The Institute of Health IT (IHIT) is established in 2018, with an aim to serve as a platform to advocate and cultivate the professional development of health IT in Hong Kong by leveraging its own immense knowledge and experience of Health IT accumulated for more than quarter of a century. It serves not only the HA staff, but will also extend its service to the public sector, the local healthcare and information technology industries, as well as the academic community.

Information Technology in HA

Established in 1990, the Hospital Authority (HA) is the statutory body responsible for managing Hong Kong's public hospitals services since December 1991. 

The HA started the development and use of its electronic health record system, the Clinical Management System (CMS), in the mid-1990s, which supports the daily clinical operations for over 70,000 healthcare professionals and management staff in the organization. 

In view of its rich experience and sound expertise in the use and management of electronic health record system, the Food and Health Bureau has engaged the HA as the technical agency for the development and operation of the Electronic Health record Sharing System (eHRSS), a territory-wide, patient-oriented electronic sharing platform which enables authorised healthcare providing organisations in the public and private sectors to access and share participating patients’ electronic health records (eHR) for healthcare purposes. The eHRSS was launched in March 2016.