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Longer waiting times as Singapore's healthcare capacity impacted …

(1 days ago) WEBSenior Minister of State for Health, Dr Janil Puthucheary, cited this as an example of how the recent "exponential rise" in Covid-19 cases in Singapore has impacted the country's healthcare capacity.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/longer-waiting-times-as-singapores-healthcare-capacity-impacted-by-recent

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Longer waiting times at hospitals with some patients told to wait …

(8 days ago) WEBNg Teng Fong General Hospital and Sengkang General Hospital were among those with waiting times of up to 50 hours, according to family members of patients and healthcare workers CNA spoke to. A

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hospitals-beds-waiting-time-50-hours-admission-ng-teng-fong-sengkang-3014596

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Median wait time for admission to hospital wards has gone up to …

(3 days ago) WEB25 Apr 2023 05:21PM (Updated: 25 Apr 2023 05:25PM) SINGAPORE: With hospital emergency departments seeing higher volumes of patients over the past two weeks, the median waiting time for admission

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/moh-hospital-waiting-times-7-hours-covid-19-3442136

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Understanding Hospital Waiting Times - Saw Swee Hock …

(7 days ago) WEBshorter waiting times mean better care, fewer complications, better outcomes, and higher quality of life. In the Committee of Supply debate in 2016, the Minister for Health asserted that waiting times in accessing care are a top priority for his ministry. Waiting times (95 th percentile) for Specialist Outpatient Clinics had increased from 110

https://sph.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SSHSPH_Understanding-Hospital-Waiting-Times.pdf

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Singapore's health-care system: key features, challenges, and shifts

(3 days ago) WEB1. Singapore's current health-care delivery model comprises a hybrid of public and private elements ( table 1 ). The hospital sector is dominated by public hospitals, which accounted for 9071 (83·8%) of 10 826 acute hospital beds in total. 13. and 455 272 (77·8%) of a total 584 819 acute hospital inpatient admissions in 2018.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00252-X/fulltext

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Singapore’s public hospital bed crunch: Are radical solutions …

(9 days ago) WEBThese are part of a five-year plan to add 1,900 public hospital beds to Singapore’s healthcare capacity. In public acute hospitals, there were 9,820 beds as at last year, with close to 3,600

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/singapore-public-hospital-bed-crunch-waiting-time-radical-solutions-3943586

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Longer wait for admission with most public - The Straits Times

(6 days ago) WEBThe first stepped-up community care facility for Covid-19 patients will be at the NTUC Health nursing home in Tampines. It will start operations on Thursday with 250 beds. More On This Topic

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/most-public-hospitals-saw-more-ae-patients-in-past-week-compared-with-past-month

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Longer waiting times for beds in some hospitals, but treatment not

(5 days ago) WEBSingapore’s biggest hospital, the Singapore General Hospital, also had median wait times ranging from 3.3 hours to 8.5 hours that week. But other hospitals had days when half of the patients

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/longer-waiting-times-for-beds-in-some-hospitals-but-treatment-not-delayed-moh

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(5 days ago) WEB1 As we exit from the COVID-19 crisis, hospitals have found that the average length of stay has increased significantly, from 6.1 days to 7 days. This translates into 15% more utilisation of hospital beds and is the key driver for longer waiting times for admission. The patients who need longer stays are older with comorbidities and complex

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/waiting-times-for-admissions-at-public-hospitals

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MOH Waiting Time for Admission to Ward - Ministry of Health

(2 days ago) WEBThe waiting time for admission to ward is computed from the time "Decision by doctor to admit patient" to the "Time patient exits EMD” (to go to inpatient ward). Median (50th Percentile) Waiting Time. Chart: Daily Median Waiting Time for Admission at ED (14 Apr 2024 - 20 Apr 2024)

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics/healthcare-institution-statistics/waiting-time-for-admission-to-ward

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MOH Resources & Statistics - Ministry of Health

(3 days ago) WEBSearch for publications, education brochures, statistics on admission rates, waiting times, bed occupancy rates, diseases and more. Toggle navigation. Search. For Public News Highlights; Healthcare Schemes & Subsidies Singapore's Healthcare System; Senior Management ; Careers at MOH; Search. Ministry of Health; Resources & Statistics;

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics

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Waiting Time as an Indicator for Health Services Under Strain: A

(2 days ago) WEBWaiting times for elective surgery and ED care are a frequently included key performance indicator for health services, often reported to the public and keenly profiled by media. 11-14 At face value, they are a process measure of health service access, but measurement definitions vary, and these measures can be “gamed,” 15 …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0046958020910305

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Evolving the Healthcare landscape in Singapore with Integrated

(7 days ago) WEBIn February 2024, Singapore’s health minister shared in parliament that patients are now moving from 85% public, 15% private to 90% public, and 10% private, signalling a greater leaning towards affordability despite potentially longer waiting times; as cited in 2018 that median wait times for new subsidised specialist appointments are at …

https://healthcareasiamagazine.com/commentary/evolving-healthcare-landscape-in-singapore-integrated-ambulatory-surgical-centres

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Trend of longer waiting times to see polyclinic doctors

(3 days ago) WEBIt was reported that the wait is longer at the nine SingHealth polyclinics, with a median wait time of 17 to 28 mins. Waiting times to see a polyclinic doctor have gone up significantly this year, the latest (MOH) numbers show. Figures for March showed that on a national level, the median wait to see a doctor was 18 minutes.

https://www.healthxchange.sg/news/trend-longer-waiting-times-see-polyclinic-doctors

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Strategies to Improve Outpatient Waiting Time to

(9 days ago) WEBWaiting Time to Appointment (WTA) for outpatient specialist service has been a perennial challenge for the nation. Exacerbated by an ageing population and the increasing demand for better service by patients, Singapore General Hospital, just like any other healthcare institutions in Singapore, have been actively formulating strategies to

https://www.singaporehealthcaremanagement.sg/Documents/Poster%20Competition%202019/Operations/OP124%20-%20Lois%20Goh%20_SGH%20-%20Sustainable%20Strategies%20to%20Improve%20WTA.pdf

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Health Care Wait Times by Country 2024 - World Population Review

(4 days ago) WEBCanada had the highest at 33% and Switzerland had the lowest at 12%. The U.S. was towards the lower end for the share of people waiting one month or more for a specialist appointment at 27%. Canada and Norway tied for the highest at 61% each and Switzerland had the lowest at 23%. CSV JSON.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/health-care-wait-times-by-country

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Public hospitals working with MOH to ease patient - The Straits …

(3 days ago) WEBA sign showing waiting time of up to 50 hours for a bed at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital's emergency department on Oct 20, 2022. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/healthcare-authorities-working-to-ease-patient-loads-in-emergency-departments-amid-covid-19-surge

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Public and private hospitals in Singapore: Key differences expats

(4 days ago) WEBWait Times. In terms of waiting times in Singapore hospitals, it should come as no surprise that the country operates in a very similar way to other countries that have both a public and private healthcare system. it is important to note that many expatriates in Singapore will have zero access to publicly subsidized health care. Only …

https://www.pacificprime.sg/blog/public-and-private-hospitals-differences/

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Waiting Times - OECD

(7 days ago) WEBData. Waiting times for elective surgery in OECD countries: see the chapter on "Access to Care" in Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators (November 2023); Access the very latest waiting times data released in the database OECD Health Statistics 2023 in July 2023; Waiting times for elective surgery in Europe: see the …

https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/waiting-times.htm

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Why Hospital Wait Times Are so Bad - Business Insider

(7 days ago) WEBMany small businesses hired more full-time healthcare workers instead of temporary contractors in February 2024 compared to February 2023, according to Bank of America. Advertisement

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hospital-wait-times-are-bad-physician-shortage-low-pay-2024-4

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Long ER waits plague short-staffed hospitals, affecting older adults

(3 days ago) WEBMany older adults needing hospital care are getting stuck in emergency room limbo — sometimes for over a day — affecting those with multiple health issues. CNN values your feedback 1.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/health/emergency-room-wait-times-kff-partner-content-wellness/index.html

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Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health

(1 days ago) WEBUsually, consumption was measured at one point in time. And none of the studies randomly assigned people to drink or not drink, so they couldn’t prove cause and effect. People who report drinking moderately tend to have higher levels of education, higher incomes and better access to health care, Naimi said.

https://apnews.com/article/alcohol-drinking-health-sober-dry-january-6d11c7ebb74b6aa38e82500d91943a14

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NUH turns to AI to shorten waiting times for emergency patients

(2 days ago) WEBSep 20, 2023, 08:15 PM. SINGAPORE – Knowing ahead of time when there will be a surge of patients at the emergency department and whether there are beds available will allow the National

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nuh-turns-to-ai-to-shorten-waiting-times-for-emergency-patients

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Waiting Times for Registration and for Consultation at Polyclinics

(4 days ago) WEBWaiting Time For Registration And For Consultation At Polyclinic - Mar 2024 [XLSX, 17KB] Ministry of Health (MOH) is an innovative, people-centred organisation, committed to medical excellence, the promotion of good health, the reduction of illness and access to good and affordable healthcare for all Singaporeans, appropriate to their needs.

https://www.moh.gov.sg/resources-statistics/healthcare-institution-statistics/waiting-times-for-registration-and-for-consultation-at-polyclinics

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Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (January – March 2024)

(8 days ago) WEBPresents information on the time spent waiting in emergency care departments in Northern Ireland for both new and unplanned review attendances, and reports on the performance of trusts against the

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emergency-care-waiting-time-statistics-january-march-2024

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MOH News Highlights - Ministry of Health

(2 days ago) WEBFOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 4 APRIL 2022. Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament. Dr Shahira Abdullah. Nominated Member of Parliament. Question No. 2765. To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether there is a target waiting time for subsidised patients between their first and second specialist patient appointments at the …

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/target-waiting-time-for-subsidised-patients-between-first-and-second-specialist-patient-appointments-at-the-public-health-institutions/

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When will Maryland get serious about reducing ER wait times?

(3 days ago) WEBWe recognize that the ER wait time problem is complex and a byproduct of a dysfunctional health care system that defaults to hospital emergency rooms when people don’t have primary care

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/25/reducing-er-wait-times/

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New VA clinic for veterans opens in Jacksonville - Florida Times …

(Just Now) WEBThe clinic has 101 patient care rooms, including 12 designated for women, and an additional 62 for mental health patient care. It also has a walk-in clinic; imaging for mammograms, ultrasound and

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/veterans/2024/04/23/new-va-clinic-for-veterans-opens-in-jacksonville/73389095007/

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Ohio Senate changes to hospital price bill shock sponsor, advocates

(5 days ago) WEBOhioans may have to wait longer to know exactly what hospital services will cost them. A bill to make hospitals publish the actual prices of their services passed the Ohio House in June with

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/22/ohio-senate-changes-to-hospital-price-bill-shock-sponsor-advocates/73368551007/

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Healthcare professionals explore ways to tap - The Straits Times

(3 days ago) WEBAt workshops organised by national healthtech agency Synapxe between April 8 and April 23, about 160 Singapore healthcare professionals tried their hand at developing AI tools to improve patient care.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/healthcare-professionals-explore-ways-to-tap-artificial-intelligence-in-patient-care

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Workers' Paycheck Growth Accelerated in the First Quarter, a …

(4 days ago) WEBNam Y. Huh. A construction workers cuts wood at a residential building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., Monday, March 18, 2024. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the Labor Department reports on wages and

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-04-30/workers-paycheck-growth-accelerated-in-the-first-quarter-a-possible-concern-for-the-fed

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Not just to eat and shop, Singaporeans are also - The Straits Times

(3 days ago) WEBThe importance of a Singapore-based clientele to dentists in JB was made the most apparent during the pandemic, when the borders were largely closed for travel from March 18, 2020 to March 31

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/not-just-to-eat-and-shop-singaporeans-are-also-going-to-jb-for-dental-care

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