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Japanese mobile EMS app rollout data

Population-based implementation of a mobile emergency medical service platform in Hiroshima, Japan
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Added 1 September 2026

Population-based descriptive study of a Japanese mobile EMS app capturing 147,213 transport cases over 15 months — 90% were emergency transports, OCR used in 74% of cases, hospital acceptance on first request in 66% with median 5.2 min negotiation time

Study type

Cross-sectional

Design

Population-based descriptive study of a mobile EMS application

Participants

147,213 EMS transport cases in Hiroshima Prefecture over 15 months

Main finding

90% were emergency transports; hospital acceptance on first request in 66% with median negotiation time 5.2 min; OCR used in 74% of cases; 1,988 cardiac arrest cases captured

Caveat

Descriptive, single prefecture in a different EMS system; no outcome impact assessed

Bottom line

Context only

Learning goal

Understand how digital platforms for hospital coordination could shape ambulance dispatch and handover practice in Australia.

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• Topic: Operations & systems
• Daily scan: 1 September 2026

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