Govt announces implementation of Elderly Health Care Voucher Greater Bay Area Pilot Scheme in Guangzhou and Dongguan
The Government today (Aug. 28) announced that Nansha Division of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University in Nansha district in Guangzhou (FAH-NS) and Dongguan Tungwah Hospital in Dongguan (Tungwah Hospital) will implement the Elderly Health Care Voucher Greater Bay Area Pilot Scheme (Pilot Scheme) from Sept. 6.
The number of service points where the Hong Kong Elderly Health Care Voucher (EHCV) can be used in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) will be expanded to nine, marking the full implementation of the Pilot Scheme as announced in the Policy Address last year.
On the same day, the new functions of "Cross-boundary Health Record" and "Personal Folder" in the eHealth mobile application (eHealth App) will also be extended to the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (FAH-SYSU) and Zhongshan Chen Xinghai Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (ZSCXH), which had already launched the EHCV services under the Pilot Scheme earlier on, to enhance the continuity of care for Hong Kong citizens through facilitating the secure use of cross-boundary electronic health records.
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