Establishing Children's Lifelong Electronic Health Record with eHealth
Providing Smart Support for Parents to Safeguard Every Step of Growth

Easy Registration
Simply Take a Photo of the Birth Certificate to Register eHealth

Mrs. Leung, a new mother to a 1.5-year-old son, admitted that she first learned about eHealth during her pregnancy. She recalled, "During my pregnancy, I went back and forth between public hospitals and private clinics for prenatal check-ups, which left me with a pile of investigation reports. At the time, I found out that eHealth could share health records from both public and private sectors. I could even access laboratory records of general routine check-ups though the eHealth App, which motivates me to register with eHealth. In addition, I discovered that my baby's vaccination records can also be accessed via the App, which is really handy. Furthermore, registering my son for eHealth was incredibly easy. All I had to do was take a photo of his Hong Kong Birth Certificate through the eHealth App and the registration was completed in a short time. It's so convenient!"

Currently, parents can log in to the App and navigate to the "My Family" function, where they can take a photo of their children's Hong Kong Birth Certificate, verify and input relevant information to register the children under 16 with eHealth. Upon successful registration, parents will receive a notification via the registered communication mean, and their children will automatically be added to their "My Family" profile in the App. From then on, parents can centrally manage their children's health records, such as appointments, vaccinations, child growth and medication records, gradually building a lifelong health record for their children.

eHealth being Your Children's Lifelong Health Companion from the First Vaccination

"I still remember how my mum would scramble around the entire house every year before school started, looking for my vaccination records just to fill out the school immunisation form. Sometimes, the nurses would hand out extra vaccination records for parents to staple to the paper immunisation card. But in the hustle and bustle, those loose sheets would always end up lost.”

Mrs. Leung demonstrated the "Vaccines" function of the eHealth App and shared, "Newborns need to get over ten different vaccines in their first two years. Now, with the eHealth App, I can easily access my son's entire vaccination records at a glance. The eHealth App even displays appointments which allows me to know exactly when my son's vaccinations are taken, so I never have to worry about missing a single crucial dose."

In addition to the "Vaccines" function, the "Child Growth Record" function allows parents to regularly record their children's height and weight, with instant growth analysis. Parents can also access child health information, including infant nutrition guidelines, breastfeeding tips, and guidance on interpreting growth data, empowering new parents to fully understand their children's development progress and health needs.

"I felt completely overwhelmed right after giving birth, recovering physically while constantly worrying about breastmilk supply and the frequency of baby's passing stool were normal. Now with the eHealth App, parenting resources are always at my fingertips. Even at midnight when questions arise, I can immediately find reliable answers. It has made everything so much easier!"

Parenting in the Smart Era
Comprehensive Care from Pregnancy to Childhood

Safeguarding children's health is one of parenthood's mutual responsibilities. As a one-stop comprehensive health portal, eHealth empowers parents to confidently navigate every critical stage of their children's development. Mr. and Mrs. Leung shared their personal experience, "From managing vaccination records to tracking our children's growth milestones, eHealth truly lightened our parenting load." They particularly recommend expectant parents use their pre-delivery period to register themselves with eHealth, familiarise the App's functions, so they can register their newborn through the "My Family" function after birth, ensuring every milestones is recorded from their very first vaccination onward."

Looking ahead, Mrs. Leung hopes eHealth can expand further into prenatal health management, while recording important lifestyle data like infant feeding frequency and sleep cycles, achieving comprehensive "pregnancy-to-childhood" health management. Mr. Leung added, "If the App could incorporate artificial intelligence to add a chatbot providing parenting advice, it would become a health guide for new parents!"

From cumbersome paper records to intelligent health management, eHealth's development represents not just an innovation in health tools, but a technological redefinition of health management that enables parents to care for their children's health in a smart way. As Mr. Leung put it, "eHealth isn't just a tool. It’s our parenting companion, helping us better enjoy every moment of our children's growth journey."