Advancing VDO
Within NUHS Cluster
NUH added another 13 conditions – Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Hysterectomy, Caesarean Section, Streamline Workflow for Intervention of non-Functional or Thrombosed dialysis access (SWIFT), Hernia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchiolitis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation / Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI/TAVR), Stroke, HyperAcute Stroke, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Breast Cancer and End-of-Life.
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) became the second public healthcare institution within our cluster, to adopt the VDO framework and they started with six VDO projects – Total Knee Replacement, Cataract, Hip Fracture, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Pneumonia.
At the National Level
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) adopted NUHS VDO initiative and introduced the National Value-Driven Care (VDC) initiative to all public healthcare institutions. VDO formed a crucial pillar in support of MOH’s “3 Beyonds” – Beyond Healthcare to Health, Beyond Hospital to Community and Beyond Quality to Value.
As a result, 17 ‘high impact’ conditions from the national perspective were identified to embark on the initiative by MOH. In the same year, NUHS was awarded the Gold Award at the National Health IT Summit.
“We were able to leverage data from our existing IT system to create the VDO framework. We pulled data from different silos and amalgamated it. Our biggest success was partnering enthusiastic Clinician Champions who provided meaningful insights to drive clinical change with improved patient outcomes.”
A/Prof James Yip
Head, Academic Informatics Office, National University Health System (NUHS)
Director, National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)