[The present status of home care medicine and regional medical co-operation at a regional cancer base hospital].

: Kohka Public Hospital(KPH), approved as a regional cancer base hospital in February 2008, has concentrated on cancer treatment and care. KPH developed a Division of Home Care Medicine last year. A home care doctor visited and treated various patients, including cancer patients by co-operating with the Visiting Nurse Station; this resulted in an increase in home care patients but not of home deaths. To increase the cases of home care medicine, we believe that collaboration with other institutes and the creation of a regional network conference consisting of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dental doctors, home helpers, and regional administrators is necessary. Via the conference, we recognized the need to obtain more information and create a system of collaborative home medication and care for cancer patients.