The Hong Kong Department of Health's Center for Health
Protection (CHP) launched an online reporting system on Tuesday to
boost the efficiency of the infectious disease surveillance
system.
The system, called CENO On-line, enables doctors to report
communicable diseases to the CHP through the Internet, said Thomas
Tsang, a consultant to the CHP.
Physicians can use the system to report diseases subject to
statutory notification requirements, other communicable diseases of
public health concern, poisonings related to heavy metal or
traditional Chinese medicine, suspected institutional outbreaks and
unusual clustering of communicable diseases.
CENO On-line provides a faster and more convenient way for
doctors to report infectious diseases, and?makes available
feedback about the status of their notifications, Tsang said.
The system is built on a secure platform. Each doctor has been
provided with an individual password to log on to the system to
ensure safe transmission of patient information.
(Xinhua News Agency March 2, 2005)