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Healthy Living, Everyday

WebHealthy Living, Everyday. ETHOS Issue 17 June 2017. Health in Singapore has improved substantially over the past five decades. Medical advances and a high standard of public …

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Realising the Promise of Health Information

WebMore comprehensive information for better medical care. The National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) serves as a one-stop repository of key patient health …

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Health is Social: The Future of Care in Singapore

WebAccording to the Ministry of Health (MOH): In 2019, the number of elderly living alone increased to 67,600, up from 47,000 in 2016. This increase represents 11.9% of our …

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Nurturing Leaders for the Future Healthcare

WebThis led to the establishment of the Healthcare Leadership College (HLC) in 2012 to lead efforts in nurturing and developing healthcare leaders for the nation. HLC’s …

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Creating the Future of Healthcare: A Conversation with Tan Chorh …

WebProfessor Tan Chorh Chuan is Chairman of the MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT). He set up MOHT in 2018, and was concurrently MOHT’s founding Executive …

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How Managers Can Support Staff Mental Wellbeing in the Post …

WebWe must take care of our mental health as intentionally as we do our physical health. #2. Be supportive and keep confidentiality, while maintaining the team’s …

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Encouraging Healthier Choices: Helping People Take Better Care of

WebETHOS Issue 26, Nov 2023. It is clear that in Singapore, as with health systems around the world, we can no longer afford to keep focusing healthcare on treating those who are ill; …

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Strengthening Mental Wellbeing in a Pandemic

WebETHOS Issue 22, June 2021. A Pandemic of Stressors. Clinical criteria such as suicide rates, depression and anxiety diagnoses, and institutionalisation rates are commonly …

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Designing a Healthier City

WebNext, we can look at design at the building scale. In 2017, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health did a study on the impact of green buildings' indoor …

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COVID 19 Crisis Management: An Early Look

WebOn 22 January 2020, Singapore set up a Multi-Ministry Task Force (MTF) 1 to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The MTF’s formation was timely: the very next day, a Wuhan …

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Transforming Community Care in 2030

WebCommunity Care Vision 2030. Our vision is a community-based support system that is: proactive in going upstream to support seniors, pre-empting issues of …

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Singapore and COVID-19: In Perspective

WebThe National Vaccination Programme refers to the inoculation drive with vaccines approved for use in Singapore by the Health Sciences Authority. As of 1 June …

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Embracing Complexity in Healthcare

WebHealthcare is a spectrum, encompassing issues that range from the simple to the complex. A blocked artery in the heart can cause a heart attack — that is a …

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Successful Ageing – A Review of Singapore’s Policy Approaches

WebThe IMC had proposed a review of policies that cater to two-generation families and to extend them to three-generation families. Since 1999, more emphasis has been placed …

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Transformation in the Singapore Public Service: Emerging …

WebIt will also align with efforts and recommendations from the Emerging Stronger Taskforce (EST), announced in April 2020. These efforts will bring together …

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Successful Ageing: Progressive Governance and Collaborative …

WebThe Ageing Planning Office is secretariat to the Ministerial Committee on Ageing which maintains policy oversight over the Action Plan for Successful Ageing, a $3 …

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Building an Age-Inclusive Healthcare System in Singapore

WebDemedicalising Ageing. A crucial step to make the healthcare model more age-inclusive is to demedicalise the ageing process. For far too long, ageing has been …

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Partnering with the Public in the War on Diabetes

WebKey Learning Points. There were three main insights from this exercise: Learning point # 1 . Participants came to appreciate that developing community-centric solutions were more …

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New Strategic Capabilities and Partnership Paradigms for …

WebSingapore is not alone in its bid to redefine partnership paradigms towards a stronger social sector. In response to a confluence of global and domestic pressure for reform, countries …

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