TeleConsult in the News

March 2022

• How Singapore created virtual wards for Covid-19 patients

January 2022

• Covid-19 'virtual wards' allow more patients to recover at home (PDF, 443 KB)

December 2021

• 受疫情影响 本地骨髓捐赠者人数猛跌逾九成 (Number of local bone marrow donors fell by more than 90% due to the pandemic)
• 远程问诊安全快捷受欢迎国立大学医学组织：需求增逾六成 (Teleconsultation by NUHS gained popularity and saw a six-fold adoption by patients)
• Meet the Women in GovTech 2021

November 2021

• How an app is making telehealth more convenient

October 2021

• NUHS hospitals, polyclinics to get teleconsultation service on app (PDF, 588 KB)
• TeleConsultation via NUHS App – A Public Healthcare First (PDF, 776 KB)

April 2021

• Public healthcare institutions step up as use of telemedicine grows
• Telemedicine use continues in Singapore even as COVID-19 outbreak is under control
• 远程牙科医疗 可辅助门诊服务 (Teledentistry can assist outpatient services (PDF, 7.87 MB)

February 2021

• Telemedicine complements face-to-face clinical visits (PDF, 583 KB)

January 2021

• Technology set to change face of medical care (PDF, 3.19 MB)
• 医院给病人蓝牙健康检查器 护士远程监督评估心脏病康复病患情况 (Hospital provides patients with Bluetooth-enabled digital health tools, allowing nurses to remotely monitor the conditions of recovering heart attack patients) (PDF, 3.3 MB)

December 2020

• Patients with chronic illnesses more open to telemonitoring: SingHealth (PDF, 497 KB)
• 通过远程诊所跟进病情 通风病患可省60%医药费 (Gout patients can save 60% medical costs through telemedicine follow-ups on gout treatment) (PDF, 214 KB)

November 2020

• More polyclinics to have telehealth programme for hypertension patients

​October 2020

• More in Singapore seek help for mental health issues amid COVID-19 pandemic

September 2020

• Combating Covid-19: A birth of innovations (PDF, 18.8 MB)

August 2020

• Ng Teng Fong General Hospital pioneers same-day discharge lumbar endoscopic awake discectomy spine surgery without need for general anaesthesia (PDF, 8.69 MB)

June 2020

• NUHS, startup Bot MD launch bot that monitors Covid-19 patients in worker dorms (PDF, 289 KB)

May 2020

• Hospitals may resume elective procedures in gradual manner (PDF, 672 KB)