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Clinical Quality & Patient Safety: For Healthcare Professionals and Students

2026/04/21

This handbook is developed for today’s evolving healthcare landscape, keeping a clear focus on what matters most: delivering safe, high quality patient care. It serves as a practical and relevant resource for healthcare professionals, clinical leaders, medical, nursing, and allied health students, quality improvement specialists, administrators, and all who are committed to advancing patient safety and clinical excellence.

Key highlights:
- 18 comprehensive chapters spanning clinical quality fundamentals to advanced safety protocols
- Real-world case studies and practical implementation strategies
- Evidence-based frameworks for continuous quality improvement
- Contemporary topics including healthcare leadership, health technology, cybersecurity, and diagnostic safety
- Singapore-specific insights into healthcare governance

Authored by Prof Quek Swee Chye, A/Prof Sophia Ang, Bhuvana Mohankumar, and Diana Santos, together with Sandhya Mujumdar, this handbook draws on decades of collective expertise in clinical governance quality improvement, and patient safety within Singapore’s healthcare ecosystem. 

Learn more here.

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