{"id":10663,"date":"2024-02-29T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicare-asia.com\/?p=10663"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:38:39","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-primary-healthcare-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/en\/what-you-need-to-know-about-primary-healthcare-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About Primary Healthcare in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10663\" class=\"elementor elementor-10663\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea2e269 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea2e269\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d7865d\" data-id=\"7d7865d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b89c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25b89c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Primary Healthcare in Singapore<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5716138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5716138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Primary care is the foundation of our healthcare system. As the first line of care in the community, our primary care professionals are often the first point of contact with patients. They provide holistic and personalised care for patients of different age groups. They treat acute conditions such as upper respiratory tract infections, manage chronic illnesses such as diabetes, and keep the population healthy through preventive measures such as targeted health screening. They also help to coordinate patients&#8217; care with other providers and help patients who require more specialised medical attention to navigate the healthcare system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">In Singapore, primary care is provided through an island-wide network of outpatient polyclinics and clinics run by private general practitioners (GPs). There are currently 23 polyclinics and about 1,800 GP clinics.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717991b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"717991b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">GP Clinics<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04300dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04300dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here are about 1,800 GP clinics, which meet about 80% of the total primary care demand. These range from solo practices to medium and large corporate groups. In recent years, MOH has been working more closely with GPs to ensure that Singaporeans have access to affordable and quality healthcare in the community. This is aligned with the key principles of Family Medicine and the role of the Family Physician as the life-long health partner of patients, for preventive, acute and chronic care.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enable patients to enjoy better chronic disease management, and support GPs in providing holistic and team-based chronic care for patients in the community, MOH has developed Community Health Centres (CHCs) since 2010, which provide support services to help GPs better manage common chronic diseases. From 2013, Family Medicine Clinics (FMCs) have also been developed as a new private GP model to provide medical care with support services under one roof for chronic disease management. More recently, MOH has also launched the Primary Care Networks (PCN) scheme to anchor effective chronic disease management in primary care through the organisation of like-minded GPs into a network. Please click here for more information on PCN.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d00c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09d00c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Polyclinics<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc47ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cc47ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">As \u2018one-stop\u2019 healthcare centres, the 23 polyclinics are located throughout the country, and provide subsidised primary care, which includes primary medical treatment, preventive healthcare and health education.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Common primary care services include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Outpatient medical treatment<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Medical follow-ups after discharge from hospital<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Maternal and child health<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Immunisation<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Health screening and education<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Diagnostic and pharmaceutical services<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca09f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ca09f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Vanda Clinic Management System<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1fa62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e1fa62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-093920-768x367.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10704\" alt=\"vanda-screenshot-queue\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71574da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71574da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Using Vanda, not only are you able to be able to use a seamless queue management system, you are also able to switch between branches with just a click of a button. Additionally you can:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Get patient&#8217;s enrollment status from HSG<\/li><li>Send patient&#8217;s records to NEHR<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b36aa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b36aa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-094511-768x393.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10705\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e4e29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2e4e29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign Up for Vanda Now!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.sg\/home\/our-healthcare-system\/healthcare-services-and-facilities\/primary-healthcare-services\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary care is the foundation of our healthcare system. 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