CPF Basic Healthcare Sum Explained
Beyond government subsidies on general medical care and healthcare devices, MediSave is a major avenue that the government uses to assist those who may need to pay for expensive medical treatment. Here’s all you need to know about the Basic Healthcare Sum (BHS) for your CPF MediSave. What is the Basic Healthcare Sum? The Basic […]
Leveraging Digital Technology for Health Monitoring
A family doctor may guide a resident once every six or 12 months; community activities may occupy the resident a couple of times a week; and digital technology can be a faithful, constant and helpful healthcare companion to support us. Technologies such as smartphones and artificial intelligence are driving a proliferation of consumer digital health […]
Medishield Life by Central Provident Fund (CPF)
MediShield Life is a basic health insurance plan, administered by the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board, which helps to pay for large hospital bills and selected costly outpatient treatments, such as dialysis and chemotherapy for cancer. It is structured so that patients pay less MediSave/cash for large hospital bills. Who is Eligible for Medishield Life? […]
What You Need to Know About MOH Healthcare Claims Portal
An initiative by the Ministry of Health (MOH), the MOH Healthcare Claims Portal (MHCP) is the new one-stop claims portal to support you, General Practitioners (GPS), in administering multiple national schemes at your clinic. As a CHAS GP partner, you can now submit claims for various schemes such as Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP), Community […]
Family Medicine Specialty in Singapore
Family Medicine and Singapore Modern-day Family Medicine began as a “counterculture” to the disease-and-body-part focus of the hospital specialities in the 1960s. The ethos of social reforms in this period touched the field of medical practice also leading to an era of renaissance for the age-old discipline of General Practice. Uninhibited access to medical care […]
Why Vaccine is Important and the Benefits to Human Body
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verified. What do Vaccines do? Vaccines imitate germs Vaccines imitate germs and in doing so, train your body to recognise and fight real germs if and […]
Chronic Disease Management (CDM) in Singapore Polyclinics
Chronic Disease Management Programmes in Polyclinics Multi-disciplinary team The framework in the development of the disease management programme included identifying the diseases and defining the target population, organising a multi-disciplinary team led by a clinician champion, defining the core components, treatment protocols and evaluation methods, defining the goals, and measuring and managing the outcomes. Primary […]
National Immunisation Programme in Singapore
Programme In Singapore, the National Immunisation Programme includes immunisation against tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella. In addition to these immunisations, children are increasingly being immunised against other diseases e.g. haemophilus influenzae, chicken pox, meningococcal, pneumococcal. Objective A new function that enables clinics to be notified on various changes in […]
Healthier SG Community Care Partner
Healthcare clusters will play a vital role. Over the years, they have steadily built relationships with a wide range of community partners to roll out programmes for residents and facilitate integration of services across different care providers. Under Healthier SG, healthcare clusters as the regional health managers will actively coordinate and oversee these partnerships and […]
Guide to Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) in Singapore
Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) The Community Health Assist Scheme enables all Singapore Citizens, including Pioneer Generation (PG) and Merdeka Generation (MG) cardholders, to receive subsidies for medical and/or dental care at participating General Practitioner (GP) and dental clinics. For patients with chronic conditions, CHAS complements the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP), which allows for […]