EMR; Now or never?

June 11, 2018June 12, 2018 Editorial EMR, hospitals, technology

by Dr Jason Tee

Have you ever wondered why healthcare takes a longer time and seems to be stuck for decades behind other industries when it comes to adopting new technologies? In Malaysia, only a small percentage of hospitals are equipped with an EMR (Electronic Medical Record). Also, clinicians are not embracing the technology as they find it overwhelming or troublesome to use it.

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Connected Care : A distant dream?

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 Editorial EMR, Healthcare, Patient Health Records

by Dr Benjamin Cheah

Let’s face it, patients tend to travel between hospitals to get the care that they need and trust. However, the current infrastructure of healthcare actually makes this practise a dangerous affair. Here is why.

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Healthcare tech has a bottleneck

December 7, 2015December 30, 2016 Editorial Digital health, eHealth, EHR, EMR, technology

Most people laud the introduction of technology into healthcare. It supposedly is superior in reducing medical errors and allows data

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Rethinking the delivery of care

October 15, 2018 Editorial Comments Off

Dr Benjamin Cheah

Healthcare has been focused primarily on the doctor-patient encounter at the point of care in a healthcare facility over the last century. It was the main and only contact point between the patient and the healthcare system. It is literally the bottle neck in the entire healthcare process.

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