SHAH ALAM, July 9 — Selangor has emerged as the leading state in implementing the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
The Health Ministry (MOH) said it records five government hospitals now adopting the digital platform as the government expands its nationwide healthcare digitalisation programme.
“A total of 22 government hospitals have adopted the EMR system nationwide, with Selangor recording the highest number,” it said in a written Parliamentary reply published on Tuesday (July 7).
The MOH was responding to Kluang MP Wong Shu Qi’s query on the current status of the National Electronic Health Record's implementation, including the list of clinics and hospitals that have adopted the system and the percentage of patient health record integration across public medical institutions.
It added that the EMR system, which is based on cloud computing through a subscription model, is currently being rolled out across government primary healthcare facilities in phases.
To date, 510 government primary clinics, comprising health, maternal and child health, rural, and community clinics, have adopted the cloud-based system to strengthen public health records.
The figures represent almost half of the country's 1,100 government primary healthcare clinics.
"The Health Ministry is implementing the comprehensive digitalisation of health facilities in phases through the EMR system.
“The initiatives are the Cloud-Based Clinic Management System in health clinics, the Dental Information System in dental clinics, and the Total Hospital Information System in hospitals, based on cloud computing through a subscription model to strengthen the management of the people's digital health records," the MOH said.
It is also implementing the ‘One Individual, One Record’ initiative in phases to enable Malaysians to access their government healthcare records through the MySejahtera app.
"To date, the health records that are available digitally cover 30 million individuals with vaccination records, 12 million individuals with prescription records, and five million individuals with dental records.
“Five million individuals with health screening records, and one million individuals with clinic encounter summaries," it said.
The ministry will continue to expand patient health record integration in phases, including clinic and hospital encounter summaries, laboratory information systems, and blood bank information systems. Imaging information systems are planned for integration in the next phase.
The MOH said the Malaysia Digital Health Certification Network is being implemented to enable health data sharing between public and private healthcare facilities in line with the development of the national health interoperability platform.
"Through easier access to individual health records, it helps speed up the treatment process, reduces the need for repeated examinations and collection of the same information, and improves the continuity of patient care between healthcare facilities," it said.
