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Primary Care Directory

Primary Care OfficeDepartment of Health

Primary Care Directory

Department of Health

Feb 2011

Outline of Presentation

1. Background information

2. Requirement Entry Maintenance Delisting

3. Long-term arrangement

4. Important timeline

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Background information

Health and Medical

Development Advisory

Committee

Working Group on Primary Care

Task Force on Conceptual Model and P

Task Force on Task Force on Primary Care

Delivery Models

Task Force on Primary Dental Care and Oral

Preventive Protocols

Primary Care Directory

Delivery Models Health

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Task Force on Primary Care Directory

to oversee the development of the Primary Care Directory

members comprising representatives from the government, the Hospital Authority, academia as well as different healthcare bodies

Objectives of the Directory

provide the public and healthcare service providers an easily accessible electronic database containing practice-based information of primary care professionals of various disciplines in the community

foster partnership between individuals and primary care practitioners as health co-ordinators

facilitate the co-ordination among different primary care providers functioning as multi-disciplinary teams

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Professionals to be included

western medical practitioners (doctors)

dentists

Chinese medicine practitioners

other members of the primary care team (e g nurses and other members of the primary care team (e.g. nurses and allied health professionals)

Sub-directories

sub-directories with modifications will be developed for different professionals

the development will be in phases

starting with the Doctor and Dentist sub-directories

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Requirements

Entry requirement

i d d d d i i h lf d l d registered doctors and dentists with self-declared commitment to the provision of directly accessible, comprehensive, continuing, co-ordinated and person-centred primary care

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Maintenance requirement

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Delisting from the Directory

voluntarily withdrawn from the Directory

ceased to be a registered doctor or dentist

failed to meet the requirement for remaining in the Directory

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How to enrol Registered doctors and dentists can enrol by assessing

the Directory on-line at https://www.pcdirectory.gov.hk

Action by applicant

Enrol through internet athttps://www.pcdirectory.gov.hk

Receive instant confirmation email about receipt of li ti d th d t b it HKID d ithi

Provide personal and practice-based information to completethe enrolment process online

Action by Department of Health

Online Enrollment in the Primary Care Directory

Submit HKID card copyby fax / post within one week*

application and the need to submit HKID card copy within one week

Relevant information of application to be sent to MCHK / DCHK for verification of registration status

Vetting of relevant information provided by the applicant

Successful applicant will receive an emailwith account activation link

within 4 weeks upon submitting HKID card copy

Click into the link, select own usernameand password to activate the account

Information will be made available to the public upon official launch of the Directory by

end of March 2011

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HK ID number

will not be shown

strict confidentiality will be observed

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Long-term arrangement

work closely with professionals and academia to review:

the entry and maintenance requirements after the initial stage

the development of corresponding road-map for professional the development of corresponding road map for professional training requirements

Important timeline

Events TimelineEvents Timeline

Recruitment of doctors and dentists Dec 2010

Official launch of the Directory Mar 2011

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Take home messages

On-line enrolmentE ll d l Enroll and get your account early

Supplement information/ edit information later

Thank You