Abstracts - Category 2 

VBHC Abstract Competition

ACE invited healthcare professionals and administrators from Singapore’s public healthcare institutions to submit abstracts for the ACE Value-Based Healthcare Conference 2024. Check out some of the submissions received!

 

Overarching Abstract Competition Theme:
Embracing value-based care practices that improve health outcomes and transforms healthcare delivery

 

Category 2
Initiatives that involve the implementation of evidence-based guidelines for managing specific clinical condition(s); enhancements to operational efficiency (e.g. reducing wait times); use of communications and collaborations that improve care coordination/ transitions (e.g. interdisciplinary or across healthcare settings); care model/ service transformation; or innovative projects for quality and safety improvement.

 

Title
Author
Reducing readmission rate of patients presenting with Fluid Overload from Heart Failure and/or Chronic Kidney Disease in Department of Internal Medicine Ms Leong Ee Won
Feasibility and Implementation of an Out-of-Pocket Cost Calculator for Pre-Treatment Financial Counselling in Cancer Patients Dr Wong Maggie Wing Yin
Delivery of value-based care by the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme in an acute, tertiary hospital Ms Tan Sock Hoon
Impact of Podiatry services in an Integrated Diabetic Limb Salvage Programme (DEFINITE) on Health Outcomes and Healthcare Utilisation Ms Lixia Ge
Redesign a workflow to optimise discharge medications transfer process from SGH to OCH Ms Lee Wan Jinn
A value-driven approach to substituting traditional ward-based hospitalisation with Hospital-at-Home. Dr Stephanie Ko
Impacts of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) on Broad-Spectrum Prescription Reduction and Patient Outcomes Dr Dong Ying-Qiu
Holistic Care for Adolescents: Integrating Bio-Psycho-Social Approaches in the Emergency DepartmentDr Gillian Sonia Hendriks
The SKH Continuous Hip Fracture Improvement Project Dr Siow Wei Ming
Improving the Patient Journey for Lung function Tests using Artificial Intelligence Dr Ang Yee Gary
Ambulatory Care in Emergency Surgery (ACES): Reducing Admissions and Length of Stay of Surgical Patients Dr Goo Tiong Thye Jerry
Streamlining access: Reducing Hospital Referrals for Tunnelled Haemodialysis Catheter Occlusion Dr Tan Ru Yu
Integrating conservative kidney management in the nephrology practice with community collaboration Dr Yeoh Lee Ying
Enhancing Nutrition and Function in Outram Community Hospital (OCH): A Novel Dietitian-Occupational Therapist (DIT-OT) Intervention for Older Adults Ms Kua Pei San
STABLE: STability Assessment of BI-RADS 3 Lesions – Combining evidence-based precision with quality patient experience Dr Lee Chee Meng
Peritoneal Dialysis Training for Patients and Caregivers in the Community Hospital Setting Ms Wang Ziling
Assessment of Implementation of Value Based Healthcare (VBHC) via an Implementation Toolkit: A Dual Institution CollaborationDr Yeo Jia Xuan
Open Access 24-Hr Holter Monitoring – a Piloting Initiative between National Healthcare Group Polyclinics and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore Dr Sze Kai Ping
Application of Value-Based Healthcare in Third Molar Surgery Service in a Dental Hospital Dr Leornardo Saigo
Optimising Telemetry Usage in Changi General Hospital Dr Ruan Xu Cong (Oral presentation winner)
Early InTervention for the Elderly (ELITE): Elevating Elderly Care – Every Minute Matters in Acute Hospital Dr Heng Li Cheng (Oral presentation winner)
Timely Dialysis for Haemodialysis Patients who Present to Emergency Department with Severe Hyperkalemia Dr Khoo Zhi En Benjamin (Oral presentation winner)
Do I Require an MRI for my Lower Back Pain? - Evaluating the ACE Clinical Guidance Dr Yap Ming Quan Wayne
Improving Pre-operative assessment workflow for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) patients at Pre-Admission Centre (PAC) Cheryl Lee
Adopting A Value-Based Healthcare Implementation Matrix for Use at Singapore General Hospital Chin De Zhi
Reducing Fluid Overload Hospitalizations and Readmissions Through Post-discharge Transitional Care Programmes Chin De Zhi
Implementation And Evaluation of a Collaborative Patient Review and Medication Prescribing Model in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Short Stay Ward for Biologic Administration Ms Low Kai Xin
Increasing The Uptake of Home-based Dialysis - A Cost Effective, Less Labour-intensive Way of Renal Replacement Therapy Mabel Tan
Impact Of Anticoagulation Virtual Monitoring on Clinical Outcomes for Adults on Warfarin: A Retrospective Cohort Study Melissa Chow