Transforming Singapore's Healthcare: Embracing Innovation for a Patient Centric, Data Driven Future

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Singapore Health System Transformation

In Singapore, an excellent healthcare system backed by robust outcomes and accessibility continues to deliver top-tier medical services. However, facing a rapidly aging population, rising rates of chronic diseases, and the increasing influence of social determinants on health, new challenges emerge. Simultaneously, exciting advancements in science and technology offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation in public health management.

The Ministry of Health's Office for Healthcare Transformation MOHT was established to navigate this era of challenge and opportunity, ming to catalyze fundamental changes in healthcare delivery and promotion. MOHT focuses on areas that could potentially transform the current system into one that is patient-centric, data-driven, and digitally enabled.

Vision

A future healthcare model characterized by its ability to empower individuals' health, prevent disease outbreaks through proactive measures, and provide high-value care based on evidence-based outcomesthis vision drives our mission.

Mission

Our approach involves fostering strategic partnerships across sectors to develop innovative solutions that are scalable and impactful. By addressing challenges head-on and enhancing resilience post-adversity, we m to pioneer transformative changes in healthcare systems worldwide.

Values

• Partnerships: Building alliances with diverse stakeholders for collective impact at scale.

• Resilience: Embracing setbacks as opportunities for growth and strengthening our capabilities.

• Innovation: Actively exploring new ideas that drive meaningful change through learning processes.

• Making Things Happen: Leading initiatives to create positive, lasting changes in healthcare ecosystems.

• Excellence: Striving for quality outcomes while ensuring timely delivery of services.

Management Team

Underpinning this mission is a team of dedicated leaders:

• Lim Cher Wee, Executive Director and Head Integrated General Hospital, focuses on strategic collaboration with MOH and MOHT board to align projects with national health priorities.

• Professor Gerald Koh, Head Future Primary Care Clinical Director, guides primary care transformation through the integration of telemedicine, advanced diagnostics, and innovative service.

• Koh Mingshi, Director, TRUST Office, oversees the management and development of a data-driven system that supports national health research initiatives.

• Lee Keng Leong, Head Operations, ensures smooth corporate processes within MOHT, encompassing planning, procurement, IT services, billing systems, and general administration.

• Liang Hwee Ting, Head Communications Engagement, drives media campgns to support MOHT strategies while fostering community-centered approaches for healthcare innovation.

• Dr Loke Weng Mooi Tan, Head of Integrated Health Promotion Programme, leads efforts in mental wellness promotion across communities through technology integration and healthy lifestyle initiatives.

• Dalen Tan, Director overseeing coordination between policy implementation and primary care networks for the Healthier SG initiative.

• Dr Eunice Wong Sook Ping, Head National Improvement Unit, champions continuous quality improvement strategies to enhance patient outcomes, collaborating with healthcare clusters and stakeholders on successful scalable innovations.

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This team is pivotal in realizing MOHT's vision of a transformed health system that prioritizes individual empowerment, disease prevention through data-driven insights, and the delivery of high-quality care supported by cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices.
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