Page 325 - ANUAL REPORT MOH 2017

MyHDW also has a salient feature called MyHarmony which can manage unstructured data. The
versatility of MyHDW is such that it integrates with Geographic Information System (GIS) to allow data
that are collected for MyHDW be portrayed and mapped geographically. GIS is immensely useful in
the planning of health facility developments.

Ministry of Health has created MyHDW with local technology by MIMOS, modelled after best practices
from various developed countries. MyHDW has made Malaysia the 7th country in the world to own
such system.

Equipped with Data and Information Governance Committee, MyHDW emphasises on data security
and privacy as the utmost priority. Hence access to information contained in MyHDW is highly regulated
and secured.

MyHDW is an achievement to Ministry of Health that leverages on Big Data and Analytics which can
assist in making strategic business decision, improve business efficiency, drive revenue growth as well
as create new and innovative business model.

Image 7
MyHDW Homepage

Source: Health Informatics Centre, Planning Division, MoH

HEALTH INFORMATICS STANDARDS UNIT

Health informatics standards are standards that are applied to the areas of health and health-related
fields. Using standards in managing health information aims to support integration and interoperability
between various information systems within MoH and external agencies.

The following standards allow semantic interoperability between different data systems. They ensure
data preservation during data exchange in term of their meaning and definition, thus consistent and
accurate statistical information can be generated from these data. The standards are:
i. International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems (ICD); (ICD-10,
ICD-9-CM),

324 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA