Yuan Jingxian, chief reporter of Shenzhen Business Daily Reading and Innovation Client
In order to make it more convenient for residents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to get vaccinated and build an immune barrier, Guangzhou Ruida Internet Hospital, a subsidiary of the Greater Bay Area Medical Group, has recently launched a medical service mini-program on WeChat to provide Hong Kong people living in Guangdong with a variety of health services, including vaccine appointments and physical examinations for Hong Kong residents.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a permanent population of more than 86 million, and in recent years, with the closer exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, more and more Hong Kong and Macao residents have come to work and live in Guangdong. Previously, with the support of many policies such as the "Hong Kong and Macao Medicines and Medical Devices Connect", Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have made remarkable achievements in the interconnection of medical resources, but it should still be pointed out that the convenience and consistency of vaccine services still need to be strengthened.
It is reported that unlike Guangdong vaccination institutions, many Hong Kong and Macao clinics still do not provide convenient functional services such as one-click appointment and payment on mobile phones and mobile terminals, and the appointment process is cumbersome, which can easily lead to the problem of "missing needles" and "missing shots" in the process of vaccination, especially in children. Having a convenient and efficient vaccination service experience has become the expectation of many residents in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
At present, it has launched many vaccine varieties, including children's quadruple vaccine, children's hexagram vaccine, quadrivalent meningitis vaccine and influenza vaccine recommended for the elderly in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Through the Mini Program, Hong Kong people living in the mainland can choose, make appointments and pay for vaccination, solve the problems of "difficult appointments" and "complicated appointments" for cross-regional vaccination of Hong Kong and Hong Kong people in Guangdong, and contribute to the process of public health integration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Ruida said that the improvement of such a digital vaccination appointment system will help build an immunity barrier for infectious diseases, especially vaccine-preventable infections in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.