January 19, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Company name: H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. Representative: Shigekazu Takeuchi, Director, President and Group CEO Securities code: 4544 First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange
Notice of Opening of SRL Advanced Lab. Meguro
SRL, Inc. (President & CEO: Shunichi Higashi; Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "SRL"), which is a consolidated subsidiary of H.U. Group Holdings, Inc., relocated SRL Advanced Lab. Azabu, and opened SRL Advanced Lab. Meguro (hereinafter the "Lab"), a satellite lab in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo on January 16, 2021. SRL plans to continue pursuing business expansion in the general practitioner market.
By opening the Lab, SRL aims to strengthen the provision of services to medical centers and clinics in Tokyo's Minato and Shinagawa Wards and the surrounding area, delivering benefits such as shortening turnaround time for tests. In addition, the Lab will have a showroom that displays the various services SRL offers. Customers visiting the showroom will be able to see and understand the testing workflow and experience healthcare×ICT services, such as a SasS for general practitioners.
[Features of SRL Advanced Lab. Meguro] ① Automation of workflow from sample preprocessing to test results Test results are returned in 30 minutes at the earliest and within 2 hours as standard. Samples are also collected more efficiently, and laboratory turnaround time is reduced.
② Showroom functions The showroom uses videos and other tools to clearly explain the workflow from sample collection logistics to reception, testing samples, and reporting test results. Customers can also experience "e’s-assist” (an appointment and AI symptom checker service) and “withwellness” (a PHR service) developed by Ishinban, Inc. of the H.U. Group. Another service on display will be the PLANET series, which can be linked with the electronic medical records of various companies.
③ Exhibition of services for general practitioners supplied by SRL The exhibition includes demonstrations of "PLANET NEXT®," SRL's proprietary test result reference system, and "SIRIUS NEXT®," a tablet-based test request system.
[Overview of new laboratory] (1) Location 4-31-18 Nishi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (2) Business activities Clinical testing services (3) Details of facilities Test laboratory, customer showroom
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