Major shift in healthcare that could mean having to build one less hospital

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From April, Singapore is adding virtual hospitals to the healthcare scene. Once these have been fully integrated and scaled up, the Mobile Inpatient Care at Home (MIC@Home) scheme could replace the need for another large public hospital.

Patients on the scheme remain at home but are looked after by hospital medical teams, either through videoconferencing and teleconferencing, or in person. They are provided with any equipment they might need, such as a blood pressure monitor, thermometer and walking frames.

The Ministry of Health Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) launched a sandbox on the scheme in April 2022 with one hospital each from the SingHealth cluster (Singapore General Hospital) and National Healthcare Group cluster (Khoo Teck Puat Hospital – KTPH), and all hospitals under the National University Health System (NUHS), which had trialled a similar scheme called NUHS@Home since 2020 that has treated close to 4,000 patients.

In August 2023, the rest of the public hospitals were added. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on March 6 that as at end 2023, more than 2,000 patients have benefited.

"This translates to around 9,000 hospital bed days saved. Having done this for several months, we are convinced that the scheme works well for the patients, and has great potential to relieve stress at hospitals," he said.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ld-mean-having-to-build-one-less-new-hospital

[GhostZM]

You die your own business..


CheerS!!!😉

[Suntan]

Moi after going thru tests for some pain on left chest when starting to jog. After paying a few hundreds at hospital. Nothing can be found. No medication...etc
Received a call from the Indian doc (not sure local or from India) for less than 5 mins convo & said Moi test results doesn't hv any  findings. No need to go hospital for doc follow up. Next got an email saying I owed $30+
I don't remember owing any unpaid bill since I paid on the spot for the test. Ofc will wait expect to go see the doc face to face & usually it's free. Kns, it's not free. So, Moi kpkb on email. Then they waived saying docs & test dept r actually different centres. Why lidat? Is tat why hospital from taxpayers money now hv to make money? Now go virtual may even trying to cut u off if u still hv questions. Total waste of money as the pain is still happening.

[peaceheart]

Trying to hide the problem of not enough hospital beds

[drdoof]

Passing the buck to citizens as usual

[EncourageSome1]

From April, Singapore is adding virtual hospitals to the healthcare scene. Once these have been fully integrated and scaled up, the Mobile Inpatient Care at Home (MIC@Home) scheme could replace the need for another large public hospital.

Patients on the scheme remain at home but are looked after by hospital medical teams, either through videoconferencing and teleconferencing, or in person. They are provided with any equipment they might need, such as a blood pressure monitor, thermometer and walking frames.

The Ministry of Health Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) launched a sandbox on the scheme in April 2022 with one hospital each from the SingHealth cluster (Singapore General Hospital) and National Healthcare Group cluster (Khoo Teck Puat Hospital – KTPH), and all hospitals under the National University Health System (NUHS), which had trialled a similar scheme called NUHS@Home since 2020 that has treated close to 4,000 patients.

In August 2023, the rest of the public hospitals were added. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on March 6 that as at end 2023, more than 2,000 patients have benefited.

"This translates to around 9,000 hospital bed days saved. Having done this for several months, we are convinced that the scheme works well for the patients, and has great potential to relieve stress at hospitals," he said.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ld-mean-having-to-build-one-less-new-hospital

Good for the minor ailments Eg heaty eat green bean soup n hundred plus kinda thing
Serious thing can't even see patient irl how to diagnose

Chinese alws say must see human
望闻问切
Looking fr a far with limited resolution is now possible eh .. power ranger can talk w their chief kinda tele consultation

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ownself heal ownself