Japanese Medical Incident Reports with Contributing Factors and Improvements

Japanese medical incident reports compiled from the Japan Council for Quality Health Care. The dataset summarizes specific incident details, background factors, and proposed improvements. It was created by Sakaji-Lab and last updated in September 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in the specific_details field to identify common types of medical errors.
• Model the relationship between background_factors and proposed_improvements using text classification.
• Extract key themes from incident reports to inform healthcare quality training programs.

Strengths

• Reports originate from the authoritative Japan Council for Quality Health Care.
• Includes structured summaries of incidents, factors, and improvements.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of incident reports (row count).
• Geographic scope is limited to Japan, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Japan Council for Quality Health Care medical incident reports.

Collection Method

Compiled and summarized from official reports.

Freshness

Last updated September 2025.

Geography

Japan