Tag: Private Hospitals
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Transitional Access: Taxpayer-Funded Cancer Medicine Expands to Private Hospitals for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
What is transitional access and why it matters Transitional access refers to a temporary policy allowing taxpayers to fund a medicine in settings outside the usual public system—specifically, private hospitals. In the case of advanced breast cancer, this means that a groundbreaking drug, previously available only through public channels, can now be prescribed and funded…
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Transitional access: Private cancer patients to receive Pharmac-funded medicine in NZ private hospitals
What transitional access means in practical terms Healthcare policy in New Zealand is evolving to address gaps between public provision and patient needs. The latest development centers on giving private hospital patients with advanced breast cancer access to a medicine funded by Pharmac, the government’s medicines funding agency. Known as transitional access, this policy aims…
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Private cancer patients gain access to Pharmac-funded medicine in private hospitals
Overview of Transitional Access A new policy initiative will allow a select group of private patients with advanced breast cancer to receive a medicine funded by the government’s Pharmac (the New Zealand drug-buying agency) in private hospitals. The measure, described by officials as transitional access, aims to speed up patient access to a potentially life-extending…
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Delay in Singapore’s Private Hospitals Connecting to Health Repository
Introduction In a recent development, it has been announced that not all nine private hospitals in Singapore will meet the anticipated deadline of contributing their patients’ health records to a national health repository by the end of 2025. This delay comes as a surprise, as these hospitals had previously projected to play an active role…
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Delay in Singapore Private Hospitals Connecting to National Health Repository
Introduction Recent developments in Singapore’s healthcare sector reveal that some private hospitals are postponing their plans to connect to the national health repository for patient data. Originally, all nine private hospitals had anticipated contributing their patients’ health records by the end of 2025, but this timeline is now under revision. Private Hospitals Affected Two notable…
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Delays in Singapore Private Hospitals’ Connection to National Health Repository
Introduction In Singapore’s healthcare landscape, a significant shift is underway as the government aims to centralize patient health records through a national health repository. However, not all private hospitals are on track to meet the 2025 deadline for this integration. Two notable institutions, Thomson Medical and Mount Alvernia Hospital, have recently announced delays in connecting…