Health
programme has been rolled out to 12 districts and is expected to cover all 18 districts in the next two years. It had covered 211 participating service providers and 9,710 patients by end-2016.
Sharing of Electronic Health Records
In 2009, the government started to take forward the development of a citywide Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS) for two-way sharing of participating patients' health data by healthcare providers in the public and private sectors. This new information technology infrastructure aims to enhance the continuity of patient care, promote public-private partnership and improve the quality and efficiency of health care.
The Stage 1 eHRSS was commissioned in March 2016 following the start of major provisions of the Electronic Health Record Sharing System Ordinance (Cap 625).
Healthcare recipients and providers are encouraged to register through engagement and promotional activities. As at end-2016, over 350,000 healthcare recipients and about 1,130 organisations, including private clinics and elderly homes, have registered in addition to the Hospital Authority, Department of Health and 11 private hospitals. About 36,500 accounts have been created for healthcare professionals, including about 9,340 doctors, 26,800 nurses and 360 dentists, to enable access to the eHRSS.
Health Promotion
Healthy Lifestyle
The Department of Health's Central Health Education Unit formulates and implements health promotion strategies. It runs campaigns and programmes to provide information and advice on health-related topics and to encourage healthy eating and regular physical activity. The unit also updates information and health advice on infectious diseases, and produces materials in various languages to raise awareness among ethnic minorities of hygiene measures and the need to prevent communicable diseases.
In the 2015-16 school year, 608 pre-primary institutions participated in the [email protected] campaign and over 470 primary schools, including special schools, joined the [email protected] campaign. In 2016, about 680 restaurants took part in the [email protected] campaign.
The department also collaborated with the Education Bureau to launch a Joyful@School campaign in August to promote mental well-being among primary and secondary students.
In October, the department and the Occupational Safety and Health Council launched a Joyful@Healthy Workplace programme. About 390 organisations involving 230,000 employees joined the programme.
A total of 318 secondary schools, about 69,300 students and 500 parents and teachers enrolled in the Adolescent Health Programme and received its services.
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