The healthcare institutions come from the two public clusters, National Healthcare Group (NHG) and Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), Parkway Hospitals and Ang Mo Kio - ThyeHuaKwanHospital, a volunteer welfare organization.

With a total funding of S$3 million (US$1.9 million), the CFC is expected to generate a total spending of S$12 million by the industry.

The pilot projects include the development of innovative solutions to enhance patient care and safety by using wireless measurement of critical vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, ECG and pulse rate) and wireless fall detection devices; and nursing workflow and patient identification automation through RFID technology.

A consortium will be piloting with selected high-risk cardiac patients the use of portable wireless heart monitoring patch, which will allow continuous monitoring of the patients' progress upon their discharge from the hospital via a remote call center manned by heart specialists.

Through the various pilot projects, hospitals can look forward to improved efficiency and reduction of wastage through optimization and effective scheduling of operating theatre resources with the use of ICT.