working in medical institutions

Participation Fee: Free

Application:https://www.opere.jp/documents/poke-sup-webinar_12

■ Webinar Content

In the first half, led by Mr. Tsubota, the following will be covered:

The overall vision of "Medical DX and Nurses' Work Styles" that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare aims for in FY2026

The correct interpretation of the medical office work assistant system additional fee 1.3x conversion

Reasons why "simply preparing videos" will not function, and 3 common pitfalls for the frontline

3 steps for introduction preparation where nurses play the leading role (in-hospital sharing, operation design, data utilization)

In the latter half, OPERe Inc. will introduce the specific content of the "10 Types of Patient Explanation Video Pack" utilizing the patient communication system "Pokesapo."

■ About the Association

Since its establishment in September 2014, the Japan Association of Male Nurses has been working to create an environment where nurses can continue to work proactively, based on the philosophy of "Nursing for Nurses." We continue to deliver the voices of frontline nurses to policy, systems, and industry in various fields such as nursing DX, customer harassment countermeasures, industrial nursing, home-visit nursing, and remote nursing.

Representative Director Kosuke Tsubota holds both a nursing qualification and a policy secretary qualification for a member of the Diet, and makes proposals from both medical policy and frontline nursing perspectives.

■ Japan Association of Male Nurses and Nursing DX Award

In addition to supporting nursing DX promotion, the Association hosts the "Nursing DX Award," which recognizes innovation in the field. In the first award held at Tokyo Big Sight in 2025, Innosia Co., Ltd., a Mitsui & Co. Group company, received the Grand Prize, bringing together projects that lead the industry. We will promote the improvement of the social status of nursing and the construction of next-generation infrastructure through both "quality assurance" by these guidelines and "technological innovation" by the award.

Nursing DX Award 2026 Application:https://forms.gle/PNnv24wsSWwp1z7J8

■ Members Wanted: Japan Association of Male Nurses

The Association is currently recruiting new members. We welcome nurses and medical professionals who wish to think and act together for the future of nursing in areas such as nursing DX, home-visit nursing, customer harassment countermeasures, and industrial nursing. Admission fee and annual membership fee are free.

Join/Details here:https://gkb.jp/s/jmns/application

■ About OPERe Inc.

Company Name: OPERe Inc. Location: 2-14-5 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Frointo Mita 606 Representative: Yuka Sawada, CEO Established: June 2020 Business Description: Development and provision of digital communication methods for patients and medical professionals URL:https://www.opere.jp/

■ Inquiries regarding this matter

Japan Association of Male Nurses Public Relations Department