Personal Health Management (PHM): Singapore’s national strategy to activate and empower patients and care givers through innovative personal health technologies

摘要

IntroductionIn the next two decades, Singapore will face a near-perfect demographic and chronic disease-burden “storm”. Rising public expectations of healthcare services, inflationary cost pressures and continuous resource scarcity add to the challenges the system faces. Singapore’s Ministry of Health’s (MOH) response to these impending challenges has been swift and reforms are under way that will lead to new models of care, integrated care delivery capabilities as well as increased capacity (through development of primary care and new facilities) in light of growing demands. The national Personal Health Management (PHM) strategy adds another dimension to Singapore’s national reforms, which is to leverage on one of the greatest untapped resources of healthcare: people, their families and communities.