Sanbancho Clinic
About
Sambancho Clinic, located in Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, has been providing community-based healthcare as a home care specialty clinic since its establishment in 2010. The clinic's most distinctive feature is being the only 'stand-alone function-enhanced home care support clinic' in the Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, and Bunkyo ward areas. With three or more full-time physicians on staff, the clinic operates on a 24-hour, 365-day basis for home visits, ensuring doctors can directly visit patients' homes even during emergencies. The clinic adopts an approach where physicians travel to patients who have difficulty visiting hospitals or who wish to receive home-based care or palliative care. A key differentiator from other facilities is the clinic's emphasis on relationships with urban patients living in detached houses and apartments, rather than focusing on visits to nursing homes. While specializing in general internal medicine, the clinic has established a coordinated care system with university hospitals and local hospitals when hospitalization or specialized treatment is required. The clinic also actively engages in multidisciplinary collaborative care with dentists, nurses, physical therapists, and registered dietitians. With over 1,000 patient consultations in just over a decade since opening, the clinic also accepts credit cards and electronic payments for patient convenience.
