Aizu Medical Center

Providing advanced medical care and supporting medical care throughout the Aizu region

Aizu Medical Center was established as a satellite facility of Fukushima Medical University. As a facility equipped with clinical practice, education and research functions, we continue to support medical care in the Aizu and southern Aizu regions, while sharing healthcare responsibilities with local medical institutions, through mutual support and cooperation.

Clinical Divisions (26 divisions and 1 affiliated research institute)

Aizu Medical Center

Aizu General Hospital and Kitakata Hospital were re-established as Fukushima Medical Universityʼs Aizu Medical Center, which supports medical care throughout the Aizu region.

amc accredit

Our hospital is accredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care. We first received this accreditation in 2015, and it was renewed in 2020. The Council evaluates medical institutions as a third party so that patients can safely enjoy appropriate and high-quality medical care. Our hospital has been recognized as fulfilling these standards. We will continue to contribute to medical care in the local community while constantly endeavoring to improve its quality and safety.

A Base that supports clinical practice, education, and research

Aizu Medical Center provides advanced medical care as a university hospital, and serves as a place for the education and research of students and research doctors, respectively. In addition, we strive to provide medical care stipulated in national healthcare policies, such as infection control and medical care in rural areas and fulfill our functions of supporting medical care throughout the Aizu region by linking and cooperating with local medical care institutions.

Providing advanced medical care focused on specialized fields

Aizu Medical Center is equipped with facilities such as Chinese Medicine Center, Hematology Treatment Center, Advanced Endoscopy Center, and Advanced Spine Surgery Center. They all provide advanced medical care focused on specialized fields. In addition, we have a palliative care ward that provides an optimal care environment for cancer patients.

Research functions as a university hospital

Aizu Medical Center has established its own research center, which pours all of its efforts into medical engineering research through partnerships with private corporations, as well as clinical epidemiology research that widely covers the Aizu area. In addition, we have also established the Chinese Medicine Research Office, based on the history of herbal medicine cultivation at the “Oyakuen” (a medicinal herb garden established by a feudal lord of the Hoshina-Matsudaira clan. It conducts research on herbal medicine cultivation, as well as acupuncture and moxibustion medical care.

Basic Philosophy

We strive towards the research and development of advanced and cutting-edge medical care, work hard to nurture superior healthcare professionals with a rich sense of humanity, provide all patients, young and old, with safe and high-quality medical care, and contribute to the creation of new regional medicine.

Aizu Medical Center Objectives

To realize our basic philosophy, we aim to achieve the following:

  1. 1.Provide patient-centered, compassionate medical care, with respect for life, human rights and privacy, based on a high standard of ethics.
  2. 2.Provide the highest standard of medical care and advanced medical care that can reassure patients, to meet the needs of each of our patients.
  3. 3.Nurture enthusiastic and highly-skilled medical professionals who can support the lives and future of their patients.
  4. 4.Integrate the power of local medical care, research, and industry, and create new kinds of medicine and medical care.
  5. 5.Share information with Fukushima Prefecture, as well as Japan and the rest of the world, regarding our ever-evolving medicine and medical care.

Rights of and Requests to Patients

Aizu Medical Center is a part of Fukushima Medical University and plays roles as an institution that conducts clinical practice, education, and research. The center has established“Patient's Rights and Requests”in order to respect the dignity of patients and provide them with safe, high-quality medical care.

Rights of Patients

  1. 1.Patients have the right to fairly receive quality and safe medical care.
  2. 2.Patients have the right to receive sufficient explanations via easy-to-understand phrasing and methods regarding diseases and treatment.
  3. 3.Patients have the right to choose, of their own accord, examination and treatment methods, and have the right to refuse any medical care should they wish to.
  4. 4.Patients have the right to receive a second opinion from another doctor regarding a diagnosis they have received, in order to consult with and judge with their primary care doctor to see if there are better treatments available to them.
  5. 5.Patients have the right to protect their own personal information and privacy. In addition, they have the right to request for their medical records be disclosed to them, so that they can be informed about the medical care they are receiving.
  6. 6.Our hospital carries out its mission as an educational institution. Patients have the right to decide or refuse whether they will participate in education or research upon receiving sufficient explanations regarding said education and research.

Requests to Patients

  1. 1.Please provide as accurate information as possible regarding your own health, so that you can receive high-quality, safe medical care.
  2. 2.If there is anything about the medical care you do not understand, please keep asking us until you do understand.
  3. 3.Please follow hospital rules and manners, and be considerate so that all other patients can receive medical care in a comfortable environment.
  4. 4.In order for patients to be able to receive continuous and appropriate medical care, we promote function sharing and cooperation with local medical institutions. We kindly ask for your cooperation and understanding regarding this.
  5. 5.Our hospital carries out its mission as an educational institution. We kindly ask for your cooperation regarding the development of our healthcare professionals.

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