KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 -- Malaysia was ranked 8th out of 11 nations in the Asia Pacific region in a health index by multinational healthcare company Roche, which measures the readiness and resilience of health systems there.

The study released today ranked Singapore at top, followed by Taiwan, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and Thailand.

"Malaysia is in the process of formulating and implementing plans that aim to enable personalised healthcare and has a digital infrastructure and data collection capabilities that can support limited aspects of personalised care.

"Increasing investment in research and development, streamlining regulatory processes, opening access to data for research, improving access to digital health servi...