ALWAYS® V On-site Survey System for Care Needs Assessment Wins the Gold Award in the Healthcare and Welfare Design Category of the IAUD International Design Award 2023

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

The care needs assessment support system ALWAYS^® V offered by Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation has won the Gold Award in the Healthcare and Welfare Design Category of the IAUD International Design Award 2023, hosted by the International Association for Universal Design.

This product is a system that enables a single tablet PC to perform a series of tasks that surveyors have conventionally done on paper during site visits conducted by municipalities that have received an application for a care needs assessment. After interviewing care insurance assessors and the families of those eligible for assessment, we tested and verified the design repeatedly, and the user interface was designed to be both intuitive and flexible, making digital input easy just like writing on paper while making it simple to search for and reference information. In addition to supporting fair and accurate surveys that are not affected by the experience level or information literacy of the assessors, it is also possible to share survey know-how and have third parties check the data by leaving handwritten notes during the survey as survey records.

We will continue to work toward the realization of a society in which the dignity of each and every person in need of care is respected so that they can continue to live with peace of mind.