Jurong Health Connect is a

community health Community health refers to simple health services that are delivered by laymen outside hospitals and clinics. Community health is also the subset of public health that is taught to and practiced by clinicians. Community health volunteers and communi ...

project started in

Jurong Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. The project was initiated by then Acting Minister of Health

Khaw Boon Wan Khaw Boon Wan (; born 8 December 1952) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Transport between 2015 and 2020, Minister for National Development between 2011 and 2015, and Minister for Health between 2003 and 2011. A memb ...

, and was officially launched on 3 July 2004.

Tan Cheng Bock Adrian Tan Cheng Bock ( zh, s=陈清木, p=Chén Qīngmù; born 26 April 1940) is a Singaporean politician and medical practitioner. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Rajah SMC between 1980 and 2001. He served as Secretary-General o ...

served as the Chairman of the Jurong Health Connect Advisory Committee. The aim is to develop a patient-centric, seamless, and accessible healthcare network for the residents in Jurong. Successful components of the pilot would then be replicated in other parts of Singapore. One aspect of the initiative was a community web portal that serves as a comprehensive hub for healthcare-related information in the Jurong area. Beyond serving as a directory, the portal also provides self-administered questionnaires that recommend resources tailored to a resident's medical conditions and daily needs. The web portal is supported by an information counter and a call centre hotline for residents who are less familiar with technology.

References

External links

JHC website
Medical and health organisations based in Singapore {{Singapore-stub