Once Flagship, Selayang Hospital’s EMR System Now Busted!
- Ryan Mike
- Feb 16, 2023
- 2 min read
Once a fully paperless flagship hospital back in 1999, Selayang Hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR) system, which was not upgraded, has deteriorated, forcing multiple processes to go manual. Four doctors say this delays and compromise patient care.
Consultant nephrologist Dr. Ghazali Ahmad, who served as one of the Ministry of Health (MOH) team members for Selayang Hospital in Selangor from 1997 to 2000, wrote for CodeBlue in 2021 that THIS, with electronic health records, was implemented in the public hospital for all processes: from admission and registration to clerking and prescription writing, ordering medications, laboratory tests, imaging, scheduling, nursing entries, reports, discharges, and transfers.
“Being an electronic hospital that has taken the initiative to implement THIS, Selayang Hospital has become a showcase to the rest of the world,” states Selayang Hospital’s official website.
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