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| Project Phoenix |
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| A project involving a new triage system where senior doctors see patients for quicker diagnosis. The project helped to reduce waiting time from almost an hour to 18 minutes at the DEM. |
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| HealthCare. Net |
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| A joint project with Microsoft, IDA, Nanyang Polytechnic and Frontline. AH's DEM was the test bed for the implementation and trial of infocomm technologies to bring about a patient-centric, seamless, safe and cost effective healthcare system. |
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| Digital Clinical Dashboard |
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All-in-one database helps doctors, nurses and staff to speed up work and cut down waiting time for patients.
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| A&E Q Viewer |
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| One-way monitoring system introduced in September 06 to allow patients to view the waiting area at the DEM via AH website. |
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| CPR for Schools Programme |
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The Community Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Programme has trained a total of 8,200 students over five years. It is a joint project by Central Singapore Community Development Council, Alexandra Hospital (AH) and The Boys Brigade In Singapore to train students in the one-man CPR technique for adults and the Heimlich Manoeuvre for choking victims.
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| Standard Chartered Marathon 2003 – 2006 |
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The DEM team of doctors and nurses, together with other AH staff and volunteers, provided medical aid to participants of the Standard Chartered Marathon for 4 years running!
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| Public Hospital Preparations For SARS Outbreak: Experience Of Alexandra Hospital. |
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Francis Chun Yue Lee, Wei Keong Wee , Azman Johan. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 2005 ; 20 (1):24-31
Alexandra Hospital was one of the public hospitals in Singapore that responded to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis. Being the only public hospital that remained "SARS-free", i.e., with no documented intra-institutional spread of disease, AH had to tackle a sudden, two-fold surge in hospital attendances and patient volume. As the oldest hospital with a traditional open ward design and lack of proper isolation facilities, tough command and control policies had to be implemented to reduce the risk of a SARS outbreak. Stringent infection control measures, screening and triage, clinical procedures, and administrative policies all were important factors in helping the hospital balance the need to run routine operations while "fighting" SARS. Staff and people management also were crucial in keeping the workforce healthy and maintaining their morale and confidence during this difficult period. |
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| Safety Among Foreign Workers And Impact On Emergency Medicine Services In Singapore. |
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V Y K Ong , A K Habibah , F C Y Lee. Singapore Medical Journal. 2006 Feb ;47 (2):121-8
This article aims to study work-related injuries through the eyes of the foreign workers and correlate the findings with their perception of job safety and their level of training received. |
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| Thoracic Aneurysm Rupture Presenting as a Rapidly Enlarging Neck Mass. |
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Mark Tan, Francis Lee, Michael Clarke. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006 Jun ;13 (3):182-3
A rapidly enlarging neck mass is an unusual clinical complaint at the emergency department. We report a case of an acute neck mass caused by a haematoma from a ruptured thoracic aneurysm. This resulted in dynamic airway distortion and obstruction and posed a great challenge to airway management. |
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| Avoiding Prolonged Waiting Time During Busy Periods In The Emergency Department: Is There A Role For The Senior Emergency Physician In Triage? |
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James Travers, Francis Lee, European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006 Dec ;13 (6):342-348
Patient satisfaction at Emergency Departments can be improved by reductions in waiting time. Traditional methods require registration and triage before seeing the doctor with senior emergency physicians mainly engaged in treating serious cases. We examine a radical change in workflow pattern on waiting time by placing a senior emergency physician with the triage nurse and examining the impact of treating simple cases upfront with discharge on the waiting times for stretcher cases. |
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