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Longer waiting times as Singapore's healthcare capacity impacted …

(1 days ago) WebSenior Minister of State for Health, Dr Janil Puthucheary, cited this as an example of how the recent "exponential rise" in Covid-19 cases in Singapore has impacted the country's healthcare capacity.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/longer-waiting-times-as-singapores-healthcare-capacity-impacted-by-recent

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MOH Resources & Statistics - Ministry of Health

(3 days ago) WebSearch for publications, education brochures, statistics on admission rates, waiting times, bed occupancy rates, diseases and more. Toggle navigation. Search. For Public News …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics

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Understanding Hospital Waiting Times - Saw Swee Hock …

(7 days ago) Webshorter waiting times mean better care, fewer complications, better outcomes, and higher quality of life. In the Committee of Supply debate in 2016, the Minister for Health …

https://sph.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SSHSPH_Understanding-Hospital-Waiting-Times.pdf

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Median wait time for admission to hospital wards has …

(3 days ago) Web25 Apr 2023 05:21PM (Updated: 25 Apr 2023 05:25PM) SINGAPORE: With hospital emergency departments seeing higher volumes of patients over the past two weeks, the median waiting time for admission

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/moh-hospital-waiting-times-7-hours-covid-19-3442136

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Singapore's health-care system: key features, …

(3 days ago) Web1. Singapore's current health-care delivery model comprises a hybrid of public and private elements ( table 1 ). The hospital sector is …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00252-X/fulltext

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Longer waiting times for beds in some hospitals, but …

(5 days ago) WebSingapore’s biggest hospital, the Singapore General Hospital, also had median wait times ranging from 3.3 hours to 8.5 hours that week. But other hospitals had days when half of the patients

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/longer-waiting-times-for-beds-in-some-hospitals-but-treatment-not-delayed-moh

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Singapore’s public hospital bed crunch: Are radical solutions …

(9 days ago) WebThese are part of a five-year plan to add 1,900 public hospital beds to Singapore’s healthcare capacity. In public acute hospitals, there were 9,820 beds as at last year, …

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/singapore-public-hospital-bed-crunch-waiting-time-radical-solutions-3943586

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Longer wait for admission with most public - The Straits Times

(6 days ago) WebThe first stepped-up community care facility for Covid-19 patients will be at the NTUC Health nursing home in Tampines. It will start operations on Thursday with …

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/most-public-hospitals-saw-more-ae-patients-in-past-week-compared-with-past-month

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(5 days ago) Web1 As we exit from the COVID-19 crisis, hospitals have found that the average length of stay has increased significantly, from 6.1 days to 7 days. This translates into …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/waiting-times-for-admissions-at-public-hospitals

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MOH Waiting Time for Admission to Ward - Ministry of Health

(2 days ago) WebThe waiting time for admission to ward is computed from the time "Decision by doctor to admit patient" to the "Time patient exits EMD” (to go to inpatient ward). Median (50th …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics/healthcare-institution-statistics/waiting-time-for-admission-to-ward

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Public hospitals working with MOH to ease patient - The Straits …

(3 days ago) WebA sign showing waiting time of up to 50 hours for a bed at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital's emergency department on Oct 20, 2022. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/healthcare-authorities-working-to-ease-patient-loads-in-emergency-departments-amid-covid-19-surge

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Waiting Time as an Indicator for Health Services Under Strain: A

(2 days ago) WebWaiting times for elective surgery and ED care are a frequently included key performance indicator for health services, often reported to the public and keenly profiled …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0046958020910305

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Trend of longer waiting times to see polyclinic doctors

(3 days ago) WebIt was reported that the wait is longer at the nine SingHealth polyclinics, with a median wait time of 17 to 28 mins. Waiting times to see a polyclinic doctor have gone up …

https://www.healthxchange.sg/news/trend-longer-waiting-times-see-polyclinic-doctors

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Strategies to Improve Outpatient Waiting Time to

(9 days ago) WebWaiting Time to Appointment (WTA) for outpatient specialist service has been a perennial challenge for the nation. Exacerbated by an ageing population and the increasing …

https://www.singaporehealthcaremanagement.sg/Documents/Poster%20Competition%202019/Operations/OP124%20-%20Lois%20Goh%20_SGH%20-%20Sustainable%20Strategies%20to%20Improve%20WTA.pdf

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Health Care Wait Times by Country 2024 - World Population Review

(4 days ago) WebCanada had the highest at 33% and Switzerland had the lowest at 12%. The U.S. was towards the lower end for the share of people waiting one month or more for a specialist …

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/health-care-wait-times-by-country

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Public and private hospitals in Singapore: Key differences expats

(4 days ago) WebWait Times. In terms of waiting times in Singapore hospitals, it should come as no surprise that the country operates in a very similar way to other countries …

https://www.pacificprime.sg/blog/public-and-private-hospitals-differences/

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What Makes Singapore’s Health Care So Cheap? - The New York Times

(9 days ago) WebA second health care program is Medishield Life. This is for catastrophic illness, and while it’s not mandatory, almost all of the population is covered by it. It’s really cheap, from $16 a

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/upshot/what-makes-singapores-health-care-so-cheap.html

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Waiting Times - OECD

(7 days ago) WebData. Waiting times for elective surgery in OECD countries: see the chapter on "Access to Care" in Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators (November 2023); …

https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/waiting-times.htm

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(1 days ago) WebThe Ministry of Health recognises that long SOC waiting times is a significant problem and has been working closely with the public health care clusters to implement measures to address this issue. Causes for Long Waiting Times. MOH and the clusters have identified 3 main causes for long SOC waiting times:

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/waiting-times-in-specialist-outpatient-clinics-of-restructured-hospitals-and-specialty-centres

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Long ER waits plague short-staffed hospitals, affecting older adults

(3 days ago) WebMany older adults needing hospital care are getting stuck in emergency room limbo — sometimes for over a day — affecting those with multiple health issues. CNN …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/health/emergency-room-wait-times-kff-partner-content-wellness/index.html

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Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (January – March 2024)

(8 days ago) WebPresents information on the time spent waiting in emergency care departments in Northern Ireland for both new and unplanned review attendances, and …

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emergency-care-waiting-time-statistics-january-march-2024

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NUH turns to AI to shorten waiting times for emergency patients

(2 days ago) WebSep 20, 2023, 08:15 PM. SINGAPORE – Knowing ahead of time when there will be a surge of patients at the emergency department and whether there are beds available will allow …

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nuh-turns-to-ai-to-shorten-waiting-times-for-emergency-patients

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Waiting Times for Registration and for Consultation at Polyclinics

(4 days ago) WebWaiting Time For Registration And For Consultation At Polyclinic - Mar 2024 [XLSX, 17KB] Ministry of Health (MOH) is an innovative, people-centred organisation, committed to …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics/healthcare-institution-statistics/waiting-times-for-registration-and-for-consultation-at-polyclinics

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Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health

(1 days ago) WebUsually, consumption was measured at one point in time. And none of the studies randomly assigned people to drink or not drink, so they couldn’t prove cause and …

https://apnews.com/article/alcohol-drinking-health-sober-dry-january-6d11c7ebb74b6aa38e82500d91943a14

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(2 days ago) WebFOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 4 APRIL 2022. Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament. Dr Shahira Abdullah. Nominated Member of Parliament. Question …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/target-waiting-time-for-subsidised-patients-between-first-and-second-specialist-patient-appointments-at-the-public-health-institutions/

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New VA clinic for veterans opens in Jacksonville - Florida Times …

(Just Now) WebThe clinic has 101 patient care rooms, including 12 designated for women, and an additional 62 for mental health patient care. It also has a walk-in clinic; imaging …

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/veterans/2024/04/23/new-va-clinic-for-veterans-opens-in-jacksonville/73389095007/

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When will Maryland get serious about reducing ER wait times?

(3 days ago) WebIf there is a better metaphor for Maryland’s abysmal ER wait times — which hover around 4 hours and 7 minutes from arrival to departure, on average — and the …

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/25/reducing-er-wait-times/

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Living well to the end: Singapore ramps up - The Straits Times

(4 days ago) WebBy 2025, there will be 300 inpatient palliative care beds, 140 day hospice places and capacity for palliative home care for 3,600 patients. In Singapore, the term …

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/living-well-to-the-end-singapore-ramps-up-palliative-and-hospice-care-capacity

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Things to do in Singapore with children: The best place for a …

(8 days ago) WebUntil our family experienced our first stopover in Singapore, I didn’t realise I’d been doing long-haul flights all wrong – it certainly felt like we weren’t doing anything right: after a

https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/how-a-singapore-stopover-saved-our-holiday-20240423-p5flyt.html

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(4 days ago) WebWe do not have detailed waiting times for respite care services. Typically, the time taken to access planned centre-based respite care services is within two weeks. Caregivers who …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/average-waiting-time-for-seniors-to-access-care-services/

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