“Our government has always endorsed adoption of new technologies. Besides the identification of Telehealth by the Health Ministry since the 1990s, the public health domain in the ministry has moved forward in the use of ICT,” Rosnah said in an official statement.
Rosnah futher explained that although the medical field had been a late starter in the information and technology era, not due to resistance but more so from its complexity, it was a beginning that needed to be continued.
Shukor bin Ibrahim, director of the eProcurement unit under the Ministry of Finance (MOF) told FutureGov Asia Pacific that IFMS is another major ICT system based on online strategic reporting to facilitate effective decision-making by the top management.
Ibrahim said one of the main features of the IFMS is the strategic dashboard that provides a multi-dimensional view of the current performance of the MOF’s strategic programmes for the top management review and intervention.
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Its president, Shaifubahrim Saleh, said ICT development was being looked after by more than two ministries now and there was overlapping responsibilities.
"What we need is one authority to champion key initiatives for ICT development and we have been submitting memoranda to the government on this," he said at the launch of Compuware office here today.
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She said that was the way to go to achieve greater performance and optimise the use of limited resources.
"Our government has always endorsed adoption of new technologies. Besides the identification of Telehealth by the Health Ministry since the 1990s, the public health domain in the ministry has moved forward in the use of ICT," she said when opening the 18th Public Health Colloquium and International Public Health Conference by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), here.
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A new identi fication system for expatriates in the country will be implemented by the government from Thursday.
Called I-Pass, the new system is an improvement and will replace the current I-Kad system, The Malay Mail has learnt.
Similar in nature to the MyKad, the I-Pass will have security measures embedded, including biometric data.