eHealth News

The Electronic Health Record (eHR) Office continued to publicise and engage stakeholders in the public and private sectors through various channels, with a view to bringing them up-to-date developments and enhancing their understanding of the eHR Sharing System (eHealth).

eHealth and COVID-19 Vaccination

To safeguard public health and to allow the resuming of normal activities of society gradually, the Government is implementing a territory-wide COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (Programme) free of charge for all Hong Kong residents. You can register with eHealth via the Programme. After successful registration with eHealth, your COVID-19 vaccination records will be uploaded to eHealth. Healthcare providers with your sharing consent can access your health records on “need-to-know basis“. You can also view the records via the “醫健通eHealth” App, which is available for download at app stores, to manage your health anytime, anywhere! For details, please refer to the thematic leaflet and poster.

Community Roving Exhibition

To further promote eHealth in the community, the eHR Office held the second roving exhibition from 2 to 6 July 2020 at Kornhill Plaza in Quarry Bay. There were display panels and video broadcast at the exhibition to introduce the concept, benefits and latest development of eHealth. Through the interactive game, visitors’ interest and understanding about eHealth were enhanced. Staff also invited visitors to register on-site and over 650 of them had successfully joint eHealth during the exhibition period.

Gerontech and Innovation Expo cum Summit (GIES) 2020

Following the successful experience in the past three years, the eHR Office continued to join hands with the Department of Health (DH) for the fourth consecutive year in setting up an exhibition booth at GIES held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 19 to 22 November 2020 in order to promote eHealth and related DH programmes, including the Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme, the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme and the Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme. In addition, there was a motion-sensing interactive game at the booth to promote the use of “醫健通eHealth” App as a new mode of health management. Registration counters were also set up which attracted over 300 members of the public to join eHealth during the four-day event.

Mobile Registration Teams in Renovated Markets

During the second half of 2020, in order to reach out to citizens of different walks of life, the eHR Office deployed mobile registration teams to renovated markets in different districts, including Maritime Market (Tsing Yi Market), FRESHIN (Tsz Wan Shan Market), Leung King Market and FRESHALL (Sha Kok Market), etc. Registration counters were set up to promote the benefits of eHealth, inviting many residents in the neighbourhood to register on-site.

New Promotional Materials for Mobile App

With the launch of the “醫健通eHealth” App in the first quarter of 2021, the eHR Office designed relevant poster and leaflet to encourage the public to download and install the App to experience this one-stop health information platform, as well as to register with eHealth for full functions. The posters were displayed at various housing estates, footbridges and bus stations, etc., while the leaflets were distributed with water bills mailed between January and April 2021. For details, please refer to the related article in this issue - “醫健通eHealth App Goes Live – Your Participation Matters”

New Look of eHealth Website

A newly designed eHealth website was launched by the eHR Office in late December 2020. Responsive web design, which could automatically adjust the layout to cater for the screen sizes, resolutions and orientations of different mobile devices, was adopted. The navigation of the webpage was also improved, content was more concise and additional information about eHealth was provided to enable users accessing and searching the information more quickly and effectively.

Sharing Session on Mobile App

The sharing session on using the “醫健通eHealth” Mobile App was held online on 18 January 2021, during which the eHR Office and representatives of four patient and parent groups shared their experience in using the App. Valuable opinions and feedback about the functions, interface and features of the App were also collected to help the development team to further enhance the App in the future.