Asia Healthcare Operations Summit Successfully Launched


Mandy Lee


Asia Healthcare Operations Summit was successfully launched by YB Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Haji Abdul Rasid Shirlin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Malaysia March 23, 2011.

The conference, in its second year, managed to attract more than 50 organizations with over 100 attendees.

In helping healthcare practitioners to stay in touch with the latest new and technology, ASIA Healthcare Operations Summit aimed to deliver the utmost satisfaction to the attendees. This round, the topics such as effective patient and process flow management, medical information and records management, discharge management, quality management and patient safety, managing human assets, performance measurement, facilities management and maintenance, medication management and safety, as well as medical tourism were covered and delivered in a series of case study presentations, panel discussions and streamed sessions. It catered to the public and private sector healthcare.

ASIA Healthcare sealed the deals with eminent panel of speakers like Amir Firdaus Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Professor Philip Choo, Chief Executive Officer of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Dato' Dr. Chan Kok Ewe, Director of Island Hospital, Malaysia, Professor Teo Eng Kiong, Deputy Chairman Medical Board & chief of Gastroenterology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, and many others.

According to Project Manager, Sangeetha Silvaratnam, "Healthcare operations management has become a major topic for healthcare professionals and service providers. Ensuring effective operations and productivity in hospitals are crucial for efficient delivery of healthcare services. There are many huge general healthcare events being organized in countries like Singapore, India and Hong Kong, but there are very few that focuses on just healthcare operations. This is what made our event different from the rest out there. New topics such as patient flow management and clinical capacity planning will also be discussed in next year's event. We have also incorporated a 1 day intensive workshop on Evidence Based Practices for Chief Nursing Officers and Chief Matrons."

The event was officiated by Y.B. Datuk Rosnah Shirlin binti Haji Abdul Rashid Shirlin, Deputy Minister of Health, Malaysia.

Presentation of token of appreciation to YB Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Binti Haji Abdul Rashid Shirlin (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Malaysia)
From left: Ms. Sangeetha Silvaratnam (Project Manager ASIA Healthcare Operations Summit), YB Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Binti Haji Abdul Rashid Shirlin (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Malaysia), Prof. Philip Choo (Chairperson of ASIA Healthcare Operations Summit).


The participants from healthcare professionals.

The participants of the ASIA Healthcare Operations Summit 2011