SingHealth Innovation

🌏 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻! 🕛   Are you a passionate individual based in the APAC region, eager to collaborate with peers, raring to develop solutions to address the health impacts of climate change? There's just one week left to submit your application for the Asia-Pacific Global Health Innovation Hackathon - registration closes on 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰!   We’re inviting teams of three to four people to hack innovative solutions to tackle some of the region’s most pressing health challenges. Do you think you or someone you know has what it takes? Send in your application today! 👉 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gPwm_Zjv   SingHealth Innovation   #globalhealth #HealthTech #hackathon #innovation

Congratulations to Augustine Tee, Kok Cheong Wong, the Changi General Hospital nursing team and their A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research partners on receiving the President’s Technology Award at the PSTA 2024!

Dr Hong, our Director at the Office for Service Transformation, Division of Innovation & Transformation, attended the paramount event for digital health innovation in Asia, the GITEX DIGI_HEALTH 5.0 Conference, held from 11th to 12th September at Marina Bay Sands. She shared on SingHealth’s telemedicine capabilities and how they transform the patient journey and enhance care. #HealthcareInnovation #Telemedicine #GITEXDigitalHealth

🚨 Calling all innovators and problem-solvers! 🚨   Could you and your team be one of the three winners tackling the APAC region’s most urgent health challenges driven by climate change? We’re excited to invite you to collaborate in teams of 3-4 to find solutions to these challenges at the Asia-Pacific Global Health Innovation Hackathon, in Singapore, 17-18 January 2025.   And the best part? Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered for selected participants from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in Asia. Gather your team or share this with your network. The last day to register is 31 October 2024.   👉 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gPwm_Zjv #globalhealth #HealthTech #hackathon #innovation

Recently, we were honored to host the Ministry of Health (Singapore)’s Permanent Secretary (Policy and Development), Ms Wei Lin Lai, for a tour of the Alice Lee Innovation Centre of Excellence at SGH Campus (ALICE @ SGH Campus). The tour included a mini-showcase of promising projects and start-ups from across SingHealth, highlighting the incredible work of our innovators. We shared about the vibrant innovation ecosystem in SingHealth, providing crucial support for innovation projects to speed them up to deployment and commercialisation, and fostering a culture of creativity and continuous improvement in healthcare. We also showcased our collaborative space which connects innovators from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre with partners from industry, research institutes and academia, and the work we do at the Academic Medicine Innovation Institute to support innovators, innovation programmes and offices. Chien Earn Lee, Wai Hoe NG, Soon Thye LIM, Kenneth Kwek, Chen-Ee Lee, Wee-Hoe GAN, Khung Keong Yeo, Dr Kaiwei Ho, Weiwei Hong, Shin Yuh Ang, May Anne Cheong, Nick Graves, Christopher Laing, Liang Zhong, Lohendran Baskaran, Weimin Huang, Fiona Loke, Benedict Tan, Mark Heng, Amanda Lam, MBBS, MRCP(UK), MMCi, Lydia Tan, Aza Taha, Leon Liang, Sher Guan Luke Low, Duke-NUS Medical School

Great to be part of some exciting conferences these couple of months. At the recent Singapore Healthcare Management Congress, so grateful to have some of the projects supported by Do-IT (Division of Innovation and Transformation) recognised, such as “Personalised recommendations for patients with dysphagia”, a project with the Sengkang General Hospital speech therapy team and SingHealth Office for Service Transformation, which won 1st prize (communications category), and a project to improve recovery of unpaid patient fees with RPA (robotic process automation) at SingHealth Polyclinics which won 2nd prize (finance category). Noel Teo from National Heart Centre Singapore also shared on the SingHealth Future Outpatient Journey, and in particular the chest-pain triaging chatbot and auto-booking process. The cost savings and improvement in value and experience for patients have been significant, and we are looking forward to the next step of scaling up! Kudos to all the teams for their passion and hard work, and in particular a shout-out to Open Government Products whose partnership powered two of the above projects, and Synapxe whose assistance is always invaluable. Greatly enjoyed the talk on innovation at the same event by Jill Kalman, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Northwell Health, where she shared about how Northwell Health encourages innovation and commercialisation. Commercialised ideas have spanned various areas of healthcare including housekeeping and operations. Big thanks to Jack Thian Tan and his team, for bringing great speakers to Singapore for learning and exchange! Some weeks ago, I was also privileged to be invited to speak at the China-ASEAN forum on public health innovation organised by Peking University, where I spoke on the topic of digital health innovation, and shared the Singapore and SingHealth experience. It was a great opportunity to connect with friends old and new, including those from the World Health Organization, Peking University School of Public Health, the China National Health Development Research Centre, and many others. The reality is that healthcare organisations around the world often face similar challenges. By coming together, we can partner to solve problems together. Looking forward to more impactful solutions through partnerships and mutual learning! SingHealth SingHealth Innovation Weiwei Hong Michael CHONG Keng Yong Melissa Chua Dr Gary K. Shiling Wu Kidong Park RAMA Sethuraman Praveen Raj Kumar Hongyi Li Shawn Ten #healthcare #innovation #innovationforgood Feng-Ji Sim Smart Nation Singapore IMDA Douglas Goh Chuen Hong Lew Colin Lim Siew Ying Ngiam Benedict Tan Yih Yng Ng Stacy Lum

We love sharing a great innovation journey with our innovation community, and the latest was a talk by Mrs Yvon Bock from Hegen, a Singapore SME.   Mrs Bock shared her inspiring innovation journey, detailing the transformation of a simple idea into a global success for her breastfeeding products. Her passion and dedication have been instrumental in conceptualizing and developing these products. Throughout their journey, Mr. and Mrs. Bock's unwavering "never-say-die" attitude has been a driving force, enabling them to overcome numerous hurdles and persevere their passion for innovation. Such an encouraging session for all aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs! #innovation #hegen #passion #innovators

Excited to share our NNI Innovation vision launched at our innovation day today – A global innovation leader providing excellent and transformative neuroscience care. To reach the goal, we have 4 missions: 1. Transform ideas to address validated unmet needs into impactful innovative solutions 2. Cultivate a culture of curiosity, invention, and transformation 3. Grow a pool of world-class innovators in neuroscience 4. Build an innovation eco-system with internal and external partners SingHealth Innovation SingHealth National Neuroscience Institute

🌟 Exciting Discussion at Future of Health on our SingHealth@Home Case Study! We had the privilege to share our MIC@Home case study with international leaders from the Future of Health (FOH) community. We explored how technology benefits our patients, workforce and system as a whole. It enhances patient care and accessibility with remote monitoring and telehealth, addresses workforce challenges, and augments hospital capacity. It is clear that initiatives like these help shape the future of healthcare! #FutureOfHealth #HealthcareInnovation #SingHealth Chien Earn Lee, Michael Wong, Esther Tan, Weiwei Hong, Lim Eng Kok, Gary Kaplan, MD

We are thrilled to announce that A.L.I.C.E @ SGH Campus has partnered with Singapore General Hospital’s Musculoskeletal Division and Osteopore (OSX.AX) to establish a Global Centre of Excellence. SGH clinicians will work closely with Osteopore's experts to co-develop, test, and scale healthcare innovations to improve patient outcomes in Singapore and beyond. Additionally, the first Osteopore Advanced Implant Design Satellite Centre is now at A.L.I.C.E @ SGH Campus. Here, SingHealth's medical teams will collaborate with Osteopore's engineers to design customized medical implants for specific patient needs. We look forward to strengthening the partnership between SGH and Osteopore to continue advancing healthcare through innovative collaboration! #HealthcareInnovation #GlobalCentreofExcellence #Collaboration