Database on health goes live

Significant milestone: (From left) Dr Noor Hisham, Dr Subramaniam and Mimos Bhd president Datuk Abdul Wahab Abdullah launching the MyHDW service at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: A central database containing health-related information from both public and private hospitals in Malaysia has gone live.

Called the Malaysian Health Data Warehouse (MyHDW), it will allow those in healthcare services to make better and more “educated” decisions and cut wastage.