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IT in health: two reports on the conference Streamlining IT Strategies in Healthcare, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-10 March 2004

Ah Yick N, Tindal RE

Health Inf Manag, 2004;33(4):140-2.
PMID: 18239234 DOI: 10.1177/183335830403300408
Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control/standards*
Guidelines on retention of pathology records and materials, Part I (version 1/2005)

College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Malays J Pathol, 2005 Jun;27(1):51-6.
PMID: 16676694
Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control/standards*
Fulltext Did we do it right?--an evaluation of the colour coding system for antenatal care in Malaysia

Ravindran J, Shamsuddin K, Selvaraju S

Med J Malaysia, 2003 Mar;58(1):37-53.
PMID: 14556325

Identification of pregnancies that are at greater than average risk is a fundamental component of antenatal care. The objective of this study was to assess the level of appropriate management and outcomes among mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, postdates and anemia in pregnancy, and to determine whether the colour coding system had any effect on the maternal mortality ratios. A retrospective follow-through study confined to users of government health services in Peninsular Malaysia was carried out in 1997. The study areas were stratified according to their high or low maternal mortality ratios. The study randomly sampled 1112 mothers out of 8388 mothers with the three common obstetric problems in the selected study districts. The study showed that the prevalence of anemia, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and postmaturity among mothers with these conditions were according to known international standards. There was no significant difference in the colour coding practices between the high and low maternal mortality areas. Inappropriate referrals were surprisingly lower in the areas with high maternal mortality. Inappropriate care by diagnosis and by assigned colour code were significantly higher in the areas with high maternal mortality. The assigned colour code was accurate in only 56.1% of cases in the low maternal mortality areas and in 55.8% of the cases in the high maternal mortality areas and these two areas did not differ significantly in their accurate assignment of the colour codes. The colour coding system, as it exists now should be reviewed. Instead, a substantially revised system that takes cognisance of evidence in the scientific literature should be used to devise a more effective system that can be used by health care personnel involved in antenatal care to ensure appropriate level of care and referrals.

Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control/classification*
Fulltext Survival of patients with advanced and recurrent ovarian cancer treated using integrative medicine in Malaysia: A case series

Linus-Lojikip S, Subramaniam V, Lim WY, Hss AS

Complement Ther Clin Pract, 2019 Sep 06;37:73-85.
PMID: 31521007 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.09.001

BACKGROUND: This case series describes the survival outcomes of patients who underwent integrative medicine (IM) protocol for ovarian cancer, a treatment protocol, that integrated a carefully selected set of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into the conventional treatment for ovarian cancers.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective review of patients' medical records was conducted at a private medical centre that delivered the IM protocol for patients with advanced and recurrent ovarian cancers. We explored and analysed the overall survival and disease progressions of those who received the IM treatment for at least 2 months.
RESULTS: Forty patients with advanced ovarian cancers fulfilled the inclusion criteria for this case series. An overall of 75% of the cases achieved remission with initial IM treatment, 17.5% had a partial response and 7.5% showed progressive disease. The overall 5-year survival for all 40 cases is 53.1%. When explored further, the 5-year survival for cases who received CAM only is 75%, and cases who received combined limited chemotherapy with CAM had a 5-year survival of 55%. At study endpoint, 11 cases died due to ovarian cancer.
CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that CAM may be a valuable addition to conventional therapy to treat and improve the survival of patients with ovarian cancers. A formal randomized control trial is required to evaluate the efficacy and long-term outcomes of using IM to treat advanced and recurrent ovarian cancers.

Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control
Clinical audit teaching in record-keeping for dental undergraduates at International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chong JA, Chew JK, Ravindranath S, Pau A

J Dent Educ, 2014 Feb;78(2):206-12.
PMID: 24489028

This study investigated the impact of clinical audit training on record-keeping behavior of dental students and students' perceptions of the clinical audit training. The training was delivered to Year 4 and Year 5 undergraduates at the School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It included a practical audit exercise on patient records. The results were presented by the undergraduates, and guidelines were framed from the recommendations proposed. Following this, an audit of Year 4 and Year 5 students' patient records before and after the audit training was carried out. A total of 100 records were audited against a predetermined set of criteria by two examiners. An email survey of the students was also conducted to explore their views of the audit training. Results showed statistically significant improvements in record-keeping following audit training. Responses to the email survey were analyzed qualitatively. Respondents reported that the audit training helped them to identify deficiencies in their record-keeping practice, increased their knowledge in record-keeping, and improved their record-keeping skills. Improvements in clinical audit teaching were also proposed.

Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control*
The dental identification of victims of an aircraft accident in Malaysia

Nambiar P, Jalil N, Singh B

Int Dent J, 1997 Feb;47(1):9-15.
PMID: 9448783

On 15 September 1995 a Malaysian Airlines (MAS) Fokker 50 plane plunged while descending and crashed, killing thirty-four passengers aboard. The dental disaster victim identification team comprising dental surgeons from the Dental faculty, University of Malaya; Ministry of Health, Sabah; and the Malaysian Defence Forces played an active role in the identification process. Most of the bodies were badly mutilated, disfigured and severely incinerated. Problems were encountered due to inadequate facilities and space at the mortuary. Difficulties were also encountered during the procurement and deciphering of information from dental records. This disaster has however created greater awareness amongst Malaysians of the important role of forensic odontology in mass disasters.

Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control
An assessment of the prescribing skills of undergraduate dental students in malaysia

Akram A, Zamzam R, Mohamad NB, Abdullah D, Meerah SM

J Dent Educ, 2012 Nov;76(11):1527-31.
PMID: 23144489

Most dental schools lack a module on prescription writing in pharmacology. This study assessed the prescription writing skills of a group of Malaysian dental students at the end of their undergraduate training program. A quantitative study of a two-group posttest experiment was designed, and thirty-seven fifth-year (final-year) dental students were divided into two groups (A [n=18] and B [n=19]). Group A received a didactic lecture on how to write a complete prescription, while Group B served as a control group. For prescription writing, three standardized dental scenarios with a diagnosis of irreversible pulpitis associated with a child and a pregnant woman and periapical pulpitis for an adult man were administered. Thus, a total of 111 prescriptions (Group A [n=54] and Group B [n=57]) were collected. Twelve elements in each prescription were assessed by frequency and a chi-square test. Improvements in eight out of the twelve elements were observed in prescriptions written by students in Group A. The significantly improved elements were provision of the symbol R(x) (39.8 percent) (p<0.001), inclusion of the prescriber's signature (75.3 percent) (p<0.001), inclusion of the date with the prescriber's signature (54.6 percent) (p<0.001), and inclusion of the prescriber's registration (30.5 percent) (p<0.001). Overall, Group A gained almost a 50 percent improvement in writing complete prescriptions due to the intervening lecture. It appeared a traditional lecture led to the more accurate writing of a complete prescription. It was suggested that a module on prescription writing be added to the school's pharmacology curriculum, so that dental graduates will be competent in prescription writing for the sake of their patients' health.

Matched MeSH terms: Forms and Records Control