Hospital Introduction

Ehime University established the School of Medicine in 1973. Three years later, in October 1976, the Ehime University Hospital opened its doors and with15 departments and 320 beds. As a core hospital in Ehime Prefecture, Ehime University Hospital has been practicing community-based medical care based on the basic philosophy of “caring for and learning for patients” for about 45 years. Now we have 24 departments, 47 central medical facilities, 644 hospital beds, and a total staff of approximately 1600 people, with around 550 doctors and 740 nurses, pharmacists and radiologists, and other healthcare professionals and administrative staff, all working hard to provide a perfect system of medical care.

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Ehime University Hospital has three goals: (1) to be a hospital which is trusted and loved by the people of Ehime, (2) to nurture medical professionals who can understand a patient’s perspective, and (3) to create medical expertise which was first nurtured in Ehime and then used all over the world. We do our utmost to provide optimal medical care for each patient by establishing a close relationship to the patient and working together with the patient and the patient’s family.

In order to be a hospital trusted and loved by prefectural residents, our first goal, as the only advanced treatment hospital in the prefecture, it is necessary to provide the latest, most advanced, safe and secure medical care. To that end, we, the medical staff, work hard every day to improve medical technology. When introducing advanced medical care, we carefully consider and strictly monitor the process. In addition, in order to practice patient-centered, safe medical care, we are continuously and systematically working to improve medical safety, by reporting and sharing information about incidents, thoroughly implementing measures to prevent medical accidents, responding appropriately to medical accidents, and creating educational, training and management manuals.

With regard to the development of medical professionals who can understand the patient’s perspective, our second goal, we have established an educational system based on an integrated curriculum continuing after graduation in order to instill not only general knowledge and skills but also holistic medical care skills. Specifically, we make full use of the advanced simulators at the Postgraduate Clinical Training Center and cadaver training at the Surgical Procedure Training Center, to provide medical knowledge and teach techniques efficiently. In addition, Ehime University Hospital will function as a ‘mother’ hospital providing multifaceted and continuous support in cooperation with related medical facilities in Ehime Prefecture to train medical professionals who have compassion and deep insight.

Ehime University Hospital has established a Total Medical Support Center (TMSC) with an emphasis on improving the services of patients, which is an extension of the first and second goals. TMSC provides a smooth transition from outpatient admission to comfortable hospitalization, and also creates an admission and discharge plan tailored to each patient, including consideration of life after discharge. In other words, in order not only to provide treatment, but also to function as a place for patients’ lives and to enhance their lives after discharge, we provide high-quality medical care in close inter-professional collaboration.

One of university hospital’s major missions is to promote research in order to pursue our third goal; develop medical expertise first nurtured in Ehime and then transmitted to the world. At the Translational Research Center, we promote bridging research in various fields and create new methods of medical care at the world level. In the future, we will establish a biobank with the aim of building a research foundation through close collaboration between clinical and basic research. Conducting clinical research is an important role of advanced treatment hospitals. To improve the quality of clinical research, we have established the Clinical Therapeutic Trial Center, the Center for Clinical Research Data and Biostatics, the Division of Clinical Research Quality Management, and the Division of Clinical Research COI Management to enhance our research system.

In addition to these goals, we will strengthen cooperation inside and outside the hospital to protect the people of the prefecture in the case of the spread of unprecedented infectious diseases such as the new coronavirus infection.

It is also our mission to prepare for large-scale disasters such as the expected Nankai Trough Earthquake. We conduct regular large-scale disaster drills and have established a stockpile warehouse for pharmaceuticals and medical equipment on campus, and have established a medical support system to function as a base for medical activities in the event of a disaster.

We will continue to work tirelessly for the well-being of our patients and to contribute to the local community, and we will all work together to become a beloved hospital.

Dr. Takashi Sugiyama
Director of the Ehime University Hospital