Yeoh Khay Guan

Prof Yeoh Khay Guan
Chief Executive, National University Health System, Singapore
Senior Vice President (Health Affairs), National University of Singapore

Professor Yeoh is Chief Executive of the National University Health System, in which capacity he leads an integrated academic health system including public primary care clinics, community, general, and tertiary hospitals, national specialty centers in cancer, cardiovascular, and oral health, and the National University of Singapore's medical, nursing, dental, and public health schools under one unified governance.

His concurrent appointments include the Kishore Mahbubani Professor in Medicine and Health Policy and Senior Vice President (Health Affairs), National University of Singapore. He practices as a Senior Consultant at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital (NUH). He served as Dean of NUS School of Medicine from 2011 to 2018.

Professor Yeoh received his MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from NUS in 1987.  He trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at NUH.  He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Glasgow, and a member of the American Gastroenterology Association and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Presentation Synopsis
HM 1 - Transforming Ourselves into the Health System of the Future

Healthcare systems globally face numerous challenges, including rising demand due to an ageing population, escalating costs of care, a worldwide rise in obesity prevalence, shortages in healthcare personnel, staff burnout and uneven access to care. Transforming health systems and healthcare for the future is a pressing and universal endeavour. At the NUHS, we have begun the journey to transform into the health system of the future. This is organised across four pillars: the healthcare workforce, new models of care, technology and innovation, and system enablers. These workstreams address fundamental strategic shifts - an emphasis on prevention of disease and late-stage complications to reduce demand of acute care and contain costs; leveraging technology to reduce burden on the workforce and increase productivity; and redesigning how healthcare professionals work in order to overcome the constraints presented by workforce shortages. This talk aims to discuss the efforts, targets and early outcomes under each of the four pillars which serve as a dynamic framework driving the systemic, simultaneous and transformative change necessary for health systems to achieve better health outcomes for patients and populations in a sustainable manner. 

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