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Message from Chief Executive

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

I am honoured and delighted to extend a warm welcome to all participants of
the Hospital Authority Convention 2018. The Convention, a flagship healthcare
event, provides an excellent opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking
among medical practitioners, administrators and academics from Hong Kong
and across the globe.

The prevalence of chronic diseases and ageing population pose new challenges
to healthcare providers nowadays in most healthcare systems. To surmount
these challenges, the Hospital Authority reinforces public-private partnerships
in which a part of the programme promotes the notion of family doctor in the
community. In addition, the Hospital Authority has introduced new models of
care to support patients, e.g. integrated model of specialist out-patient services
in nurse clinics to optimise input from multi-professional teams for patient care,
and medical-social collaborative pilot programmes to provide integrated support
for discharged elders and patients with dementia. We look forward to more
dynamic discussions in the Convention this year as inspirations and impetus for
initiatives.

On this remarkable occasion, we will have over 90 distinguished overseas and
local speakers to share with us their exciting findings and insights. Through
over 50 plenary sessions, parallel sessions, special sessions, masterclasses
and symposiums, our rich programme focuses on the Hospital Authority’s core
values of ‘People-centred Care’, ‘Professional Service’, ‘Committed Staff’ and
‘Teamwork’.

The success in organising the Conference relies ultimately on the Organising
Committee, Scientific Programme Committee, Convention Management Committee
and all colleagues from various levels. I am thankful for their dedication and
support. Recognition should also go to the Convention Secretariat for their sterling
efforts.

I wish all participants a fruitful experience and overseas guests an intellectually
and culturally stimulating stay in Hong Kong.

Dr PY LEUNG
Chief Executive
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2018

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