Changi General Hospital is one of the organisers of the Eastern Health Alliance Inaugural Scientific Meeting on 18 November 2011.   This inaugural scientific meeting, with the theme “Partners in Healthcare Excellence” is a milestone for the Eastern Health Alliance as it seeks to facilitate the delivery and exchange of medical and integrated care knowledge amongst experts and the wider community.

The Scientific Meeting drew more than a hundred abstract submissions for the Oral & Poster Competition.

Oral Competition Winning Abstracts

1st "EFFECT OF LIAISON NURSE ON UNPLANNED RETURNS TO A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT" Mashithah Mansor, Department of Nursing

2nd "TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO CLINICAL APPLICATION" Tan Ai Meng, Department of Nursing Administration

3rd "THE IMPACT OF MULTIFACETED APPROACH IN REDUCING HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED MRSA IN A SURGICAL-ORTHOPAEDIC WARD" Ling Weixia, Department of Nursing

1st "EARLY SUPPORTED DISCHARGE PROGRAMME FOR STROKE PATIENTS DWELLING IN THE EASTERN PART OF SINGAPORE: A PILOT STUDY" Tan Pei Pei, Department of Rehabilitative Services

2nd "IDENTIFICATION, CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF GRAMPOSITIVE BACILLI ISOLATED FROM SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS" Eng Li Ching, Department of Laboratory Medicine

3rd "EFFECTS OF EARLY ACCESS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR NON-AMBULANT PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT" Boolsambatra Jindee, Department of Rehabilitative Services

1st "DRUG ELTUING BALLOON (DEB) ANGIOPLASTY FOR CRITICAL LOWER LIMB ISCHAEMIA (CLI): EARLY CGH EXPERIENCE - THE FIRST ASIAN DEB REGISTRY" Ramesh Wijaya, Department of General Surgery

2nd "THE IPAD FOR CT REVIEW. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF ACCURACY AND USER EXPERIENCE" Angeline Poh, Department of Radiology

3rd "INCIDENCE AND FOLLOW UP ON LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS COMPLICATING ACUTE ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AFTER PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE" Tan Vern Hsen, Department of Cardiology

Poster Competition Winning Abstracts

1st "NURSING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STABILISATION USING COTTON TAPE AND ADHESIVE TAPE: A COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTIVE PILOT STUDY" Chong Yong Jiin, Department of Nursing

2nd "PROFILE OF "QUITTERS" IN THE INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM AT CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL" Lum Yeow Chun, Department of Nursing

3rd "MORTALITY RATE OF PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH HEART FAILURE IN AN ACUTE HOSPITAL" Karen Poh, Department of Nursing

1st "PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF STATINS ON PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS SECONDARY TO PNEUMONIA" Tay Xin Yong, Department of Pharmacy

2nd "PHARMACIST OUTREACH PROGRAMME (POP) - A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN AGED CARE TRANSITION TEAM & HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS ON MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AT HOME" Lee Chai Hoon, Department of Pharmacy

3rd "MEDICATION UTILISATION EVALUATION OF DAPTOMYCIN" Pang Su Yin, Department of Pharmacy

1st "TELESTROKE: RAPID TREATMENT OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS USING TELEMEDICINE IN A SINGAPORE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT" Arron Ang, Department of Emergency Medicine

2nd "DIRECT ENDOSCOPIC NECROSECTOMY - A NOVEL MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTED WALLED-OFF PANCREATIC NECROSIS AND ABSCESSES" Ang Tiing Leong, Department of Gastroenterology

3rd "ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL TRAINEES’ QUALITY OF KNOT TYING" Ching Siok Siong, Department of General Surgery