Enhancing Access to Addiction Services in Hospital Settings

Presenter: Dr. Gabriel Ong Rui Ming
Affiliation: Changi General Hospital, Singapore
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Title: Quality Improvement Project:Enhancing Access to Addiction Services for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

🔬 Presentation Highlights
∙ Public Health Focus: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains significantly under-detected and under-treated among hospitalized patients, despite prevalence rates ranging from 7.4% to 48%.
∙ Clinical Gap Identified: AUD is often overlooked in restructured hospitals, leading to missed opportunities for timely intervention.
∙ Objective: To improve referral rates of patients with alcohol use disorder from the Gastroenterology ward to addiction counselling services.
∙ Methodology: Applied the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) quality improvement framework.
∙ Baseline Data: Only 25 referrals were made between June 2022 and June 2023 prior to intervention.
∙ Intervention: Targeted education of junior doctors on early identification and referral of patients with potential AUD.
∙ Results: Achieved a 32% increase in referral rates from July 2023 to July 2024 (33 total cases).
∙ Conclusion: Demonstrates the power of interdepartmental collaboration and education in improving addiction care pathways and patient outcomes.

👨‍⚕️ About the Speaker
Dr. Gabriel Ong Rui Ming is a psychiatric doctor with nearly a decade of experience in psychiatry. He is currently practicing at Changi General Hospital, Singapore, with a strong interest in addiction services, hospital psychiatry, and quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient care.

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Event: International Conference on Addiction Medicine, Mental Health andPsychiatry
📅 Dates: March 23–25, 2026
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