How do you get access to your medical records? Hong Kong’s new pilot e-health portal will give patients a closer look at their data

Patients in Hong Kong will be able to access their own medical records and input health data with the trial run later this year of a new portal for the city’s electronic health record sharing system.The move will broaden access to the e-health record system, which was launched in 2016 and is currently accessible only by health care providers such as doctors and nurses in the public and private sectors.At present, the system allows professionals in different institutions to view and share health…