{"id":15905,"date":"2025-02-20T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihen.hogehogecojp.com\/?post_type=companies&amp;p=2528"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:12:01","slug":"genon-inc","status":"publish","type":"companies","link":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/en\/companies\/genon-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Genon.Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\t.mb-50{\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 50px;\n\t}<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"section-container read companies\">\n\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-quote-left\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"read_top\">Genon Inc. is a startup operating Hifumed, an online dermat. <\/span>Users of the app include patients who have long battled atopic dermatitis without relief or those with limited access to dermatologists. Many users have seen their conditions improve, enabling them to leave inflamed skin behind, a concept called \u201cgraduating from inflammations.\u201d CEO Chiaki Takahara shares with us how Genon results from her personal struggle with skin issues.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-container companies\">\n<h2 class=\"h2-library\">Please tell us about Genon.<\/h2>\n<p>Our online dermatology consultation service, Hifumed, helps many patients, young and old, who suffer from atopic dermatitis or eczema. Many of the users who were \u201clooking for a cure that was right for me,\u201d \u201cseeking a dermatologist who would listen,\u201d or \u201calmost giving up on healing my skin\u201d report how their symptoms have alleviated or have gone into remission, enabling them to \u201cgraduate\u201d from being patients. All the treatments they receive through the Hifumed app are covered by Japan\u2019s public health insurance. Just by uploading their public health insurance card to the Hifumed app, patients can receive medical treatment at the same copay rate as physical clinics.<\/p>\n<p>\tHifumed\u2019s treatment involves patients taking pictures of their skin condition and uploading them to the Hifumed app daily. The doctor and patient can check the progress together to proceed with the treatment. After the consultation, medications are delivered from pharmacies on the next day. Patients do not need to trudge to the doctor\u2019s office but still can receive tailored treatment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"library-img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/oih2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/en_img\/img\/companies\/genon\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Genon.Inc.\">\n    <\/div>\n<p>Our top priority is securing quality consultation time. Typically, a dermatologist\u2019s consultation lasts for only about three minutes. With Hifumed, each patient gets ten minutes of the doctor\u2019s time. Many users tell us they are now satisfied with how \u201cdoctors are attentive to what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"library-img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/oih2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/en_img\/img\/companies\/genon\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Genon.Inc.\"><\/p>\n<p>At Hifumed, each patient is examined by a physician for 10 minutes. This is about three times the normal consultation time of a regular Japanese dermatologist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-container companies\">\n<h2 class=\"h2-library\">Please tell us where Hifumed is today and where it is headed.<\/h2>\n<p>Dermatology clinics or hospitals are limited in Japan, thus impeding patients\u2019 medical access. Online consultations allow patients to receive care wherever they live without worrying about travel or waiting times.<br \/>\n\tAbout ten atopic dermatitis specialist doctors currently work for Hifumed, and about 2,700 patients across Japan, from metropolitan areas to far-off islands, use our service.<\/p>\n<p>\tOur current treatment retention rate is about 80%, and the user satisfaction rate based on patient surveys is about 90%; both indicators remain high. We are looking into extending our menu to other dermatoses, such as psoriasis, rashes, and common acnes.<\/p>\n<p>\tWe also plan to build a medical service model that converges online and offline by strengthening the relationship between local medical facilities and pharmacies. Further, we are looking into to going abroad to countries with underdeveloped online medicine, especially in Asia-Oceania. In 2024, we participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/medtechactuator.com\/programs\/global-navigator-japan-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Global Navigator Program run<\/a> by MedTech Actuator, a healthcare accelerator in Australia, where we were able to network with many local medical professionals and academics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-container companies\">\n<h2 class=\"h2-library\">Please tell us why you decided to start this business.<\/h2>\n<p>The backdrop to my vision is that I suffered from skin ailments for a very long time. I had to wait for hours in the waiting room for a consultation that lasted only a few minutes. I couldn\u2019t fully communicate with the doctor due to the limited time; progress based on treatments was hard to gauge, and I had a hard time keeping myself motivated to go back to the doctors regularly. <br \/>\n\tAll of my family members are in the medical profession, so I also thought about becoming a doctor. However, even if I did become a dermatologist, I knew I would not be able to resolve the issues that the patients face, or worse, I could even cause similar suffering. If that were the case, I decided I would rather focus on resolving the issue by setting up a business to improve the current situation. <\/p>\n<div class=\"library-img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/oih2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/en_img\/img\/companies\/genon\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Genon.Inc.\">\n    <\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-50\">In 2021, I participated in the Osaka Metropolitan University\u2019s Health Tech Startups run by OIH where I learned how to run a business and gained medical knowledge from professionals. I won the Grand Prize on Demo-Day.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoined by my team, we started the business in January of 2022. We launched the official version of Hifumed in June of 2024.<br \/>\n\tWe will continue to look for medical opportunities that respond to the needs of each patient.<\/p>\n<p>Interview Date: November 22 (Fri.), 2024<br \/>\n\tInterviewed and written by\u3000Aya Iwamura<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2529,"template":"","companies-category":[221],"class_list":["post-15905","companies","type-companies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","companies-category-health","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies\/15905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/companies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"companies-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovation-osaka.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies-category?post=15905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}