LIFE at SGH Campus ¦ May/Jun 2014
campus buzz
Appointed
Guess who s back? JCI! The Joint Commission International (JCI) re-accreditation audit for SGH will take place from 23 June to 27 June.
ASSOC PROF ONG HOCK SOO
Head, Upper GI/Bariatric Surgery, SGH
MR WONG LOONG KIN
Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer (Clinical Services and Business Systems) Chief Financial Officer, SGH (concurrent)
Developed by international healthcare experts, JCI sets standards for managing all clinical and managerial functions of a hospital to monitor and improve patient care and safety.
DR MARJORIE FOO WAI YIN Head, Renal Medicine, SGH
New this year is our accreditation as an Academic Medical Centre. This means that we will also be evaluated for our medical education and research activities. Look out for the following in May: • Integrated Internal Audit • Department Self-Assessment • Staff briefings
• JCI Practicum Survey Simulation (Patient Tracer) • JCI 101 e-letters
• JCI Corner on intranet • Staff handbook • JCI posters • Revamped Gold Card
MS GRACE LIM SIEW WAH
Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer (Service Transformation and Education) Chief Financial Officer, KKH (concurrent)
DR DAVID NG CHEE ENG
Head, Nuclear Medicine & PET, SGH
More information can be found on the intranet, at the JCI Corner.
Performance Appraisal goes online
Intelligent pharmacy system wins CIO Award
This year, the Electronic Performance Appraisal (ePA) system was rolled out to staff in the SingHealth cluster.
SGH s Automated Pharmacy Dispensing System (APDS) in the outpatient pharmacy won the prestigious CIO Asia Award in March for IT excellence.
Why switch from hardcopy to softcopy? The online platform allows more than one appraiser to evaluate a staff. It also enables appraisal records to be saved in the archives and makes it easier to retrieve performance information. How does this change the way we are appraised? You and your supervisor will be able to customise your individual Key Results Areas, objectives and targets, key performance factors, and assign weightages to each area. Our performance rating system is now based on a 5-point rating scale instead of 4. Assistant Directors and above will also be evaluated by their peer via a 360-degree feedback feature.
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MR JOHNNY QUAH
Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer (Shared Services and Research)
ASSOC PROF TAN THUAN TONG Head, Infectious Diseases, SGH
Inducted
Susan Lee, Deputy Director, IHIS with Lim Mun Moon, Director of Pharmacy
The system s use of Radio Frequency Identification technology, robotics and LED technology allows us to handle high prescription loads in a safer and more efficient manner. Medication errors have been significantly reduced and patients now get their medicines faster. The annual CIO Asia Awards recognises the five most outstanding companies in Asia that have used IT in creative and innovative ways to deliver competitive advantage to the organisation and propel growth.
Prof Teh and Prof Ong have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The ASCI is one of America s oldest and most respected medical honour societies whose aim is to advance research to improve patient treatment as well as to mentor future generations of physician-scientists. The society selects up to 80 new members a year based on their significant research accomplishments. As nominated members must be 50 years and younger, Prof Teh s and Prof Ong s induction also points to their significant achievements relatively early in their careers.
Prof Teh Bin Tean, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Assoc Prof Ong Sin Tiong, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Visiting Consultant, SGH & NCCS
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