Chronic conditions, complicated cases: How the healthcare system is helping such patients

Yishun Polyclinic Care Coach Goh Zi Hui (right) with a patient. Care Coaches are non-clinical staff who create an individualised intervention plan for complex patients. PHOTO: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS
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SINGAPORE – A 71-year-old patient called Yishun Polyclinic twice in 2022, asking to refill her prescription for blood pressure medication.

During her third call in September that year, staff explained that she first needed to come in and be assessed by a doctor.

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