“Hong Kong’s Food and Health Bureau has set out healthcare reform plans that include proposals to develop a Hong Kong-wide electronic patient record-sharing system.
The shared electronic health record system would enable different public and private healthcare providers to enter, transfer and access patient data. The system would include mechanisms for obtaining patients’ consent, and for authenticating and controlling data access, based on Smart ID Cards.”
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Jon Hoeksma, e-Health Europe, 4 March 2009
