English Support
English-Speaking Home Visit Care
If getting to a clinic in Sapporo is difficult, a doctor can come to you instead.
Sapporo International Clinic offers home visit medical care with English-speaking support.
"Home visit medical care" (houmon shinryo, 訪問診療) means a doctor visits your home on a regular, planned schedule — typically about twice a month — to provide checkups, treatment, and prescriptions. It is different from an ambulance or a one-time emergency house call: it is ongoing care, arranged in advance. Home visit medical care is covered by Japan's public health insurance system in the same way as visiting a clinic in person.
「訪問診療」とは、医師が定期的にご自宅へ伺い、計画的に診察・治療・お薬の処方を行う医療です。外来受診と同じく、公的医療保険が適用されます。
Who This Is For
対象となる方・対応内容
Who this is for
- People who find it difficult to travel to a clinic (age, illness, disability)
- Foreign residents who feel uneasy receiving medical care in Japanese
- Patients continuing home care after a hospital discharge
- Residents of care facilities in the Sapporo area
What we can do
- Regular checkups and health management
- Prescriptions and medication adjustment
- IV drips, injections, and blood tests
- Wound and pressure-sore (bedsore) care
- Palliative care
- 24/7 on-call support for emergencies, for enrolled patients
通院がむずかしい方、外国籍で日本語での受診に不安のある方、退院後の在宅療養、施設ご入居中の方が対象です。定期診察・処方・点滴や採血・褥瘡処置・緩和ケアに対応し、ご登録の患者さんには24時間の緊急対応も行います。
English Support
言葉のサポートについて
English-speaking staff are available at our clinic, and our doctors can communicate with you in English during home visits. If you have a Japanese-speaking family member or friend who can join the visit, it can help, but this is not required — please contact us even if you will be on your own. We will always do our best to make sure you understand your care.
英語対応可能なスタッフが在籍し、訪問診療でも英語でのコミュニケーションに努めます。日本語を話せるご家族・お知り合いが同席いただけると助かりますが、必須ではありません。おひとりでもお気軽にご相談ください。
Insurance
保険診療について
Home visit medical care at our clinic is provided under Japan's public health insurance system (hoken shinryo). If you are enrolled in Japanese public health insurance — through your employer, National Health Insurance, or another public plan — your visits are covered in the same way as an ordinary clinic visit, with the usual co-payment. Please bring your insurance card and residence card to your first visit.
当院の訪問診療は日本の公的医療保険（保険診療）で提供します。健康保険証・在留カードをご準備ください。
How to Start
はじめ方
The first step is a phone consultation. Call us at the number below, and we will talk through your situation and explain how home visit care works. Care managers (kaigo shien senmonin) and hospital medical social workers are also very welcome to contact us on behalf of a patient. After the initial consultation, we will arrange a first home visit.
まずはお電話でご相談ください。ご本人・ご家族はもちろん、ケアマネージャーや病院の医療ソーシャルワーカーからのご相談も歓迎します。
Phone: 011-213-1017
Weekdays 9:00–17:00. For patients enrolled with our clinic, we are available 24/7 for emergencies.
お電話：011-213-1017（平日9:00〜17:00／ご登録の患者さんは急変時24時間対応）