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Fan Hongling pointed out that smart hospitals are the most important development strategy in the future to solve the imbalance between manpower supply and demand

2021-01-17T05:10:55.507Z


Fan Hongling, Chairman of the Hospital Authority, stated in his blog today (17th) that the development of smart hospitals is one of the most important development strategies of the Hospital Authority in the future, hoping to improve the hospital’s hardware and software, and through artificial intelligence and big data.


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Written by: Lao Minyi

2021-01-17 13:04

Last update date: 2021-01-17 13:04

Fan Hongling, chairman of the Hospital Authority, stated in his blog today (17th) that the development of smart hospitals is one of the most important development strategies of the HA in the future. It hopes to improve the hospital’s software and hardware, and assist medical care through artificial intelligence and big data. Use technology to solve the problem of imbalance between manpower and service supply and demand.

Fan Hongling said in his blog that the development of smart hospitals is one of the most important development strategies of the HA in the future.

(Photo/Photo by Li Zetong)

To add smart elements to more than 40 hospitals requires a large number of improvement projects to cooperate with



Fan Hongling. In the past, smart hospitals were just slogan concepts. To add smart elements to more than 40 hospitals, a series of problems must be solved, such as the space or network configuration of old hospitals. , A lot of improvement projects are needed to cooperate with the development of smart hospitals; to introduce a new system in a busy hospital, it is necessary to ensure the safety of patients, but also to ensure that colleagues are accepted and the operation of the hospital is not affected. Frankly speaking, the difficulty is definitely not difficult to imagine.

The Tin Shui Wai Hospital has introduced smart robots to assist the hospital security in patrolling and cleaning, and will also assist medical staff in the ward to take care of patients.

(Picture of Fan Hongling's Blog)

He pointed out that Tin Shui Wai Hospital, Tseung Kwan O Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital are currently used as pilot projects for the development of smart hospitals.

Take the Tin Shui Wai Hospital as an example. The hospital introduces smart robots to assist security guards in patrolling and cleaning. It also assists medical staff in the ward to take care of patients.

In addition, medical staff use smart medical devices to monitor the vital signs of patients at any time, such as measuring blood pressure or temperature; executing medical instructions in the smart ward, such as prescription drugs, can also be carried out simply through tablets and the Internet to save money The tedious work of medical and nursing care is more focused on taking care of patients.

Tseung Kwan O Hospital has also developed remote diagnosis and treatment technology in recent years. The latest is to perform remote surgery or medical procedures through 5G technology.

During the epidemic, if a confirmed patient needs to undergo complex medical procedures, senior medical staff can use 5G real-time video communication technology to give real-time remote instructions to ensure that frontline medical staff can complete the procedures smoothly and safely, and at the same time reduce medical care Contacts between personnel and confirmed patients reduce the risk of infection.



Priority will be given to the addition of smart equipment in the reconstruction of the old hospital

Fan Hongling said that when planning and rebuilding the old hospital in the future, priority will be given to the addition of supporting and network equipment for smart hospitals to ensure that all hospitals in the future can cooperate with technological development and add smart hospital equipment.

As for some newer hospitals, as long as the hardware is suitable, more smart medical equipment will be introduced gradually, and in the future will gradually transform into a true smart hospital.

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Fan Hung Ling, Hospital Authority

Source: hk1

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