NZ IT provides solutions for Malaysian hospital

NZTE Media release:

NZ Health IT software provides solutions for Malaysian hospital

12 March 2009: Auckland-based medical IT company Precept Health’s critical care information software system ICU Care is to be rolled out in one of the largest hospitals in Malaysia after being awarded a major contract with the Malaysian Ministry of Health.

Precept Health and its partners, including Microsoft Healthcare, have been awarded a NZ$20 million contract to provide a fully integrated hospital information system for Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Temerloh (Temerloh Hospital).

Temerloh hospital is a 500 bed public hospital situated about 150km east of Kuala Lumpur. The hospital was opened in 2004 and is a general hospital with emergency dept, general wards, intensive care units (ICU) and operating rooms. The contract will see Precept Health’s advanced clinical software tools being used by Temerloh’s acute care departments, including intensive care, cardiology and operating rooms.

Precept Health founder Tony Blomfield says that the contract comes three years after the company first began focusing on opportunities in South East Asia.

“South East Asia is a key market for us, and with the help of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, we are now beginning to develop a real presence there.

“We have worked hard to establish solid partnerships with Microsoft Healthcare and GC RRITS, as well as with the Malaysian Ministry of Health, which have all been key factors in being awarded this contract.

“From a technology perspective, Temerloh hospital is a great fit for us, and our software solutions directly fitted their needs for better day-to-day and strategic management of their intensive care and cardiology units and operating rooms. We are really looking forward to working with them.”

The NZ$20 million contract was signed in late February in Kuala Lumpur, at an NZTE Health IT function to coincide with the HIMMS Asia-Pac conference being held in Malaysia.

New Zealand Trade Commissioner based in Kuala Lumpur, Grant Fuller says that Precept Health’s success in Malaysia is an indication of the growing interest throughout South East Asia in New Zealand IT solutions, in particular health IT.

“The increasing engagement between New Zealand Health IT companies and Malaysian companies and public health officials is an excellent example of the broadening relationship between our two countries, particularly in the services sectors.

“It is really exciting to see Precept awarded the Temerloh hospital project.”

Precept Health was one of a number of New Zealand health technology companies who were in Malaysia recently for the HIMMS Asia-Pac conference. In addition to the New Zealand Health IT function, NZTE also organised a networking event with Austrade featuring guest speaker, the Director General of the Malaysia Ministry of Health. Both events provided New Zealand companies the chance to meet potential business partners and health officials.

About Precept Health

Precept Health develops clinical software to assist healthcare professionals with decision-making, and efficient and effective unit administration. Their Clinical Information Systems (CIS) are used in a range of healthcare environments, in particular areas of highly demanding acute healthcare including intensive/critical care, cardiology, neurology, operating room and anesthesia.

Precept’s flagship product ICU Care is a unit management and point of care information system for ICU. It helps clinicians manage their operational and strategic information needs, provides full electronic case management to drive efficiencies, and is fully integrated with medical devices to provide automatic charting and recording of patient vitals. The software works closely with Microsoft Healthcare Hospital Information System to provide an integrated, seamless information environment for the hospital.

In 2008 Precept Health was one of two New Zealand finalists in the prestigious Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 awards which acknowledge cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region.

www.precepthealth.com

Doing business in Southeast Asia

For more information about doing business in Malaysia, and other key Southeast Asia markets visit NZTE’s Doing Business in Southeast Asia website www.asean.nzte.govt.nz

The site features comprehensive information for New Zealand companies interested in doing business in Southeast Asia, and offers tools and information to ease the process of exporting to and conducting business in the region.

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