Greater China Ripe For Cradle-to-grave Health Record Cards As Care Costs Soar: HIMSS Conference
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Although it is still in the realm of speculation, health authorities and practitioners in Greater China are beginning to consider some kind of cradle-to-grave cross-border record system that would cover every person in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
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