Public healthcare system in Macao

Abstract

The creation of an effective scheme to communicate and prevent crisis situation is the motto for this paper in which we give special emphasis to health. The SRAS epidemic caused economic depression on the Asia Pacific region and in Macao, which also affected the residents and the number of visitors to Macau [1]. Given the existing know-how concerning the meteorological crisis situations and the existing traffic mobile application (APPs) model our proposal is that the public administration, namely the Government rethinks analogue communication channels for other crisis situations that may affect the population in the territory. We start with a brief description of Macao's territory and its health system. We identify the financing forms of the system regarding the residents and non-residents. We introduce the communication and education means for the citizens concerning the health politics and the diseases prevention and we identify its main problems. Finally, we present some of the issues to have in mind in the proposed model to prevent and alert in any risk situation as well as the conclusions of our research. Although it is a preliminary work that will be extended for a Master's degree, we introduce some original ideas enhancing the use of already existing resources and structures already, which leads us to believe in the viability of the project and its real accomplishment. It is an ambitious project that implicates some organizational changes, development and implementation of information and communication technologies but that would represent important and justifiable progress regarding the public safety and health.