“Like many of its neighbours, Malaysia has been experiencing changing disease patterns. The era of acute infectious diseases and malnutrition has been succeeded by one of chronic diseases and lifestyle related illnesses. So the country’s healthcare strategy has had to shift from making traditional health and hygiene improvements to promoting healthier lifestyles and managing chronic diseases.
“This calls for change in the role of healthcare professionals and the delivery interface between the consumer and health system,” says Dato’ Dr Jai Mohan, Professor of Health Informatics at Kuala Lumpur-based International Medical University and the Vice President of the Malaysia Health Informatics Association.”
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Jianggan Li, FutureGov, 6 January 2010
