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Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) comprise a large group of both clinically and etiologically heterogeneous disorders involving in human metabolism. There are more than 1000 different IEM disorders ranging from organic acidemias, amino acid metabolism, urea cycle defects, fatty acid oxidation, mitoc...

Community geriatric assessment services was established in 1994 by HA to better serve elderly from residential care  homes of the elderly (RCHE), who are high volume users of HA services. CGAS vision of seamless care was to provide timely geriatric management together with social sector partner...

Use of dried blood spots (DBS) to screen newborns for inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) began as a pilot study in Hong Kong (HK) in 2015. Results from the pilot study showed the collective incidence of the 24 screened conditions to be 1 in 1,682. The pilot study demonstrated feasible logistics and a...

Promoting collaboration between palliative care (PC) and other specialties through a shared care model according to patients’ needs is one of the strategic directions stated in the Hospital Authority Strategic Service Framework for Palliative Care in 2017. A new Inter-hospital Palliative Care Cons...