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SingHealth makes use of the best global practices and it has drawn upon the expertise and resources of its institutions and employees to transform Singapore’s healthcare system to the sixth best-performing health system in the world. SingHealth has an excellent track record of providing high quality affordable care.
Teams of SingHealth IMPAct professionals can work with international donor/lender agencies and with government and non-government agencies in Aid-recipient countries to provide technical assistance in humanitarian relief-to-recovery activities as well as in helping our international development assistance clients to assess and make sustainable improvements in the performance and quality of the following essential health technologies, functions, and services:
Essential Health Technologies and Related Services
- Blood Transfusion Safety and Services
Blood Products and Related Biological Products
Diagnostic Imaging
Hospital Surgical and Emergency Care
Laboratory and Diagnostic Services
Medical Devices and Equipment
Transplantation Services
Essential Health Functions and Related Services
- Health Situation Monitoring & Analysis
e.g. assisting in analysis and interpretation of available data from population-based surveillance systems and surveys such as Demographic & Health Surveys in order to assess the burden of disease and to help measure and reduce health disparities caused by socioeconomic and performance problems in the availability, accessibility, use, quality, cost, results and cost-effectiveness of essential health services)
- Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Prevention & Control
e.g. assisting in evaluation and improvement of the performance of Prevention, Surveillance & Control Systems for Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
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At the request of the World Bank and Japan-funded Provincial Health Project of the Indonesia Ministry of Health, SingHealth IMPAct provided technical assistance in reviewing and recommending tools and capacity-building needs for planning, financing, managing, monitoring and improving the performance and quality of the essential public health functions and services of District and Municipal Health Departments. |
- Development of Policies and Planning in Public Health & Clinical Practice
e.g. assisting in systematic reviews of available data to establish or modify guidelines for hospital-based and community-based practices for health promotion, and for prevention and personal treatment of diseases and injuries of public health importance.
- Development of Policies and Planning in Public Health & Clinical Practice
e.g. assisting in systematic reviews of available data to establish or modify guidelines for hospital-based and community-based practices for health promotion, and for prevention and personal treatment of diseases and injuries of public health importance.
- Strategic Management of Health Systems and Services for Population Health Gain
e.g. assisting in the establishment, use and evaluation of Performance & Quality Assessment and Improvement Programmes
- Regulation and Enforcement to Protect Public Health
e.g. assisting in evaluating and improving the use of regulatory and enforcement approaches in vector control, food safety, water quality and other interventions
- Human Resources Development and Planning in Clinical & Public Health Practices
e.g. assisting in evaluating and improving competency-based education and on-the-job training programmes for medical, surgical, nursing and allied health professionals
- Health Promotion, Social Participation and Empowerment
e.g. assisting in evaluating and improving behaviour change communication programmes
- Ensuring the Quality of Personal and Population-Based Health Services
e.g. assisting in evaluating and improving the measurement of outcomes and the relationship of outcomes to the “performance” and “quality” of services.
- Research, Development and Implementation of Innovative Solutions for Problems of Public Health Importance
e.g. assisting in the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation and use of Controlled Clinical Trials and Health Services Research to translate new research into cost-effective practices and to improve the performance and quality of existing practices.
Examples of SingHealth Assistance for Improving Essential Hospital Functions, Technologies & Services:
- Hospital Planning & Restructuring
Organisation & Planning for Health System Response to Disasters
Planning and Establishing Disaster Medicine Training Programmes
Development of Emergency Services Across the Spectrum of Care
Development of Community-Based Life Support Programmes
Costing and Economic Feasibility Studies for Healthcare Facilities
Management of Hospital Operations
Design of Standard Operating Procedures for Hospital Operations as per international norms (ISO/JCI)
Quality Audits for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Facilities
IT Consultancy for Clinical and Adminstrative Systems
Clinical and Medical Affairs Management
Financial and Human Resource Management for Hospitals
Training for Medical, Surgical, Nursing, Laboratory and Allied Health Staff
Development of Hospital and Community-Based Healthcare Programmes
Accreditation Consultancy for Joint Commission International (USA) inspections.
In order to provide the necessary support for a given programme of sustainable development assistance, including humanitarian relief-to-recovery activities, SingHealth IMPAct can also enlist the relevant clinical and non-clinical expertise present in its networks and among its partners, including professionals from other educational and research institutions and professional organisations in Singapore.
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