The agreement, which was announced at the HIMSS AsiaPac09 conference, held 24-27 February, Kuala Lumpur, was reached with Malaysia's ministry of health in collaboration with healthcare technology solution firm, GC RRITS (GCR), according to GCR executive chairman Abdul Razak Osman.

"The Microsoft Amalga HIS and Amalga RIS/PACS are state-of-the-art systems that can help HoSHAS become the benchmark of the modern, automated hospital," Osman said.

Microsoft vice president, health solutions group, Steve Shihadeh said: "By providing clinicians with a single, customised view of health information, the Amalga HIS and Amalga RIS/PACS can help the hospital make strides in operational efficiency, care quality and the patient experience."

Shihadeh said that Microsoft Amalga was part of a new software category called Unified Intelligence System that allows hospital enterprises to unlock the power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and administrative systems. "Without replacing current systems, it offers a new way to capture, consolidate, store, access and quickly present data in meaningful ways for use by clinicians and executives of leading-edge institutions."

Single integrated interface in Asia