NEHR Connect Grant

The NEHR Connect Grant (NCG) is a one-off MOH funding scheme to help healthcare providers adopt a certified health information management system (HIMS) or enhance an existing HIMS to meet Health Information Act (HIA) requirements and contribute to Singapore's National Electronic Health Record (NEHR). MOH announced that up to S$45 million would be set aside over four years and that the grant would roll out from July 2026 (MOH, 5 March 2026).

What the grant supports

For providers using subscription-based HIMS, which MOH says represent the majority of smaller practices, the NCG provides funding to cover approximately two years of subscription costs for HIA-compliant systems. For providers using in-house systems that require enhancement, the funding covers up to 40% of enhancement costs, subject to a cap that varies by licensable health sector, including clinical laboratories and private hospitals (MOH, 5 March 2026).

The grant is for healthcare-provider information systems and NEHR/HIA onboarding; it is not a general consumer healthcare benefit or an automatic payment to every medical practice. Providers that previously received similar MOH funding support for NEHR data contribution are not eligible for the NCG. Detailed support information and guides are to be made available through the Health Information Act website.

Published quantum, eligibility and application timing

The later HIA implementation-support page publishes service-specific NCG quanta. Examples include 40% of cost capped at S$200,000 for acute and community hospitals, 40% capped at S$140,000 for clinical laboratories, a fixed S$8,400 for outpatient medical services, and 40% capped at S$16,900 for retail pharmacies. These figures are grant ceilings or fixed quanta per licensee, not a universal two-year payment or a promise that every provider will receive the maximum (MOH, implementation support updated 25 August 2026).

The same page sets application windows by service group: GP outpatient services opened on 1 July 2026; acute and community hospitals, clinical laboratories, radiology laboratories and nuclear medicine services open on 1 November 2026; the next service group opens on 1 August 2027; and outpatient dental, ambulatory surgical centres, assisted reproduction and retail pharmacies open on 1 May 2029. The provider must hold the relevant HCSA or retail-pharmacy licence, be required to contribute to NEHR under the HIA, not be a government agency or MOHH-owned entity except Vanguard Nursing Homes, and not have received specified similar MOH funding under the same HCI code (MOH, implementation support updated 25 August 2026).

The operational page also describes the post-approval sequence: Letter of Award, HIMS implementation and NEHR contribution, up to two months of data-quality monitoring after the mandatory contribution date, submission of finance documents, and payout within two months after the requirements are met. Thus the March announcement describes the scheme’s overall envelope, while the implementation-support page should be used for the current service-specific quantum and application mechanics (MOH, implementation support updated 25 August 2026).

Relationship to cybersecurity support

The NCG does not replace cybersecurity funding. MOH says providers may separately use Enterprise Singapore's Productivity Solutions Grant for IT and cybersecurity solutions such as firewalls and anti-malware, and may tap existing CSA and EnterpriseSG support for HIA cybersecurity and data-security requirements. SMEs without cybersecurity capabilities may receive up to 70% co-funding to engage CSA-certified consultants under the cited support arrangement; this is separate from the NCG's HIMS adoption or enhancement support (MOH, 5 March 2026).

The implementation-support page makes the split more concrete: PSG support for eligible healthcare SMEs can cover up to 50% of an approved solution cost, capped at S$30,000, while the CISO-as-a-Service route can provide up to 70% co-funding for a qualified cybersecurity-consultancy package for eligible SMEs that are also MOH-approved service providers. Neither percentage changes the NCG quantum, and neither route turns a cybersecurity purchase into an NCG claim. A provider may need to assess the HIMS grant and cybersecurity support separately against the relevant licence, SME and application conditions (MOH, implementation support updated 25 August 2026).