Fully integrated digitalised health record system vital as Malaysia's ageing population grows


PETALING JAYA: With Malaysia's senior citizen population set to roughly double by 2040, a fully integrated digitalised health record (DHR) system will be crucial to manage the looming ageing population crisis, according to a study by the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI).

The study titled “Digital Health Records in Malaysia: The Journey and the Way Forward”, released Tuesday (May 7) said this was crucial to address the issue of our current fragmented health information systems.

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