The importance of healthcare was never felt so keenly as during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, there is a greater appreciation of the need to proactively build resilient and high quality health systems, and to explore new innovations. With a rapidly ageing population, the burden of disease will increase even as the pool of potential care providers decreases. At the same time, the cost of healthcare needs to be contained, while meeting patient needs and keeping providers motivated. This calls for radical increases in the productivity of the healthcare sector. In this scenario, there is a need to understand complex systems concepts in assessing the impact of interventions. This technology-agnostic course will explore the context of the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on Singapore and Asia. Students will gain hands-on experience understanding a real-world problem and designing a solution for it, but also in understanding how to assess the broader social context in which solutions are deployed. The course will aim to provide a window to real-world experiences and open-ended problems. It will utilise cases and management games. It will help students to develop critical and holistic thinking, while gaining practical skills in solution development.
1. Have an awareness of the healthcare landscape and ecosystem in Singapore.
2. Get hands-on experience in conceptualising a healthcare solution/model for a real-life problem, as well as presenting and justifying your design.
3. Develop your ability to evaluate the broader context of the domain in which your solution will be deployed.
Students suggested digital ideas on how nurses can avoid administrative lapses when split team measures were enforced during the COVID-19 situation.
Students recommended a platform to assist data integration and planning of duty rosters for healthcare professionals in a hospital, whereby the application could optimise the schedule of healthcare professionals using algorithms in meaningful ways such as maximising rest hours and sending out notifications.
Students recommended a platform to assist data integration and planning of duty rosters for healthcare professionals in a hospital, whereby the application could optimise the schedule of healthcare professionals using algorithms in meaningful ways such as maximising rest hours and sending out notifications.
Students looked into the effectiveness of using digital solutions to develop personalised medication lists with illustration to improve patient's medication understanding and adherence.