PHOTOS: MMK introduce smart operating theatres( OT), creating a fully integrated smart hospital environment that will further elevate the quality of care delivered to their patients. Currently, two Smart Wards are in place, and while the hardware is only available in those two, the hospital’ s full patient data are all available securely.
“ The Smart OT will work similarly, cutting the channels of coordination between different departments and personnel towards a more automated approach, all for a seamless patient experience before and after their surgeries,” she said.
MMC is fully owned and managed by Health Management Int. Limited( HMI Medical), while its information technology, data privacy, and cyber security affairs are managed by HMI Malaysia. This allows MMC to put their full focus on technology advancement and digitalisation initiatives.
Thanks to MMC, Malaysia is now the second country after Singapore to employ the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System, the first robotic-assisted surgery system born in Japan. This and other investments in new medical equipment will continue to position MMC at the cutting edge. Currently, MMC owns a HIFU( High Intensive Focus Ultrasound) machine, which is reserved for treating women’ s diseases without surgery. Diagnostic equipment, MRIs, CT Scans, radiation scans for tomotherapy, and PET-Scans are also part of MMC’ s high-tech toolbox. Added to that are MMC’ s PSMA Scan, an imaging
test that helps detect prostate cancer, and an FDAapproved scan, the only one in Malacca and Negeri Sembilan thus far.
Getting the buy-in As in most organisations, transformations and changes to a long-standing culture of work are often met with reservations and skepticism. The minority will stick to what they know best, but the majority knows that digital transformation is no longer a nice-to-have but a requirement in terms of long-term business success.
MMC is a 30-year establishment with more than 100 full-time consultants and doctors who may not be easy to convince about the need for radical change. But Teo knew that to compete, you needed to embrace the future. This is why all the staff, from management and doctors to the nurses and administrative staff, have undergone hours of training, trial, and testing so that everyone sees and speaks the same vision. Today, MMC is not only leading the healthcare landscape in Malacca but is also one of the preferred medical destinations in all of Southeast Asia.
“ An ideal Smart MMC for me is the stage where we are able to communicate with our patients with just a touch. A touch to go cashless, a touch to prep our patients before therapy or surgery, a touch to alert them of their insurance approval, a touch for everything that a patient shouldn’ t have to worry about. That’ s my Smart MMC,” said Teo, as she envisions MMC’ s future.
MMC is fully owned and managed by Health Management Int. Limited( HMI Medical), while its information technology, data privacy, and cyber security affairs are managed by HMI Malaysia.
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