From Mie Prefecture | Adoption Rate in Mie Prefecture Model Municipalities Increased Approximately 16-fold
Mie Prefecture promoted the introduction of the "Care Plan Data Sharing System" to improve productivity in elderly care settings. The adoption rate in model municipalities increased approximately 16-fold, from 3.5% to 43.2%, successfully reducing work hours by up to 1,170 minutes per month. TRAPE Co., Ltd. supported this initiative.
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While the demand for elderly care services is increasing due to the rapidly aging population, the shortage of care workers due to population decline is becoming a serious issue, making productivity improvement in care service facilities an urgent challenge.
Amidst this, the introduction of the "Care Plan Data Sharing System" is being promoted to improve operational efficiency and productivity in elderly care settings. However, due to reasons such as "neighboring facilities not adopting it," "unclear benefits," "seems difficult to introduce and operate," and "lack of understanding from management," its introduction and utilization have not progressed sufficiently.
TRAPE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Hiroaki Kamata) has been involved in national policy-making since 2017, including the creation of guidelines for productivity improvement in elderly care settings, leading the transformation of the care sector. Aiming to realize care facilities overflowing with well-being, the company provides "Productivity Improvement-kun®," a free online tool that supports "team building" and "visualization and analysis of issues" essential for on-site operational improvement and DX, and deploys "Sociwell," an accompanying support service that simultaneously achieves "productivity improvement," "job satisfaction improvement," and "leadership development."
In Mie Prefecture in FY2025, in collaboration with model cities (Yokkaichi City, Matsusaka City, Ise City, Shima City) and model facilities, a collaborative model project was implemented to increase the number of adoptions through region-wide dissemination and to provide integrated accompanying support from introduction to operational stabilization at each facility.
This release introduces the concrete results achieved through these efforts, such as a significant increase in the adoption rate in model cities and a reduction in the workload at model facilities.
**Promoting the Introduction of the Care Plan Data Sharing System and Its Importance**
Currently, the exchange of documents between facilities in elderly care settings is generally done through analog methods such as hand delivery or mail. Such administrative tasks become "indirect work" that deprives care workers of the time they should be dedicating to "direct care for users," placing a significant burden on the front lines.
The "Care Plan Data Sharing System" was devised as a mechanism to solve this problem and complete document exchange online. The government has set a target of a 30% system adoption rate in municipalities nationwide, but as of October 2025, it remained below 10%.
Subsequently, efforts for dissemination progressed, and as of March 2026, the adoption rate improved to 28.2%, but further promotion is still required.
Furthermore, this system plays an important role in the "Care Information Infrastructure," a mechanism currently being promoted by the government to centralize care, medical, and administrative information. For care plan data to be accumulated and utilized in this infrastructure, the introduction of the system by each facility is a prerequisite.
In other words, the Care Plan Data Sharing System is not merely a tool for operational efficiency but is an indispensable part of the digital infrastructure supporting the future long-term care insurance system for all facilities.
**About the FY2025 Mie Prefecture Care Plan Data Sharing System Utilization Promotion Model Region Development Project**
This project was implemented with the aim of reducing the administrative burden on home care service facility staff and promoting productivity improvement initiatives. In the model regions selected by Mie Prefecture (Yokkaichi City, Matsusaka City, Ise City, Shima City), efforts were made to promote the introduction of the "Care Plan Data Sharing System" operated by the National Health Insurance Central Association.
Furthermore, the project aims to organize the process of introduction and utilization in the model regions as successful case studies and disseminate their results to other care facilities, thereby promoting the utilization of the data sharing system throughout the prefecture.
**[Project Details]**
1. Accompanying support for care service facilities
2. Holding business briefings
3. Effect verification (interviews, time studies) at model facilities
4. Implementation of results presentation and dissemination of best practices
**Results of Initiatives (Partial)**
**Changes in the Number of Adoptions in Model Cities**
Before the project started, the number of adopting facilities in the four model cities was 40, and the adoption rate remained at 3.5%.
However, through the efforts of this project, the number of adopting facilities increased to 649, and the adoption rate significantly improved to 43.2%. This level significantly exceeds the national target of 30%.
Due to these changes, the cautious voices initially heard, such as "considering introduction while observing the situation of neighboring facilities," are now rarely heard. Instead, positive voices such as "we want to introduce it because adoption is progressing around us" are being received by the call center.
**Results of Initiatives at Model Facilities**
At each of the model facilities in the four cities, comparisons were conducted using time studies and other methods before and after the utilization of the Care Plan Data Sharing System.
Maximum of 1,170 minutes of work time per month.
Amidst this, the introduction of the "Care Plan Data Sharing System" is being promoted to improve operational efficiency and productivity in elderly care settings. However, due to reasons such as "neighboring facilities not adopting it," "unclear benefits," "seems difficult to introduce and operate," and "lack of understanding from management," its introduction and utilization have not progressed sufficiently.
TRAPE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Hiroaki Kamata) has been involved in national policy-making since 2017, including the creation of guidelines for productivity improvement in elderly care settings, leading the transformation of the care sector. Aiming to realize care facilities overflowing with well-being, the company provides "Productivity Improvement-kun®," a free online tool that supports "team building" and "visualization and analysis of issues" essential for on-site operational improvement and DX, and deploys "Sociwell," an accompanying support service that simultaneously achieves "productivity improvement," "job satisfaction improvement," and "leadership development."
In Mie Prefecture in FY2025, in collaboration with model cities (Yokkaichi City, Matsusaka City, Ise City, Shima City) and model facilities, a collaborative model project was implemented to increase the number of adoptions through region-wide dissemination and to provide integrated accompanying support from introduction to operational stabilization at each facility.
This release introduces the concrete results achieved through these efforts, such as a significant increase in the adoption rate in model cities and a reduction in the workload at model facilities.
**Promoting the Introduction of the Care Plan Data Sharing System and Its Importance**
Currently, the exchange of documents between facilities in elderly care settings is generally done through analog methods such as hand delivery or mail. Such administrative tasks become "indirect work" that deprives care workers of the time they should be dedicating to "direct care for users," placing a significant burden on the front lines.
The "Care Plan Data Sharing System" was devised as a mechanism to solve this problem and complete document exchange online. The government has set a target of a 30% system adoption rate in municipalities nationwide, but as of October 2025, it remained below 10%.
Subsequently, efforts for dissemination progressed, and as of March 2026, the adoption rate improved to 28.2%, but further promotion is still required.
Furthermore, this system plays an important role in the "Care Information Infrastructure," a mechanism currently being promoted by the government to centralize care, medical, and administrative information. For care plan data to be accumulated and utilized in this infrastructure, the introduction of the system by each facility is a prerequisite.
In other words, the Care Plan Data Sharing System is not merely a tool for operational efficiency but is an indispensable part of the digital infrastructure supporting the future long-term care insurance system for all facilities.
**About the FY2025 Mie Prefecture Care Plan Data Sharing System Utilization Promotion Model Region Development Project**
This project was implemented with the aim of reducing the administrative burden on home care service facility staff and promoting productivity improvement initiatives. In the model regions selected by Mie Prefecture (Yokkaichi City, Matsusaka City, Ise City, Shima City), efforts were made to promote the introduction of the "Care Plan Data Sharing System" operated by the National Health Insurance Central Association.
Furthermore, the project aims to organize the process of introduction and utilization in the model regions as successful case studies and disseminate their results to other care facilities, thereby promoting the utilization of the data sharing system throughout the prefecture.
**[Project Details]**
1. Accompanying support for care service facilities
2. Holding business briefings
3. Effect verification (interviews, time studies) at model facilities
4. Implementation of results presentation and dissemination of best practices
**Results of Initiatives (Partial)**
**Changes in the Number of Adoptions in Model Cities**
Before the project started, the number of adopting facilities in the four model cities was 40, and the adoption rate remained at 3.5%.
However, through the efforts of this project, the number of adopting facilities increased to 649, and the adoption rate significantly improved to 43.2%. This level significantly exceeds the national target of 30%.
Due to these changes, the cautious voices initially heard, such as "considering introduction while observing the situation of neighboring facilities," are now rarely heard. Instead, positive voices such as "we want to introduce it because adoption is progressing around us" are being received by the call center.
**Results of Initiatives at Model Facilities**
At each of the model facilities in the four cities, comparisons were conducted using time studies and other methods before and after the utilization of the Care Plan Data Sharing System.
Maximum of 1,170 minutes of work time per month.