Since 2011, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) has been progressively deployed to both public and private healthcare institutions across Singapore to support "One Patient, One Health Record".
Owned by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and managed by the Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), the secure system collects summary patient health records across different healthcare providers. With that, the authorised healthcare professionals will be able to access the NEHR to have a holistic and longitudinal view of your healthcare history.
With "One Patient, One Health Record", authorised healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and pharmacists) would be able to deliver safer, better and more personalised CARE for you.
You can access some of your health records by logging in to HealthHub, a national one-stop health portal, at www.healthhub.sg or by downloading the HealthHub app available on iOS and Android platforms.
The important summary of your health record is securely stored in one place electronically. This enables multidisciplinary healthcare professionals across Singapore to work together to provide better care for you.
For example, your doctor would be able to access your health record and work with your specialist or therapist to develop a holistic care plan for you.
With a better understanding of your healthcare history through the NEHR, your doctor will be able to deliver more effective care and help you achieve improved health outcomes by making better-informed diagnoses and decisions for the best course of treatment to improve your health.
With the NEHR, doctors will be able to view medication prescribed, medication allergies, diagnoses, and investigation results to deliver safer care. This is useful in cases where you or your caregiver is unable to recall the names of medication prescribed or diagnoses by other doctors, or may be unable to speak (eg. loss of voice, unconscious). This could avoid unnecessary adverse drug reactions. In a medical emergency, access to critical information on the NEHR could save your life or your loved ones.
If you need to transit to a different health setting, for example, from a GP clinic to a hospital, or from a hospital to a nursing home, the NEHR helps you to move seamlessly across providers. This will mean greater convenience for you, saving you time and money by minimising duplication of tests and investigations.
Data contribution to the NEHR is voluntary for all private healthcare providers. The MOH has been reaching out to them to encourage sharing of clinical data with the NEHR.
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