eHRSS Updates

The Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS) has gained commendation in the Asia-Pacific Region. To continue promotional efforts, briefings and workshops have been organised by the Electronic Health Record Office (eHR Office) over the past few months.

Winner Award of the Government and Public Sector Category in APICTA Awards 2017

eHRSS won the Winner Award of the Government and Public Sector Category in the Asia-Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2017. The award commends outstanding information and communications technology (ICT) innovation dedicated to delivering improved government and public sector services or other electronic initiatives to the community.

received the APICTA Award in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ms Ida Lee, eHRC (2nd from right), and Dr Cheung Ngai-tseung, Head of Information Technology and Health Informatics of HA (right), received the APICTA Award in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ms Ida Lee, Commissioner for the Electronic Health Record (eHRC), and Dr Cheung Ngai-tseung, Head of Information Technology and Health Informatics of the Hospital Authority (HA), received the award in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 10 December 2017.

Ms Lee spoke after the award presentation ceremony, “eHRSS is an important component of Hong Kong’s healthcare development. It helps promote public-private collaboration, facilitate the continuity of care and improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare services. We are glad that eHRSS is gaining increasing acceptance.”

During the APICTA event, eHRSS was showcased at the Hong Kong Reception Night among other nominees from Hong Kong. An exhibition booth was set up to introduce and share experience with participants from the Asia-Pacific region about the concepts, development and vision of the system.

Following the award ceremony in Dhaka, Dr NT Cheung attended a sharing session hosted by the Hong Kong Computer Society on 20 December 2017 for local winners in Hong Kong, where he shared with the audience the achievements and challenges of the eHRSS project, the excitement of participating and gaining recognition at the APICTA Awards 2017 and from the community.

Dr NT Cheung shared about the achievements and challenges of the eHRSS project at the winners’ sharing session hosted by the Hong Kong Computer society

Innovative eHealth Solutions Award in WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards 2018

In February 2018, eHRSS once again acquired international recognition in the global ICT sector, winning the Innovative eHealth Solutions Award of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) Global ICT Excellence Awards 2018.

once again, winning the Innovative eHealth Solutions Award

WITSA is a leading international alliance of the global ICT industry representing more than 90 percent of the world ICT market. Innovative eHealth Solutions Award commends selected individuals or organisations that have made remarkable and successful efforts in utilising ICT to promote health and healthcare that benefit societies, governments, organisations and the private sector.

Ms Ida Lee, eHRC and Mr Hudson Chan, Senior Systems Manager (Electronic Health Systems Development) of HA, represented the Food and Health Bureau and HA to receive the award in Hyderabad, India, on 19 February 2018.

More details on the award will be reported in the next issue of eHealth News.

Extension of Two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Programmes Riding on the eHRSS Platform

To facilitate sharing and the interflow of health information between public and private healthcare providers (HCPs), participants of PPP programmes administered by HA and the Department of Health (DH) are required to register with eHRSS. Recently, two of these PPP programmes have been extended, enabling more patients to benefit from eHR sharing through these programmes.

1. Territory-wide roll-out of the General Outpatient Clinic Public-Private Partnership Programme (GOPC PPP)

The GOPC PPP was launched by HA in mid-2014 to subsidise eligible patients who are attending HA GOPCs to receive primary care services from the private sector. The Programme is currently covering 16 districts of the territory. With further extension to two more districts, namely, the North and Yau Tsim Mong districts, in 2018/19, the Programme will cover all 18 districts in Hong Kong. As at end-January 2018, more than 20 000 patients have participated in the programme.

Mid-

2014:

Kwun Tong District, Wong Tai Sin District and Tuen Mun District

2016/17:

Eastern District, Southern District, Wan Chai District, Kowloon City District, Sham Shui Po District, Kwai Tsing District, Sai Kung District, Sha Tin District, Yuen Long District

2017/18:

Central and Western District, Islands District, Tai Po District, Tsuen Wan District

2018/19:

Yau Tsim Mong District, North District

2. Colorectal Cancer Screening (CRC) Pilot Programme Phase 3

DH rolled out the third phase of the CRC pilot programme on 27 November 2017, extending the coverage to about 380 000 eligible Hong Kong residents born in the years 1952 to 1955 for enrollment in subsidised screening tests for the prevention of colorectal cancer. The three-year pilot programme was launched in September 2016 to subsidise asymptomatic Hong Kong residents born from 1946 to 1955 to undergo screening tests in phases. As of early February 2018, about 650 primary care doctors and about 150 colonoscopy specialists had enrolled in the programme, with about 63 000 eligible persons joining as participants.

public and private healthcare services corss over

Briefing Sessions on Enhancement of Patient Registration in eHRSS

To prepare frontline staff of HCPs for the roll-out of enhancement and streamlining measures on patient registration in eHRSS, the eHR Registration Office held 4 briefing sessions on 1, 2, 3 and 8 November 2017 to provide an overview of the new measures. The sessions were received with active participation and enthusiastic discussion. Over 400 participants from HA, DH, private hospitals and other private HCPs attended the briefing sessions.

eHR Annual Risk Review Workshop 2017

The workshop, the eighth so far, was held on 7 November 2017 and attended by about 90 IT professionals and clinicians of HA, DH and private HCPs, as well as representatives from the eHR Office and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. At the workshop, participants discussed challenges faced in eHR development and collaboratively explored possible solutions to address them. Mr Sidney Hui, Assistant General Manager of HKR International Ltd, was invited to the workshop as guest speaker to share his insight on the topic of “Risk Management- An Everyday Business”.