STEEP+Analysis+on+Healthcare


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 * < **Social1** ||< **1. Health Conscious**

The health conscious is to extend the human's life and reduce the pains from the patients. Malaysia government has been focusing on the healthcare development in our country in order to build up the standard of healthcare in Malaysia. (MIDA, 2012)

Reference: MIDA (2012), POSITIONING MALAYSIA FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, [Online] Available at: [] [Accessed on 23th May 2012] ||


 * Technology** ||< **1.Malaysia Healthcare currently use iPHER technology**

This technology facilitates better healthcare for all users by offering relief from the burdens of dealing with medical records and the hassles associated with them. It help to reduce medical errors and create continuity of care for their patients. Medical tourists to carry all their personal health information with them anywhere in the world with no need to access the Internet to view the information //(Shaikh, 2010)//

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 * Available at**://[| http://www.techistan.com/2010/06/11/interview-with-malaysia-healthcares-ceo-suresh-ponnudurai/][Accessed on 22 May 2012]//====== ||
 * < **Economic** ||< **1. Malaysia highlights its strength in healthcare**

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) enhanced tax incentive for healthcare service providers who offer services to foreign medical tourists and tax exemption equivalent to 100% of qualifying capital expenditure incurred for a period of five years(till December 2014) for the construction of new hospitals or for expansion, modernization, refurbishment of existing hospitals. //(Odiabat, 2010)//

Available at: //[][Accessed on 22 May 2012]//

 * //2.// Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) focal on "one-stop center"**

MHTC facilitate enquiries on policies and programmes on healthcare travel development and promotion, and serve as a one-stop centre for solutions on matters related to healthcare travel. Example, a knee replacement procedure which costs around $40,000 in the US and $13,000 in Singapore, is only $8,000 in Malaysia. Nuwire Investors, an online news source, has ranked Malaysia amongst the world's top five medical tourism destinations in terms of quality, affordability as well as receptiveness to foreign investment. //(Odiabat, 2010)//

Available at: //[][Accessed on 22 May 2012]//
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 * || **3. Malaysian healthcare equipment sector set to boom **

Kuala Lumpur: If you are in the healthcare business and wondering what is the next best thing to put your money in, the answer is to invest in medical equipment. “This year alone, the healthcare market expected to reach RM 13.2 billion” Bhuller said a talk on “Rising Middle Income, Medical Tourism Create Impact for APAC Healthcare Market” in Kuala Lumpur The latest agreement between Singapore and Malaysia on cross border medical reimbursements has results in steady inflow of Singaporean medical tourist to Malaysia, which is becoming the second largest nationality seeking medical treatment here,” she said. ( Business Time)

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 * Reference **: BUSINESS TIME (2012) Malaysian healthcare equipment sector set to boom { Online}
 * Available at: [|http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20120223213626/Article/#ixzz1vfVxuAO0] **
 * < **Environmental** ||< **1. Inadequate of qualified medical professional**

The medication system in Malaysia caused the shortage of qualified medical professional in Malaysia. There are only few medication institute or university in Malaysia. The shortage of medical staff in east Malaysia such as Sabah has to be more conscious since many years ago. (BorneoPostOnline, 2011)

Reference: BorneoPostOnline (2011), Medical staff shortage revolved in sabah [Online] Available at: [] [Accessed on 23th May 2012] ||
 * || //**2. Varsity lecturers to help out 22 hospitals **//

//Star Tuesday,April 17, 2012: The Health Ministry has identified 22 public and private universities which will provide specialist medical services in 22 district hospital nationwide. He described it as a smart partnership as the hospitals would provide all the necessary facilities while the universities would send their lecturer who is also medical experts with various specialisations. // //He said the collaborations would results in more patients receiving specialist treatments with a shorter waiting period. // //( //Materia Medica Malaysiana)

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 * Reference **: Materia Medica Malaysiana, (2012),//Varsity lecturers to help out 22 hospitals, //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">{ Online}
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Available at: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> []
 * < **Political** ||< **1. Malaysia Healthcare Reform**

The government introduce1Care that planned RM44 billion national health insurance fund would be the largest Umno cash cow to be fattened for slaughter in our nation’s history. This is due that private patients pay the amount of RM 17 billion from their own saving thus burden the people of Malaysian. (Usit. K, 2012)

Available at: //[][Accessed on 22 May 2012]//
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 * || //**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Hospital Should Remain Under Health Ministry **//

//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">New Straits Times Saturday, May 12,2012: A Serdang Hospital Visitor Board Member wants the hospital to remain under the Ministry of Health (MOH) and not handed over to University Putra Malaysia (UPM). // //<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Board Secretary Dr Mahendran Maniam said there is no reason to change to change the hospital management because it never had problems since the hospital was set to established. ( //Materia Medica Malaysiana//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">) //

//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[Accessed on 23 May 2012] // ||
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reference **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Materia Medica Malaysiana, (2012), //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Hospital Should Remain Under Health Ministry //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">{ Online}
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