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Second stage electronic health record engagement initiative launched
The Government today (November 12) invited the information technology (IT)
sector to submit partnership proposals to develop healthcare IT solutions
contributing to the development of electronic health record (eHR) sharing in
Hong Kong.
A Government spokesman said: "This marks the launch of the second stage of
the eHR engagement initiative (EEI), a major government step to put in place
an essential infrastructure for implementing the healthcare reform."
The Government is committed to developing a territory-wide patient-oriented
eHR sharing system for healthcare professionals in both public and private
sectors to access, store and retrieve patients�� health records, to realise
the concept "records follow patients".
With the development of eHR, patients' health information can be shared
instantaneously. eHR sharing will enable the provision of appropriate and
most timely treatments to the patients. This will remove the boundaries
between different healthcare professions providing different levels of care
in different sectors.
"Under the eHR Programme, patient participation will be on a voluntary basis
and sharing of patients' health records is subject to patients' express and
informed consent as well as proper authorisation of access to the system,"
the spokesman added.
The Government launched the first stage EEI in October last year, and
received very good response with more than 50 partnership proposals
submitted by private healthcare and related sectors. Taking into account the
partnership projects and development needs raised by private healthcare
stakeholders during the first stage EEI, the Government wishes to engage IT
professional bodies and private IT vendors in the second stage EEI to
further explore ideas or proposals contributing to eHR development.
The spokesman said: "While the Government will take a leading role, the
engagement and participation of private healthcare and IT service providers
are crucial to the success in building up the eHR sharing system in Hong
Kong."
Interested IT professional bodies and private IT vendors are invited to
submit their proposals by January 31, 2011. The Food and Health Bureau will
hold two EEI stakeholder forums on November 23 and December 6, 2010 to brief
stakeholders on the details of the invitation exercise. The EEI invitation
document and registration form for stakeholder forums can be downloaded from
the eHealth Record Office website at
http://www.ehealth.gov.hk.
Ends/Friday, November 12, 2010
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