Elevating the standard of care

Basic Policy

Olympus Group aims to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted diseases. We have a Global Medical & Scientific Affairs(MSA) that serves our patients, healthcare professionals, and community by bringing medical, scientific, and professional capabilities to deliver safe and effective products around the globe that are clinically relevant and economically valuable.

This organization serves three important roles:

  1. Strengthen Olympus Group’s functional capabilities to develop medical device innovations promoting patient-centered solutions that are safe and effective.
  2. Develop and implement educational programs and training for healthcare professionals to rapidly gain technical expertise, achieve excellent clinical results, while ensuring the patient’s safety.
  3. Leverage real-world evidence to improve clinical outcomes for patients that, in turn, produce economic value for payers, healthcare systems, and society.

Initiatives

Focus on Premium Educational Offering for Healthcare Professionals

Professional Affairs (PA) offers a comprehensive suite of specialized, premium educational programs and training experiences designed to help Healthcare professionals broaden clinical expertise and enhance procedural skills/techniques to perform at their best and deliver optimal patient care and safety.
With our educational platform “Olympus Continuum”, we want to empower people and provide valuable ongoing learning opportunities.
Healthcare professionals work in a variety of settings and have a multitude of needs—and their expectations for training courses have evolved well past traditional skills-based learning. What “Olympus Continuum” does is connect the continuum of care with the continuum of learning. A truly blended experience, “Olympus Continuum” maximizes digital self-guided learning, direct in-person training, and post-learning collaboration to support healthcare professional across every stage of their career, and to improve patient outcome.
In FY2023, we provided a total of 1,930 training sessions (+50% YoY) in each business area (global).

Olympus Continuum training results
Number of times held (year on year)

1,930 times (150%)

Olympus Continuum

Grant Initiatives

Through our Grants Program, Olympus Group supports independent third-party activities that relate to diseases, conditions, or treatments for which Olympus products are used. The fundamental goal is improved patient care. Olympus Grants primarily support education for healthcare professionals, including clinical fellowships, hands-on trainings, and programs to improve equity in healthcare. Patient-facing support includes disease awareness programs, healthcare capacity building, and care initiatives for patients in need. A limited number of research Grants support independent studies related to Olympus product areas. Over 390 unique organizations received Olympus Grants in FY2023 to conduct programming in more than 40 countries. In addition to in-kind awards, financial Grants made by Olympus Group in FY2023 totaled approximately US$5.7 million.