HIGHEST HONOURS FOR OUTSTANDING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 12 July 2017 For Immediate Release The National Healthcare Group (NHG) presented awards to 18 individuals, six Education Leaders, and 13 teams today at the annual NHG Awards. This year s winners cut across 15 disciplines, and share a strong passion to improve care for patients beyond hospital walls. The Awards ceremony was held at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Theatrette. The NHG Awards ceremony recognises some of our outstanding colleagues for their tireless dedication and relentless pursuit for excellence in patient-centred care. These are individuals and teams whose contributions have collectively raised the standards of healthcare in Singapore, and brought quality to the lives of patients and the community that we serve, said NHG Chairman Madam Kay Kuok. Distinguished Senior Clinician Award This year s top award was presented to Associate Professor Suresh Sahadevan, Senior Consultant at the Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Cognition and Memory Disorders Service at TTSH. With over 32 years in public healthcare service, he has made significant contributions in the areas of Geriatric and General Medicine. A/Prof Suresh established the first Memory Clinic and Cognitive Service in TTSH, which provides holistic and person-centred care to Singapore s growing population of seniors with cognitive problems such as dementia. Caregivers have also benefitted from resource materials which A/Prof Suresh and his team have produced, by better equipping them to care for their loved ones living with dementia in the community and at home. His passion for training clinicians in General Medicine has resulted in the creation of a Comprehensive Case Analysis (CCA) tool to help junior doctors better analyse patients increasingly complex medical conditions. CCA is now a core component of the TTSH Residency posting to inculcate independent decision-making skills and clinical maturity of junior doctors. 1
NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award Dr Wu Huei Yaw, Senior Consultant of the Palliative Care Clinic at TTSH, is a champion of End-of-Life care. He helped establish Singapore s first Department of Palliative Medicine in 2008, and conceptualised the End-of-Life Care Rooms which enable loved ones to spend precious time with patients during their last days in private. Dr Wu was seconded to the Dover Park Hospice (DPH) as Medical Director from 2013 to 2016, where he helped set up programmes to bridge care for patients between the acute hospital, hospice and home. He is currently working to expand palliative home care services further into the community. Dr Wu has also published several papers on palliative and hospice care in local and international medical journals. Mdm Lim Chuen, Jamie, Assistant Director of Nursing at TTSH, has over 20 years of experience in public healthcare. As a pioneering Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), she established the APN-led Clinic with Cardiologists in 2009, to facilitate more timely follow-ups for patients with heart conditions post-cardiac assessment patient reviews can be done within two months instead of the usual four to five months. Since 2008, Mdm Lim has also volunteered regularly for medical missions to the Philippines, East Timor, China and Thailand. She received the President s Award for Nurses in 2011. Ms Chan Soo Chung is Executive Director of NHG Pharmacy (NHGPh). Since 2003, NHGPh has pioneered pharmacy services in the Intermediate and Long-Term Care sector, and later introduced ConviDose for nursing homes (NH) in 2010. The ConviDose service customises and packs medications in sachets for individual NH residents with chronic conditions. Some 7,485 patients in 30 ILTC facilities are currently using the service. ConviDose has clinched multiple accolades including the IT Excellence: Beyond Quality to Value Award at the recent National Health IT Excellence Awards 2017. Ms Chan also spearheaded the launch of the Outpatient Automation System (OPAS) in NHG Polyclinics, which improved medication safety and reduced unnecessary waiting time for patients. NHG Young Achiever Award Mr Kalaivanan S/O Dakshnamoorthy, Senior Nurse Manager at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), helmed the High Dependency Psychiatric Care Unit (HDPCU) between 2008 and 2015. The ward cares for highly-disturbed patients at IMH. His peers and staff regard him as a caring mentor, who constantly motivates them to excel in nursing care. Under his leadership, the 2
HDPCU team clinched the Best Clinical Unit award at IMH Nurses Day Awards consecutively from 2010 to 2016. The award recognises excellence in patient management and clinical care. His research paper and presentation on Effects of Primary Nursing in the High Dependency Psychiatric Care Unit was also featured in the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 28 th Annual Conference in 2014. He now cares for forensic patients who are remanded at IMH by the Courts of the Republic of Singapore. Ms Kho Siok Wah, Serene became the youngest Head of Laboratory at NHG Diagnostics (NHGD) in 2015. Under her leadership, NHGD laboratories have developed several initiatives to provide better, safer, faster and more affordable services to enhance the quality of care for patients in the community. She established the Home Phlebotomy team in August 2016, which has since visited some 50 wheelchair and bed-bound patients at home to draw blood for laboratory tests, making it more convenient for patients and caregivers. Besides building in-house capabilities, Ms Kho has spearheaded community care with Ang Mo Kio and Hougang Family Medicine Clinics to provide diagnostic services. This has reduced the need for patients to make additional visits to hospitals or polyclinics. NHG Education Leaders Award Dr Martin Chio, Senior Consultant, NSC is an expert on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Head of DSC (Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections Control Clinic). He oversees STI education and teaching programmes under the Dermatology Residency Programme. He is also Chairman of the Chapter of Dermatologists, for the Academy of Medicine in Singapore. A complete list of the NHG Award Winners can be found in Annex A. For more information, please contact: === End === Hamidah Aidillah Senior Executive Group Corporate Communications National Healthcare Group Tel/HP: 6496 6264 / 9661 7141 Praveen Nayago Assistant Manager Corporate Communications Tan Tock Seng Hospital Tel/HP: 6357 8434 / 9721 9419 Fiona Foo Assistant Manager Corporate Communications Institute of Mental Health Tel/HP: 6389 2868 / 8123 8805 Jayakumar S/O Poomi Nathan Assistant Manager Corporate Communications National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Tel/HP: 6340 2491 / 9720 9781 3
About the National Healthcare Group The National Healthcare Group (NHG) is a leader in public healthcare in Singapore, recognised at home and abroad for the quality of its medical expertise and facilities. Care is provided through an integrated network of nine primary healthcare polyclinics, acute care and tertiary hospitals, national specialty centres and business divisions. Together they bring a rich legacy of medical expertise to our philosophy of integrated patient-centred care. NHG s vision is Adding Years of Healthy Life. This vision goes beyond merely healing the sick to the more difficult and infinitely more rewarding task of preventing illness and preserving health and quality of life. With some 13,000 staff, NHG aims to provide care that is patientcentric, accessible, seamless, comprehensive, appropriate and cost-effective. As the Regional Health System (RHS) for Central Singapore, it is vital for NHG to partner and collaborate with stakeholders, community advisors, and voluntary welfare organisations. Together with our patients, their families and caregivers, we aim to deliver integrated healthcare services and programmes that help in Adding Years of Healthy Life to all concerned. More information is available at www.nhg.com.sg. About the NHG Awards The annual NHG Awards started in 2001 with the inaugural Lee Foundation NHG Lifetime Achievement Award. New categories for NHG Distinguished Contributor Award and NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award were added in 2005, with a third category for NHG Distinguished Achievement Award included in 2007. Collectively known as the NHG Awards, it recognises the dedicated healthcare professionals across the National Healthcare Group (NHG) who go the extra mile. Awards in six categories were given out this year: 1. The Distinguished Senior Clinician Award recognises leading experts who have made distinguished contributions to the medical/dental professions, the Singapore public healthcare sector and the international community, in the areas of clinical service, education and research. 2. The NHG Distinguished Achievement Award recognises NHG staff who have achieved remarkable careers and contributed to NHG s multifaceted strategic objectives in the clinical, operational, educational or research arenas. 3. The NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award recognises NHG staff who have made immense contributions to NHG s strategic objectives and taken on additional responsibilities outside of their own portfolios. 4. The NHG Young Achiever Award recognises the future leaders of NHG who have made significant contributions beyond their daily job functions to positively impact the organisation. 5. The NHG Team Recognition Award recognises top-performing teams who have contributed significantly to the improvement of healthcare delivery processes. 6. The NHG Education Leaders Award recognises NHG staff who assume leadership roles in multiple venues related to education and demonstrate emotional competence to build trust and lead people from different professions and backgrounds for educational excellence. 4
ANNEX A List of NHG Award Winners 2017 S/N Name Award Institution 1. A/Prof Suresh Sahadevan Distinguished Senior Clinician Award TTSH 2. Adj Asst Prof Tan Cher Heng NHG Young Achiever Award TTSH 3. Ms Hoi Shu Yin NHG Young Achiever Award TTSH 4. Ms Tan Siew Khoon Heidi NHG Young Achiever Award TTSH 5. Mr Kalaivanan S/O Dakshnamoorthy NHG Young Achiever Award IMH 6. Ms Poon Lye Yin NHG Young Achiever Award IMH 7. Dr Ng Wei Liang David NHG Young Achiever Award NHGP 8. Dr Tan Hsien Yung David NHG Young Achiever Award NHGP 9. Mr Chong Jiun Yih NHG Young Achiever Award NHG Pharmacy 10. Ms Kho Siok Wah Serene NHG Young Achiever Award NHGD 11. Ms Toh Li Ying Lyn NHG Young Achiever Award NHG Group Finance 12. Dr Cai Yiming NHG Distinguished Achievement IMH Award 13. Mr Yong Yook Choy Paul NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award TTSH 14. Dr Wu Huei Yaw NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award TTSH 15. Mdm Lim Chuen Jamie NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award TTSH 16. Dr Doraisamy Gowri NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award NHGP 17. Mdm Chan Soo Chung NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award NHG Pharmacy 18. Mr Loh Chee Leong Stephen NHG Outstanding Citizenship Award TTSH 19. A/Prof Alan Ng Wei Keong NHG Education Leaders Award TTSH 20. Dr Chio Tze-Wei Martin NHG Education Leaders Award NSC 21. Mr Lawrence Lim Eng Huat NHG Education Leaders Award TTSH 22. Mr Lim Pang Hung NHG Education Leaders Award TTSH 23. Ms Lim Li Ching NHG Education Leaders Award NHG Pharmacy 24. Ms Lim Siew Geok NHG Education Leaders Award TTSH 25. Tele-ECG Collaboration Improving NHG Team Recognition Award (Gold) TTSH, NHGP Appropriateness and Effectiveness of Cardiology Referrals from Primary Care 26. Warriors Against Diabetes NHG Team Recognition Award (Gold) TTSH 27. Tele-DERM NHG Team Recognition Award (Gold) NSC, NHGP 28. Right Sitting of Chronic Disease NHG Team Recognition Award (Silver) NHGP Patients from Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic to Raffles Medical Group Clinic 29. Coronary Risk Screening (CRS) Team NHG Team Recognition Award (Silver) NHG, NHGP 30. Redesigning Care by Engaging NHG Team Recognition Award (Silver) TTSH Nursing Homes (NH) 31. Hospital Acquired Infection Elimination (HAIE) Collaborative NHG Team Recognition Award (Silver) TTSH 32. TTSH Enhanced Recovery After NHG Team Recognition Award (Silver) TTSH Surgery (ERAS) Team 33. Nursing Training Review Committee (NTRC) NHG Team Recognition Award NHGP 5
34. IMH Aftercare Team NHG Team Recognition Award 35. APCATS & NTUC Health Case NHG Team Recognition Award Discussion 36. Home Ventilation & Respiratory NHG Team Recognition Award Support Service (HVRSS) 37. Integrated Hip Fracture Care Programme NHG Team Recognition Award IMH IMH TTSH TTSH 6
ANNEX B List of Chinese Translations 国立健保集团杰出奖杰出高级临床医师奖杰出成就奖卓越公民奖青年成就奖团队赞誉奖教育领袖奖 NHG Awards Distinguished Senior Clinician Award Distinguished Achievement Award Outstanding Citizenship Award Young Achiever Award Team Recognition Award Education Leaders Award 7