health care Archives

4 July 2024

The Unfair Vilification Of The Malaysian Medical Council

MMC was unfairly vilified as the "bad guy" in the parallel pathway conflict. As regulator, MMC was doing its job in upholding the law so it can be confident that any specialist doctor it registers is safe and competent to provide treatment to the public.

21 February 2024

World

Singapore Offers Foreign Nurses Up To S$100,000 In Retention Scheme With Minimum Four Years’ Service

Singapore's MOH launches a retention incentive scheme for both local and foreign nurses called ANGEL that awards nurses in public health care up to S$100,000 (RM356,818) over 20 years. Foreign nurses are eligible for ANGEL after serving at least 4 years.

20 September 2023

Opinion

Discrimination Against People Living With NCDs: Does It Happen?

Discrimination matters in health care because it can lead to the people being discriminated against being treated differently.

19 September 2023

Opinion

Continuing Medical Education For Health Care Professionals: Why It Matters For Patients

Empowering allied health care workers across the entire spectrum by providing them with continuous, relevant, contextual, and updated information on how they can provide better care will translate to better patient outcomes.

18 September 2023

Opinion

A Transformative Approach To Managing People Living With NCDs: New Skillsets Needed For Health Care Professionals

Without teaching health care professionals how to teach patients in an effective manner, how can we ever hope that patients will be able to learn enough to do better in caring for themselves?

17 January 2023

Letter

Five Digital Trends Shaping Asia-Pacific Health Care – Stella Ramette

What trends are shaping the future of health care delivery? Which opportunities are ripe for innovation?

30 December 2022

Malaysia

Finding ‘Value’ In Health Care Spending

The traditional focus on the use of health care resources, instead of outcomes of health care, have contributed to a surge in health care costs, says a health economist.

29 December 2022

Malaysia

Recap: Top 10 Malaysia Health Issues In 2022

2022 saw major health issues like medicine shortages, the tobacco bill, and MySejahtera, while chronic problems like overcrowded emergency departments, junior doctor bullying, and NCDs remain unresolved. Health care reform is a key question entering 2023.

28 December 2022

Opinion

Reflections For 2023 – Boo Su-Lyn

I’m deeply honoured that the medical fraternity across the public and private sectors chose to place their trust in CodeBlue to make their voices heard.

15 November 2022

Malaysia

Harapan Moots To Decentralise Health, Education For Sarawak

Incumbent Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii says that PH plans to take education and health care out from the federal list and into the Federal Constitution’s concurrent list.

Tag: health care

The Unfair Vilification Of The Malaysian Medical Council

Singapore Offers Foreign Nurses Up To S$100,000 In Retention Scheme With Minimum Four Years’ Service

Discrimination Against People Living With NCDs: Does It Happen?

Continuing Medical Education For Health Care Professionals: Why It Matters For Patients

A Transformative Approach To Managing People Living With NCDs: New Skillsets Needed For Health Care Professionals

Five Digital Trends Shaping Asia-Pacific Health Care – Stella Ramette

Finding ‘Value’ In Health Care Spending

Recap: Top 10 Malaysia Health Issues In 2022

Reflections For 2023 – Boo Su-Lyn

Harapan Moots To Decentralise Health, Education For Sarawak

Retirees Hit By Medical Insurance Premium Hikes Up To 275%

National Dengue Vaccination Programme May Save Malaysia RM4 Billion Over Three Decades

Thank You, HRPB Ipoh, JKN Perak, And CodeBlue — S. Kunasegaran

Genetic Breakthroughs Unveiled: The 1st Malaysia Pharmacogenomics Summit 2024 Ignites A New Era In Personalised Medicine

Malaysia Makes Progress Towards Eliminating Cervical Cancer, But Challenges Persist