Appropriate & Value Based Care (AVBC)

Research

Value-Driven Care (VDC)

Thomas, B., Ho, M. D. J., Sim, C. Y., Goh, B. K., Tan, Y. H., Khoo, Z. X., Ng, Y. H., Chong, K. W., Chan, Y. H., Thoon, K. C., Sia, A. T., Lim, K. A. A., Wong, Y. Y. J., Ganapathy, S., Seah, X. F. V., & Chong, C. Y. (2026). Impact of value-driven care initiatives on clinical quality indicators in children admitted with community-acquired pneumonia in Singapore. Singapore Medical Journal. Advance online publication.
Chin, Z., Sia, W. J., Lv, Y., Angelina, E., Teo, T. X. R., Tan, H. Y., Wong, D. J. N., Tong, A. K. T., Tan, E. S. J., & Abdullah, H. R. (2026). Implementing value-based care for outpatient conditions in an Asian public healthcare system: Framework and case studies from Singapore General Hospital. Frontiers in Public Health, 14, 1795985.
Koh, J. M. K., Lim, F. M., Ang, W. B., & Wild, D. (2025). Beyond evidence-based medicine to value-based medicine. Singapore Medical Journal, 66(Suppl. 1), S21–S24.
Tan, I. F., Chin, Z., Arif, R. B., & De Silva, D. A. (2025). Reducing post-stroke urinary tract infection through protocolized bladder management. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 140, 111510.
Moosa, A. S., Poon, Z., Koh, L. A. K., Kagradaimdoo, D. L., Park, Y., Yang, Y., Bivi, S., Ng, D. X., Ling, E. K. Y., & Tan, N. C. (2024). Mothers prefer a hybrid model of postpartum care: A pilot mixed method study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), 757.
Tay, S. S., Goh, T. K. E., Tun, M. H., Neo, E. J. R., & Lee, O. K. A. (2023). An integrated subacute stroke ward within a community hospital increases rehabilitation efficiency and reduces healthcare expenditure [Preprint]. Research Square.
Yow, C. P. J., Tan, J. J., Liew, B. W., Cao, Y., Loh, D. H. F., Foong, M. M., Tan, E. W. Y., Huang, Y., Yusoff, N. A. B., & Ang, T. B. (2023). Early intervention for post discharge patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, 2(1), 2–11.
Raghavan, R., Wang, P., Jasmin, R. B., Yang, W. S. A., Goh, P. H., Noi, P. K. G., Quek, L. H., Chong, H. C., Mei, D. W. Y., Lim, F. M., Semeniano, G., & Yi, C. K. J. (2023). Total knee replacement (TKR): A patient-centric approach to improving length of stay. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, 2(2), 45–59.
Kumar, D. S., Ow, L. L., Chew, A., Lek, A., & Ang, W. B. (2023). Reduction of post-operative length of stay for spinal fusion patients in an acute hospital. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, 2(2), 67–72.
Siow, W. S., Tay, L., & Mah, C. L. (2022). Quality improvement initiative: How the setting up of an anaesthesia consultant-led perioperative outreach service addressed anaesthesia-specific issues to improve anaesthesia consult and surgery timings for hip fracture patients. BMJ Open Quality, 11, e001738.

Choosing Wisely

Yeo, J. X., Tokuda, Y., Sasaki, S., Pan, J., Kamaruzaman, H., Ranganathan, P., Lu, L., Mohamad Yusof, A., Izaham, A., Pramesh, C. S., & Abdullah, H. R. (2026). Addressing low-value care (LVC) in Asia: A narrative review of Choosing Wisely and other initiatives across Asia. BMJ Open Quality, 15(2), e003806.
Tan, S. Y. L., Loh, C. J. L., Elangovan, S., Yong, T. W. K., Poh, S. J. S., Tan, Y. L., Aribou, Z., Abdullah, H. R., & Ke, Y. (2024). Physician sentiments on low-value investigations in Singapore: Part of Choosing Wisely campaign. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 53(5), 321–323.

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)

Kwan, Y. H., Lim, C., Chew, E. J. H., Gan, M. F. G., Sum, C. W. Y., Chew, X. R., Abdullah, H. R., Goh, C., Bai, J., Koh, M. W., Choi, E., Low, L. L., Fong, W., Leung, Y. Y., Yoon, S., Choo, S., & Thumboo, J. (2026). A repository of Singapore validated PROMs: A scoping review. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 10, Article 10.
Kwan, Y. H., Fenwick, E., Leung, Y. Y., Fong, W., Woon, T. H., Xiang, L., Lamoureux, E., & Thumboo, J. (2024). Establishing language and ethnic equivalence for health-related quality of life item banks and testing their efficiency via computerised adaptive testing simulations. PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0298141.