From the editor

You might be reading the print version of HASLink, but you’ll still want to have your smartphone or tablet to hand this month as we take you on a journey around the expanding mobile and online world that is being created by the Hospital Authority’s information technology team.

With the aim of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare services, HA’s IT professionals have been working side by side with frontline colleagues to identify opportunities for using their technical skills and innovative minds to develop electronic medical systems. This issue’s Cover Story highlights some of the apps that the IT team has already launched, as well as several other solutions that are currently in development, to help their colleagues provide quality care to patients.

On the ground, in the air or at sea – nothing stops HA from fulfilling its mission to save lives. Turn to Feature to learn more about the medical rescue services in remote and hard-to-reach locations.

Finally, with the official announcement of the Outstanding Staff and Teams Award 2016 just one month away, the HASLink team is already hard at work on its special May issue. We wish you all good luck and offer our sincere thanks for your continuing dedication to safeguarding public health.