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Please watch VDOs of public communication regarding COVID-19 situation from the leaders of two countries: Singapore and the USA. Then try to observe whether the two leaders are good communicators or not. When watching the VDOs try to look for the six principles of CREC, recommended by the CDC:

The article provides a roadmap for the implementation of digital health policy by stakeholders to prepare for and address current and future pandemics. Based on the themes proposed in the article, which theme(s) do you think that your country still lacks or needs improvement to strengthen the preparedness in your country.

Could you list the disease outbreaks that have been declared as the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?
Why do these outbreaks raise such concerns?
In your opinion, is there a disease or condition that may potentially lead to PHEIC in the future? Why?

According to steps of outbreak investigation, how could information technology be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process?

In the case study of the surveillance of melioidosis disease, it is interesting to see a large discrepancy of number of deaths between the national reporting system and the actual number of death cases from hospitals. We would not be able to recognize this until we did the evaluation.
What would be the consequences of inaccurate data reported to…[Read more]

Please read the article by Jobie Budd, et al. Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19. (2020) Nature Medicine. Vol 26:1183-1192

This article gave examples on the application of digital technologies to enhance COVID-19 surveillance and response. Please give 1 technology or tool that you like most and briefly explain how it…[Read more]

Feel free to leave us questions in the forum below if you can’t make it on the day and we will response them during the session.

Please give an example of a system in your organization (either successful or fail). What are main factors that make the system successful or failure (Data, Cost, Operation, Design, and People)?

Please give an example of a system in your organization (either successful or fail)—this could be the same system you mentioned in the previous topic discussion (Topic 1). Do you think that the organization appropriately managed the change or not? Think about ADKAR model that we just learned.

Please watch the VDO for topic discussion.

Please watch the VDO for topic discussion.

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Feel free to leave us questions in the forum below if you can’t make it on the day and we will response them during the session.

You have learned the benefit of Health Information Exchange. The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is one of basic structure in order to exchange information among different departments/organizations.
Recently, there are many reports stating that EMR is one of top leading cause of physician burnout. Here is an example:…[Read more]

Currently, most hospitals use the ICD standard to classify disease diagnosis. What would happen if the hospitals in the country do not use the ICD standard?

Can you give an example of Decision Support System used in your organization?
Is it working well?
Are there any factors that might influence the decision support system implementation in your organization?

According to a paper by Shaw T, et al. on “What is eHealth (6)?”, there are several definitions that can explain “eHealth”. In your opinion, what should be a definition of eHealth?

Can you give an example of data that you think it could be considered as “Big Data”? What are the characteristics of the data that fit into 5Vs, or 7Vs, or 10Vs of Big data characteristics?

We can consider that health informatics can help to increase value of healthcare practices, in terms of cost, user satisfaction, and superior outcomes. The papers provided in the reading assignment also discuss on how public health informatics can help to improve disease surveillance and the challenges of the implementation, particularly changing…[Read more]

You would like to develop a web-based application for patient appointments. The application will allow a patient to make doctor appointments online. For making an appointment, a patient must provide information, such as name, citizen ID, Hospital number (if available), clinical signs and symptoms (to send the patient to the appropriate…[Read more]