The Health Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council discussed the "Primary Healthcare Blueprint" and the development of Chinese medicine today (10th).
At the meeting, many Members were concerned about the shortage of medical staff in Hong Kong, which may hinder the development of primary medical care. The Secretary of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lo Chung-mao, said that when the government launches a government-funded medical plan, it will select registered doctors from the list of primary medical care. to induce.
In addition, Lin Zhexuan from the medical and health sector hopes that the authorities will formulate a national health examination plan to allow citizens to prevent "three highs" and cancer as early as possible, while specialized outpatient clinics in public hospitals will focus on dealing with unstable and complicated cases.
At present, there are only 2,600 doctors in Hong Kong included in the primary care register.
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The government plan to invite doctors on the roster to participate is believed to be attractive to join
The blueprint promotes the vision of "one person, one family doctor". However, Lee Sai-wing of the DAB noticed that there are currently only 2,600 doctors in Hong Kong's primary medical register, and worried that it would be difficult to meet the medical needs of all Hong Kong citizens.
Lu Chongmao responded that the primary medical services are currently in the stage of just launching and strengthening. Various plans launched by the authorities, including the "Chronic Disease Co-management Plan", optimized medical vouchers for the elderly, vaccinations, and cancer screenings, will be selected from the roster Doctors, I believe it can bring incentives to attract more doctors to sign up.
As for the development of national physical examination and medical screening, Lu Chongmao said that the cost and risk of screening should be considered, and it should be judged whether medical screening is cost-effective depending on the support of medical data.
Yijiantong connects electronic medical records and software vendors research
Member of the Science and Technology Innovation Industry Councilor Chiu Dugan is also concerned about how the authorities can promote the transformation of the "Electronic Health Record Sharing System" (Yijiantong) from the current basic health record sharing system to a comprehensive and comprehensive system that integrates medical data sharing, service provision and process management. Medical information infrastructure.
Chen Songqing, Permanent Secretary of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that in the future, he will assist electronic medical record software vendors to make it easier for eHealth to connect with the authority's electronic medical record system and upload data technically. In the long run, he will study the "Electronic Medical Record Is there room for revision of the Regulations on the Interoperable System, which will force doctors to upload more important medical information to the system.
At present, among the 43 public hospitals, only 8 provide Chinese medicine services.
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Chen Yongguang requires the Chinese medicine development commissioner to have a professional background
As for the development of Chinese medicine, the government intends to create the post of "Chinese Medicine Development Commissioner". However, Chan Wing-kwong, a member of the DAB who is a Chinese medicine practitioner, believes that it is not enough for the authorities to only require the commissioner to "understand" Chinese medicine: "The professionalism of the commissioner The background is very important and a necessary condition!" Ge Peifan of the DAB also agreed with what Chen Yongguang said, and continued to point out that the authorities must reform the political system in order to better promote the development of Chinese medicine: "Of the 43 public hospitals, only 8 provide Chinese medicine services, and Chinese medicine consultation fee is 120 yuan, and western medicine fee is 50 yuan. The treatment methods of Chinese medicine and western medicine are different, which will affect the development of Chinese medicine. "
Li Xiayinqiang, deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that it is expected to launch a blueprint for the development of traditional Chinese medicine next year, and the above-mentioned issues will be studied in detail at that time.
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