ICT in Medical Services The New Economy Enhancing Our New Key Industries with ICT Hong Kong Computer Society Forum 2009.09.30 Charles Mok Ex-officio Member Hong Kong Information Technology Federation

Announced Government initiatives Land for new private hospitals Wong Chuk Hang, Tseung Kwan O, Tai Po, Tung Chung; 200-600 beds each Opportunities for new hospital infrastructure planning HA's Clinical Management System III Currently under development Territory-wide Electronic Health Records Funds allocated (over $800M) EHR office to be formed

Land for new private hospitals

Wong Chuk Hang, Tseung Kwan O, Tai Po, Tung Chung; 200-600 beds each

Opportunities for new hospital infrastructure planning

HA's Clinical Management System III

Currently under development

Territory-wide Electronic Health Records

Funds allocated (over $800M)

EHR office to be formed

CMS and EHR Beyond the direct funding from Govt New opportunities from related sectors and industries Private medical sector, care providers/NGOs Financial/insurance services, pharmaceutical, Forming and Harnessing The Health Data Cloud The Patient View Beyond Hong Kong's territory

Beyond the direct funding from Govt

New opportunities from related sectors and industries

Private medical sector, care providers/NGOs

Financial/insurance services, pharmaceutical,

Forming and Harnessing The Health Data Cloud

The Patient View

Beyond Hong Kong's territory

Security and Quality Improvement Direct security issues Data security and privacy concerns due to CMS and EHR Technological applications to improve quality of care E.g. 2D barcode and RFID for identification and control of drugs, equipment to babies and corpses Food or drug labeling – developing Hong Kong as a center of excellence

Direct security issues

Data security and privacy concerns due to CMS and EHR

Technological applications to improve quality of care

E.g. 2D barcode and RFID for identification and control of drugs, equipment to babies and corpses

Food or drug labeling – developing Hong Kong as a center of excellence

Hong Kong and Beyond People Factor and Education Growing local market Private medical sector Related industries New key applications Beyond Hong Kong China – undergoing medical reform Challenges Asia

People Factor and Education

Growing local market

Private medical sector

Related industries

New key applications

Beyond Hong Kong

China – undergoing medical reform

Challenges

Asia

Thank you Charles Mok Ex-officio Member, HKITF Health IT Special Interest Division, HKCS [email_address] www.charlesmok.hk

Charles Mok

Ex-officio Member, HKITF

Health IT Special Interest Division, HKCS

[email_address]

www.charlesmok.hk