Dr Chow Mun Hong

Dr Chow Mun Hong is a Family Physician and Senior Consultant at SingHealth Polyclinics. He is also Director of Quality Management at SingHealth Polyclinics where he oversees the Quality and Safety of patient care.

He received his medical training at the National University of Singapore, and obtained his Masters of Medicine degree in Family Medicine in 1998. He attained his Fellowship by Assessment at the College of Family Physicians Singapore in 2002, and completed a fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Southern California on Integrated Chronic Disease Management in 2004.

His interests are in Healthcare Quality and Safety, Continuing Improvement, and Care Delivery Design to support Population Care.

He is also active in Medical and Inter-professional education. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor with Duke-NUS Medical School, as well as examiner at the Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) examinations and the Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine examinations. He is also involved in Quality and Safety training for Residents and other healthcare professionals.

• ​FAMS - 2015
• MBA - 2013
• FCFP(S) - 2002
• MMed (Family Medicine) - 1998
• MBBS - 1990

• ​Senior Consultant, SingHealth Polyclinics - 2008 to Present
• Director, Quality Management, SingHealth Polyclinics - 2006 to Present
• Institution Risk Officer, SingHealth Polyclinics - 2011 to Present
• Director, Innovation and Quality Management, SingHealth - 2013 to Present
• Co-chair, National Curriculum for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Workgroup, Singapore Healthcare Improvement Network - 2014 to Present
• Director, Clinical Governance and Quality Management, SingHealth - 2011 to 2013
• National Transplant Ethics Committee member - 2009 to 2011
• MOH Clinical Advisory Committee on Chronic Disease management - 2007 to 2009
• Council member, College of Family Physicians, Singapore - 2007 to 2011
• Exco Member Healthcare Quality Society of Singapore - 2007 to 2014

• ​Distinguished Educator Award - College of Family Physicians, Singapore - 2015
• Dean’s List and Valedictorian Award - SMU EMBA programme - 2013
• Best project award - Clinical practice Improvement Programme - 2005

• ​Improving Quality in the Clinic. MH Chow, SFP 2005; 31(3)
• Primary care doctors’ practice in the management of asthma patients. NC Tan, MH Chow, P Goh, LG Goh, SMJ 2002; 43(2): 061-066
• Doctors’ and Lawyers’ perspectives of child abuse and neglect in Singapore. DSS Fung, MH Chow, SMJ; 1998; 39(4): 160-165
• Depression in young and elderly patients. SM Ko, EH Kua, MH Chow, SMJ 1997; 38(10): 439-441