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Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a global phenomenon, resulting in admitted patients in the ED, and new patients waiting in the ED waiting rooms to be seen. Meanwhile, a significant portion of these patients in the waiting room could potentially be managed away from ED. How can telehealth a...

The presentation shall discuss on mandatory mental health treatments in the community, stakeholders' perspectives on conditional discharge, and review of the effectiveness of a compulsory intervention, namely "Community Treatment Order" (CTO), which had been implemented in some Western countries.Con...

The presentation on "Modern Technologies and Facilities for Simulation and Skills Training" explores the latest advancements in aviation training, focusing on Full Flight Simulators (FFS), Fixed-based Flight Training Devices (FTD), Computer-Based Training (CBT), and the use of data-driven technology...

Aerodigestive disorders are diseases of the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lung, and or upper digestive tract that may affect the respiratory, swallowing functions and or growth of the child. The case nature is complex. Compare with adults, the neonates and infants have a unique upper airway and...

Over the past two decades, there has been remarkable progress in the management of haemophilia. Cloning of the genes encoding factor VIII and factor IX, together with advances in bioengineering have led to novel therapies that offer easier modes of administration, extended half-lives, and improved p...

Falls are common in elderly and being one of the leading causes of head injury in older adults. The role of geriatric assessment to optimize care for these elderly patients admitted with head injury is gaining increasing attention in recent years as these patients commonly suffer from one or more ge...

Occupational Therapist (OT) has been as one of the key members in Paediatric Aerodigestive Service Team in Kwong Wah Hospital since its establishment in the year 2015. Under care coordination by respiratory and gastrointestinal specialists, OT plays important roles in assessment & training of oral m...

Heart failure is a highly debilitating, life-threatening condition that resulting in high mortality and admission rate, and poor quality of life. According to a previous local study, the prevalence of heart failure (HF) in Hong Kong is around 1%. The rate of hospitalization for new onset HF is as hi...

Motor neuron disease (MND) is a relentlessly progressive and incurable neurodegenerative disorder leading to muscle weakness, disability, and eventually death. MND patients have heterogeneous clinical presentation, depending on the population of involved motor neurons. MND may first manifest as weak...

IntroductionCommunity Nursing Service (CNS) has long been providing holistic community care aiming to empower patients/ carers for self-care and reduce hospital utilization. Tele-Visit, an innovative strategy of TeleHealth development in CNS, serves as an adjunct to primary mode of CNS outreach serv...

Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a global phenomenon, resulting in admitted patients in the ED, and new patients waiting in the ED waiting rooms to be seen. Meanwhile, a significant portion of these patients in the waiting room could potentially be managed away from ED. How can telehealth a...

Obesity is classified as non-communicable disease according to WHO and closely associated with comorbidities including diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, fatty liver, sleep apnoea etc. It is also proven to increase risk of having breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and endometrial cancer ...

 MRgFUS is an advanced incisionless therapeutic technology mainly for treating movement disorders (e.g. Essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, dystonia) and even for psychiatric and oncological conditions. It is becoming a popular alternative to medication and surgical intervention for many medicat...

The National Organ Allocation System of China, known as China Organ Transplant Response System (COTRS), stands as a testament to the country's commitment to an ethical and transparent approach in organ donation and transplantation. As one of the five subsystems of the National Organ Donation and Tr...

One of the Government's policy initiatives to enhance Primary Care is to coordinate various service providers of primary care services under the concept of Community Health Centre (CHC). Indeed, CHC can help to enhance the role of gate-keeping in primary care in order to "Help People Stay Healthy", ...

Aim: To present the ‘Nurse Injector’ role & responsibilities in Sunderland Eye Infirmary (SEI) and United Kingdom (NHS) overall.Methods: The presentation goes through the challenges faced by a busy Medical Retina service at a tertiary referral centre in Northeast of England, especially the work ...

Augmented reality (AR) and 3D scanning technology has emerged as a transformative technology with the potential to revolutionize various industries, including home environment intervention. This abstract provides an overview of the development and application of AR and 3D scanning in the context of ...

Geriatric hip fracture is more than a fracture. It is actually a representation of underlying frailty of the elderly. Therefore it has a potential devastating outcomes, resulting in high mortality, substantial debility, functional loss and poor quality of life. Clearly it is not enough nor ethical t...

As a rare cancer, treatment options for neuroendocrine tumour (NET) after failing initial therapy had been limited. Not until 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), lutetium-177 dotatate for adult patients with advanced NETs affecting th...

With the advances in diagnostic, medical therapy, surgical and anaesthetic care, curative or palliative surgery can be considered in older patients or those having more complicated background medical conditions whom may have been precluded from surgical options by patients himself or the clinical te...

Aerodigestive problems include a variety of conditions that affect the respiratory and digestive systems. Children with such conditions may have issues with their breathing, feeding, swallowing or growth. Nutritional deficiencies are commonly seen in aerodigestive population due to alternations in i...

The Surgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Programme (SOMIP) is an outcome-based, risk-adjusted, hospital-focused programme implemented across 17 public hospitals in Hospital Authority (HA) with surgical unit since 2008. Its primary objective is to enable risk-adjusted comparison among surgica...

Neuromodulation such as stereotactic lesioning surgery and deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for decades for management of advanced movement disorders. Unfortunately, these surgical treatments are associated with complications such as intracerebral haemorrhage, infections, damage to adjacen...

Dysphagia (swallowing disorders) is prevalent among patients with stroke and other neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. It can result in devastating consequences including malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, prolonged hospital stays and increased m...

Newborn screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism (NBSIEM) began as a pilot program in Oct 2015 and was implemented to all birthing hospitals under the Hospital Authority in stages, with completion in October 2020. From April 2016 till October 2019, the number of conditions increased from 21 to 26. ...

Ophthalmic nursing has undergone a significant transformation, transitioning from solely assisting doctors to leading patient treatment, notably in administering intravitreal injections. The increasing demand for these injections has overwhelmed doctors, resulting in prolonged patient wait times. Tr...

The Neurosurgical Outcomes Monitoring and Improvement Programme (NOMIP) aims to monitor and enhance the outcomes of neurosurgical procedures in public hospitals in Hong Kong. NOMIP utilizes a non-punitive and transparent process to encourage hospitals to improve their performance. The programme focu...

The presentation will share to our audiences about the current service model provision of haemophilia children in Hong Kong in the era of establishment of Haematology & Oncology service in Hong Kong Children's Hospital. Since 1992, our seniors taking care of children with cancers and complicated ha...

Severe mental illness (SMI), including psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder, affects 2-3% of the population and constitutes one of the main causes of disability worldwide. Critically, evidence has shown that people with SMI may exhibit increased premature mortality and physical comorbidity relat...

The Government has launched an on-going mental health promotion and public education initiative named “Shall We Talk” since July 2020. Through an array of traditional and emerging publicity channels, the initiative reaches out to all walks of life, with an aim to promote mental health and elimin...