electronic medical record (EMR) system Archives

21 November 2025

Letter

The Future Of Digital Health Must Be Built On Clinical Reality — Dr Junaidi Ismail

Dr Junaidi Ismail says a diagnosis is a clinical act, not a digital transaction. Countries with telemedicine operate in mature ecosystems where national EMRs are unified. "You do not know whether an examination will change your decision until you examine."

5 August 2025

Letter

MMA Welcomes Government Grants For Private GPs To Digitalise — Malaysian Medical Association

Digitalisation will empower the national health transformation agenda by expanding coverage and access to health care services in urban and rural areas.

7 March 2025

Malaysia

Doctors Furious At Placement Cancellations After System Error

Doctors are furious with the "cruel" MOH for invalidating the ePlacement results for 2,245 medical officers due to technical errors in the system, demanding accountability rather than shift the burden of responsibility to doctors to apply all over again.

5 February 2025

Malaysia

MOH Mulls Digital Medical Certificates, E-Prescriptions

MOH is exploring electronic medical certificates and prescriptions as part of health care digitalisation. However, legal and policy changes are needed to ensure their validity. "Everything is going 'e'," says MOH digital health director Dr Mahesh Appannan.

4 February 2025

Malaysia

MOH To Deploy Off-The-Shelf Cloud EMR Systems Across Public Health Facilities

MOH plans to adopt subscription-based cloud EMR systems for public hospitals and clinics, choosing off-the-shelf solutions over custom ones. Dr Mahesh Appannan says that while the MOH will use external platforms, it will retain full ownership of its data.

30 January 2025

Malaysia

Selayang Hospital Processes 4,000 Lab Samples Manually Daily

MOH's Dr Mahesh Appannan says Selayang Hospital’s outdated IT system highlights the need for a new subscription-based approach to digital maintenance. The hospital’s previous IT system worked for 15 years, but couldn't keep up. "We couldn't keep patching."

3 January 2025

Malaysia

Malaysia Won’t Adopt American DRG Model ‘Wholesale’: Minister

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says Malaysia won't adopt the American DRG model "wholesale", but introduce a "customised hybrid" version for private hospitals. In his New Year's address to MOH staff, Dr Dzul also touched on the acute shortage of doctors.

18 July 2024

Malaysia

Dzulkefly: ‘One Individual One Record’ Digital Health System In Four To Five Years

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says 85% of 1,093 health clinics and 91% of 694 dental clinics are using the MySejahtera appointment system. MOH aims for 100% usage in all clinics by 2024.

28 February 2024

Malaysia

Dr Dzul: Loyalty, Patriotism Biggest Retention Factors For Doctors In Public Service

Dr Dzul says loyalty and patriotism are the biggest employee retention factors for doctors in the public sector, singling out senior consultant doctors in Selayang Hospital who chose to stay, despite govt hospitals lacking treatment like Gamma Knife surgery.

24 February 2023

Malaysia

ICT Gets Tenfold Increase In MOH’s Budget 2023

The allocation for information and communications technology (ICT) in MOH rose by a whopping 939% from an estimated RM11.3 million in 2022 to RM117.2 million for 2023.

Tag: electronic medical record (EMR) system

The Future Of Digital Health Must Be Built On Clinical Reality — Dr Junaidi Ismail

MMA Welcomes Government Grants For Private GPs To Digitalise — Malaysian Medical Association

Doctors Furious At Placement Cancellations After System Error

MOH Mulls Digital Medical Certificates, E-Prescriptions

MOH To Deploy Off-The-Shelf Cloud EMR Systems Across Public Health Facilities

Selayang Hospital Processes 4,000 Lab Samples Manually Daily

Dzulkefly: ‘One Individual One Record’ Digital Health System In Four To Five Years

Dr Dzul: Loyalty, Patriotism Biggest Retention Factors For Doctors In Public Service

ICT Gets Tenfold Increase In MOH’s Budget 2023

How Non-Doctors Successfully Run Private Hospitals In Malaysia

MediAsas Doesn’t Cover Pre-Existing Conditions, Seven Years Before ‘No Look-Back’: BNM FAQ

JPA Already Granted Autonomy To MOH: Johor MB

MMA Slams Insurer’s RM50 Limit For GP Visits