A review of health websites in Malaysia towards Malaysia vision 2020

• Main Authors: Saludina, Farhana Aini, Maarop, Nurazean, Che Yusoff, Rasimah, Abdullaha, Zizul
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/23369/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Malaysia Vision 2020 which had been inspired by Malaysia`s former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad had shaped the improvement of various sectors in Malaysia.The healthcare sectors are no exception.Under the rubric of Malaysia Vision 2020, Telemedicine frameworks were outlined to raise the standard towards the vision.Health Online, which is one of the frameworks, were constructed to promote and raise individual’s knowledge capacity in health information via user friendly web interface.This paper aims to review empirically on how far the progress of Malaysia government health websites fulfilling the Malaysia Vision 2020.Although there are challenges in its implementations, an overview of the Malaysia Ministry of Health (MOH) websites showed that the government agency is on the right track to achieve its objective.With five more years before reaching year 2020, there are rooms for improvements in the development and implementation of Malaysia government health websites and portals.