Policy Address

Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities

238.         The Government will tighten the regulation of private healthcare facilities by establishing a new regulatory regime through legislation to ensure patient safety and protect consumer rights.

Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme

239.         The Government will prepare to implement the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, including setting the minimum requirements for insurance products, drafting standardised policy terms and conditions and planning for the migration of existing policies.

Electronic Health Record Sharing

240.         The Electronic Health Record Sharing System, which promotes co-operation between the public and private sectors, will be commissioned early this year.  The second stage of the programme will also commence in due course.  Tentatively, the project will cover sharing of radiological images and expansion of the sharable scope of data. 

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