SingHealth to set up centralised telehealth hub at Eunos Polyclinic

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Leveraging telemedicine will help meet rising demand for healthcare, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – As part of efforts to bolster its telemedicine services, healthcare group SingHealth will be setting up a centralised telehealth hub at Eunos Polyclinic.

“It will be a more conducive facility for telehealth, and will be able to reap efficiencies of scale,” he said of the hub. It is not known when it will become operational. The service, which is available to all patients, is meant for those who want to consult doctors for general medical conditions like acute respiratory illness or gastroenteritis.

SingHealth Polyclinics chief executive David Ng said that as at April 2023, it has conducted more than 36,000 video-consultations. It is expected to see about 500 patients a day initially, a number that is expected to grow to about 700 patients a day, said Tampines North Polyclinic clinic director Sabrina Wee.

Mr Ong said the healthcare system continues to manage high patient loads even after the end of the pandemic.

 

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