04-May-17 M-health company Doctor2U has announced a partnership with Microsoft Malaysia to digitally deliver new health services. Launched in 2015, the app’s core feature Doctor House Call service brings a doctor to your doorstep within 60 minutes for MYR200-380 (USD46-88). [image: Glenn Guan / The Star]

27-Apr-17 Malaysia again won the Health and Medical Tourism Destination of the Year award for the third consecutive year, at the annual IMTJ Medical Travel Awards, which recognise innovation, excellence and best practices in medical travel and tourism. [image: The Star]

10-Apr-17 DoctorOnCall debuts as Malaysia’s first online telehealth platform that connects patients with an extensive network of doctors and medical practitioners via audio or video call. DoctorOnCall.com.my has also become Malaysia’s first online prescription-based pharmacy, with average delivery times of 4-6 hours for areas within Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, and 1-2 days for the rest of Malaysia. [image: Citizen Journalists Malaysia]

30-Mar-17 The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council has partnered with five Indonesian health tourism companies in the travel, insurance, and financial services industries with the aim of adopting a strategic approach to providing quality services to the more than 500,000 visitors arriving from Indonesia to seek medical treatment annually. [image: MIMS]

17-Mar-17 The Malaysian Medical Device Agency has made public its plans to ratify the ASEAN Medical Device Directive, a framework intended to harmonize medical device regulations across 10 ASEAN member nations, in mid-2017. The agency has also announced its plans to undertake revisions of the country’s current medical device regulatory system in 2017. [image: Pacific Bridge Medical]