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The Public-Private Interface–Electronic Patient Record Sharing Pilot Project (PPI-ePR) will be decommissioned after the implementation of the Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS). Existing PPI-ePR participants and healthcare providers (HCPs) can migrate to the new system with ease.
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Since the launch of the PPI-ePR by the Hospital Authority in 2006, more than 460,000 patients and 3,400 private healthcare professionals (HCProf) have enrolled in the programme. It serves as a pilot and provides a backbone for the development of the territory-wide eHRSS, and will be replaced when the latter comes into operation. By then, two-way eHR sharing will be realised to facilitate better collaboration between public and private healthcare services, leading the way to a new healthcare delivery paradigm in Hong Kong.
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How can patients migrate from the PPI-ePR to the eHRSS? |
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Joining the eHRSS is voluntary and free-of-charge. |
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Patients participated in the PPI-ePR will receive an invitation letter with a reference number and a SMS message sent to their mobile phones with a security code in the first quarter of 2016. |
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| Receive an invitation letter with a “Reference Number” |
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A SMS message sent to their mobile phones with a security code |
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They can register with the eHRSS through ONE of the following methods: |
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 Online registration at the designated website |
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 Phone registration by calling the designated hotline |
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 Complete the reply slip enclosed in the invitation package and return it by fax or mail |
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| What are the benefits to patients? |
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| The eHRSS allows two-way viewing of medical records in both the public and private healthcare sectors, bringing to patients such benefits as: |
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All health-related information contained in a secure record in electronic format |
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More efficient and effective use of diagnostic tests |
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Timely treatment |
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Improved accuracy of diagnosis and disease management |
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| How can HCPs migrate to the eHRSS? |
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eHRSS registration is HCP-based, i.e. on organisational basis. |
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HCPs can apply by sending a completed registration form to the eHR Registration Office together with the required supporting documents. |
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| Are there any other points to note regarding registration? |
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A clinic owned by a doctor has to register as a HCP, with the doctor registering as a HCProf under his clinic. |
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A visiting doctor/medical officer who wants to access the eHRSS in another HCP such as a private hospital needs to register as a HCProf under that private hospital. |
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Group practice |
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can register all or just individual healthcare service locations |
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is responsible for the administrative arrangements, supervision, monitoring of eHR access and sharing by its HCProfs at the registered locations |
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Group practice can register all or individual service locations |
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HCProfs |
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can register with the HCP they are working for if possessing valid professional registration status |
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will be granted access right to the eHRSS by the HCP according to the role-based access control mechanism |
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The access right to the eHRSS of HCProfs will be granted by the HCP according to the role-based access control mechansim |
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| What are the benefits to HCPs? |
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| The eHRSS can facilitate communication of clinical information. Benefits to HCPs include: |
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Health record always made available online for the provision of healthcare services |
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Improved availability and transparency of information shared between the public and private sectors |
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Efficient clinical practice with reduced errors and less repeated tests |
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Efficiency gained by avoiding the need to store, collate and transfer paper records |
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| What will happen to the PPI-ePR Enrolment Outlets afterwards? |
| These outlets will be converted into eHR Registration Centres to provide registration-related services to patients. |
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