Teleradiology in Singapore – Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Abstract

Teleradiology will have a significant impact on the delivery of healthcare and the practice of medicine. In order to ensure a positive outcome, the expected benefits, limitations and potential pitfalls of teleradiology must be carefully considered. For Singapore, teleradiology can be used to facilitate a quantum leap in the standards of radiological services. This can be achieved through the development of an integrated, nationwide, high-speed radiology network which will allow patients to have access to high-quality and responsive subspecialty radiology expertise located throughout the country. If judiciously implemented, teleradiology has the potential to propel Singapore radiology to an unprecedented level of professional quality and service delivery, and will provide the framework for sustainable radiological insourcing from other countries.

Piloting a pragmatic clinical audit tool for quality improvement in rural paediatric care in northern Sierra Leone

“…[18, 19] Higher admission rates of boys to the hospitals in these studies were attributed to an increased vulnerability of male children to some illnesses and the prevalent African custom of placing a higher premium on care of a male child compared with a female child, because of the relatively higher social importance attached to a male child. [20] Nevertheless, the gender disparity in the admission rate was not identified as a risk factor for death in our study population. This finding differs from previous studies conducted in similar settings where mortality in some studies was higher in females [18, 21, 22] and higher in males in other studies.…”