MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT)

Professor Tan Chorh Chuan
Chairman

Singapore has a good healthcare system and achieves excellent health outcomes while maintaining access and affordability. Looking to the future, however, we will encounter unique and complex challenges as our population ages rapidly, the prevalence of chronic diseases continues to rise and social determinants of health become increasing salient. There are also exciting new opportunities created by remarkable advances in science and technology. The ability to collect, curate and analyse large amounts of data will enable innovative new ways to improve population health and prevent and manage disease. Advances in precision medicine and biomedical sciences are producing novel therapeutic options for diseases that were previously untreatable. The active participation of individuals and patients in managing their own health and medical conditions is absolutely critical, and new approaches are becoming available to more effectively promote and support this.

The MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) was set up to help drive the reshaping of our health system at this exciting time of challenge and opportunity. MOHT focuses on a number of longer-term areas with the potential to contribute to fundamental changes in the way we promote health and deliver care. We work closely with partners to design and pilot new initiatives, and concurrently collaborate with MOH, AIC, Synapxe and other stakeholders to develop critical enablers of scaling such as technology, data analytics, and finance and incentive redesign. MOHT endeavours to draw all these together as effective new end-to-end system-level solutions that have a transformative impact on care and health outcomes.

The journey is a complex and challenging one and MOHT greatly appreciates the strong partnership and support of our many stakeholders and collaborators in the joint pursuit of fundamental shifts that will have a large and positive impact on the health and lives of the public and our patients.

Mr Lim Cher Wee
Executive Director

Healthcare is evolving rapidly around the world. Several health systems face growing pressure due to factors such as ageing populations, rising chronic disease burdens, and sustainability challenges. While Singapore is not exempt, we are keen to understand these constraints and transform them into opportunities for delivering long-term value.

MOHT is the Ministry of Health’s innovation partner for system-level healthcare transformation. We believe that the future of healthcare in Singapore should (1) shift from volume to value, (2) empower patients and providers, and (3) become more adaptive and integrated, so that care can increasingly be delivered in the right place, at the right time, by the right team.

Our work focuses on de-risking, validating and scaling solutions that drive real-world system change. We bridge evidence-based translation and policy-ops-tech capabilities. We also convene stakeholders and mobilise capabilities that best realise our beliefs. Through these efforts, we accelerate the deployment and embedding of a few promising care models into mainstream care in Singapore.

Our current portfolio includes:

1. Proactive Primary Care – Supporting a shift from reactive episodic primary care practices to also include data-driven risk-stratified approaches that improve outcomes cost-effectively.

2. Scalable Digital Mental Health Solutions – Expanding access to just-in-time interventions in the community, in support of Singapore’s tiered care model.

3. Patient Flow Optimisation – Redesigning care services to increase throughput, reduce avoidable hospital stays and shift care closer to home.

Our collaborations today shape our healthcare futures for tomorrow. We invite partners to join us in this journey. A healthier and sustainable future is something we must build together.