Health Bureau to launch schemes promoting eHealth adoption

This includes a monthly subsidy of $500 per registered doctor for private HCPs.

The Health Bureau is set to launch the “eHealth+ Connectivity Support Scheme” to encourage private healthcare providers (HCPs) to adopt clinical management systems (CMSes) that upload patients’ medical records to their personal eHealth accounts.

Eligible private HCPs can apply for a monthly subsidy of $500 per registered doctor, for up to 12 months, to support their use of accredited CMSes until 31 March 2026.

HCPs are also urged to deposit patients’ electronic health records into their personal eHealth accounts upon authorisation.

Meanwhile, the "eHealth+ Connectivity Accreditation Scheme" will also be implemented.

The scheme will introduce three levels of accreditation – gold mark, silver mark, and bronze mark – corresponding to HCPs’ levels of capability in depositing electronic health records (EHRs) into eHealth.

The first phase of the accreditation scheme encompasses Western medicine HCPs, medical laboratory centres, and radiology diagnostics centres.

According to the bureau, present shareable data in eHealth includes 11 types of EHRs.