{"id":10830,"date":"2024-02-29T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicare-asia.com\/?p=10830"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:29:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T10:29:39","slug":"national-electronic-health-records-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/en\/national-electronic-health-records-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"National Electronic Health Records in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10830\" class=\"elementor elementor-10830\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d47e747 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d47e747\" 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-225fa75\" data-id=\"225fa75\" 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-bca7d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bca7d89\" 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;\">National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) is a key enabler for Singapore\u2019s strategic vision of &#8220;One Patient, One Health Record&#8221;. It receives patients\u2019 key health information from different healthcare settings and consolidates into a holistic picture of patients\u2019 healthcare history, enabling greater coordination and informed decision-making, and support for more accurate diagnosis, improved treatment, and patient-centric integrated care.<\/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-a3d1de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3d1de1\" 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;\">With &#8220;One Patient, One Health Record&#8221;, care teams would be able to deliver safer, better and more personalised care for patients.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-7398c12 ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) is a key enabler of Singapore\u2019s strategic vision for \u201cOne Patient, One Health Record\u201d where patients move seamlessly across the national healthcare network, receiving coordinated patient-centric care at the most appropriate settings.<\/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-3bbdfa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bbdfa8\" 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><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">It provides secure access to a patient\u2019s summary health record by authorised clinicians and healthcare professionals to:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f1b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f1b73\" 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<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enable greater coordination and informed decision-making,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support more accurate diagnosis, better treatment, and patient-centric integrated care.<\/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-6f2d7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f2d7f8\" 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;\">NEHR is a repository that manages patient\u2019s summary health record centrally by storing clinically relevant information from their encounters with clinicians and healthcare professionals across the national healthcare network throughout their life.<\/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-e005ee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e005ee5\" 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;\">The goal of the NEHR is for patients to enjoy hassle-free healthcare delivery, higher quality of care, fewer duplicate or unnecessary tests and\/ or referrals, reduced medical errors and adverse drug events.<\/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-e3bce26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3bce26\" 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;\">To ensure security and confidentiality of patient data while the best care is provided, the NEHR enforces measures to authenticate, authorise and audit healthcare institutions and users&#8217; access to patient\u2019s health record.<\/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-435411c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"435411c\" 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\">Opportunity<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a147ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a147ccc\" 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;\">It is common to visit multiple healthcare providers in our lifetime &#8211; from General Practitioner clinics, polyclinics, specialists, therapy centres to hospitals. As a result, each of these providers will have some parts of our medical history.\u00a0<\/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-657caa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"657caa0\" 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;\">To provide optimal care for patients, we need seamless contribution of data to the NEHR that will allow for the sharing of holistic records across providers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-de3884e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de3884e\" 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\">Solution \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d045e8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d045e8b\" 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;\">The NEHR serves as a repository for key health information from various healthcare institutions, consolidating them into a holistic health record. Data contribution is done seamlessly via system-to-system integration. Public healthcare institutions have been contributing data to the NEHR since 2011, while private healthcare institutions are progressively doing so.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-3951e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3951e2c\" 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;\">Individuals who have received care in Singapore\u2019s public healthcare clusters since February 2011 will have a record in the NEHR, accessible only to authorised healthcare providers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-44e144f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44e144f\" 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\">Impact <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d0e77c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d0e77c\" 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;\">The NEHR provides a consolidated longitudinal view of patient\u2019s key health information. This includes allergies and adverse drug reactions, admission and visit history, discharge summaries, clinical and radiological laboratory results, history of past procedures, medication and immunisation, amongst others. In a medical emergency, access to the NEHR for key health information could save lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients will also be able to access selected health information through HealthHub.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/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-6457234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6457234\" 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\">Future Outlook<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2713b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2713b5f\" 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;\">The NEHR will further enrich data and enhance data sharing between public and private healthcare providers to support Healthier SG and other national initiatives.\u00a0<\/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-a2824ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2824ef\" 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 (CMS)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b1f69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3b1f69\" 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>As Vanda is currently integrated with NEHR, which means that clinical data created in Vanda will be synchronized to NEHR.<\/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-988023a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"988023a\" 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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vanda-logo-png-300x74.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-10595\" alt=\"Vanda Clinic Management System\" \/>\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-26ece28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ece28\" 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: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/en\/contact\/\">Sign Up for Vanda Now!<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synapxe.sg\/healthtech\/national-programmes\/national-electronic-health-record-nehr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synapxe<\/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>National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) is a key enabler for Singapore\u2019s strategic vision of &#8220;One Patient, One Health Record&#8221;. 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