For more than 10 years, the eHealth Consortium has been actively promoting Electronic Health Records (eHR) in Hong Kong. The Consortium has provided an important platform for the public and private healthcare sectors to promulgate the development of eHR in Hong Kong riding on the rapid wave of its development in advanced economies worldwide.

The advent of the territory-wide Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS) by the Food and Health Bureau in early 2016 is conducive to the overall efficiency in patient care. Against this backdrop, the Asia Pacific Electronic Health Records Conference 2016 will provide a timely opportunity for national policy makers, professionals from healthcare and health informatics industries, as well as the ICT industry players from different parts of the world to share experiences and discuss the policy issues with the professionals and experts in Hong Kong.