{"id":8678,"date":"2026-04-28T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartfull.or.jp\/kano\/?page_id=8678"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:51:11","slug":"chronology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heartfull.or.jp\/kano\/chronology","title":{"rendered":"Hospital History\uff08\u6cbf\u9769\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Hospital History<\/h3>\n
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Aug. 1953<\/th>\nKano Clinic<\/strong> established (6-46 Tenjinbashi, Oyodo-ku, Osaka City).<\/td>\n\"Kano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 1957<\/th>\nMedical Corporation Kyowakai<\/strong> established.
\nReorganized as Kano Hospital<\/strong> (21 beds).<\/td>\n		\"Kano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 1968<\/th>\nKano Hospital relocated (7-5-26 Tenjinbashi, Oyodo-ku, Osaka City; 130 beds).
\nNursing Dormitory \u201cDai-ichi Kyowa-ryo\u201d completed (Capacity: 33).<\/td>\n		\"Hospital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 1969<\/th>\nApproved as a Designated Emergency Hospital<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul. 1972<\/th>\nRenovation completed (Expanded by 38 beds; Total: 168 beds).<\/td>\n\"Renovation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 1978<\/th>\nNew wing completed (Expanded by 59 beds; Total: 227 beds).<\/td>\n\"New<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 1979<\/th>\nRenamed to Sogo Kano Hospital<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\"Sogo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 1989<\/th>\nAuthorized as a Specified Medical Corporation<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 1995<\/th>\nNursing Dormitory \u201cFloral Heights Kyowa\u201d completed (Capacity: 78).<\/td>\n\"Floral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul. 1999<\/th>\nShigetaka Kano<\/strong> inaugurated as Chairman of the Board.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2000<\/th>\nCompletion of Long-term Care Beds (159 General beds, 57 Long-term care beds including 24 covered by Long-term Care Insurance).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2003<\/th>\nAccredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (Category: Complex Hospital Type B).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 2007<\/th>\nAuthorized as a Special Medical Corporation<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 2007<\/th>\nOpening of the Expanded Wing (Total: 276 beds).
\nImplementation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR)<\/strong> system.<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun. 2007<\/th>\nRenamed to Kano General Hospital<\/strong> (7-5-15 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka City).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 2007<\/th>\nBed capacity expanded to 300.<\/td>\n\"Bed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 2008<\/th>\nDay Care Center<\/strong> established.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2008<\/th>\nImplementation of the DPC\/PDPS<\/strong> per-diem payment system.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 2009<\/th>\nCertified as a Social Medical Corporation<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\"Social<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 2012<\/th>\nFormed the DMAT<\/strong> (Disaster Medical Assistance Team).<\/td>\n\"DMAT\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2013<\/th>\nAccredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (Review Category 3, Ver. 6.0).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 2014<\/th>\nFormed the AMAT<\/strong> (All Japan Hospital Medical Assistance Team).<\/td>\n\"AMAT\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 2014<\/th>\nReorganization of Long-term Care Wards (Transitioned 24 beds from long-term care insurance to medical insurance coverage).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul. 2017<\/th>\nLaunched Home-visit Rehabilitation Services<\/strong>.
\nUpdated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.<\/td>\n		\"Home-visit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 2018<\/th>\nHosted the 1st Regional Medical Cooperation Meeting.<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul. 2018<\/th>\nAccredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (Function-Specific Evaluation 3rdG, Ver. 1.1).<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 2019<\/th>\nCompletion of seismic retrofitting works.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 2020<\/th>\nCommenced admission of COVID-19 patients (Installation of negative pressure rooms).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2020<\/th>\nShinji Kubota, M.D., Ph.D.<\/strong> inaugurated as Hospital Director.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun. 2020<\/th>\nOpening of the Home-Care Support Wing.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 2020<\/th>\nDesignated as a COVID-19 Cooperative Medical Institution<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 2020<\/th>\nDesignated as a COVID-19 Specialized (Key) Medical Institution<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 2020<\/th>\nEstablished the Genetic Testing Laboratory.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 2021<\/th>\nInstalled temporary outpatient examination rooms.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 2021<\/th>\nIntroduced high-precision PCR testing equipment.<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2021<\/th>\nReorganization of the Emergency Center<\/strong> (Seiji Ogita appointed as Center Director).<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 2022<\/th>\nInstalled isolation rooms.
\nRelocated the Endoscopy Suite.<\/td>\n		\"Isolation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 2023<\/th>\nIntroduced 3.0T MRI<\/strong> system.<\/td>\n\"3.0T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep. 2023<\/th>\nUpgraded 1.5T MRI<\/strong> system.<\/td>\n\"1.5T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 2023<\/th>\nHeld the 70th Anniversary Ceremony of the Heartful Group.<\/strong><\/td>\n\"70th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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