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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 1 Topic discussion 2 in the forum Week 1: Public Health surveillance concepts 1 day, 10 hours ago
One of the digital technologies highlighted in Budd et al. (2020) that I find particularly significant is the use of Bluetooth-enabled COVID-19 contact-tracing applications. While the article discusses a variety of approaches, I will focus on the joint Google–Apple framework, which was rolled out in April and May 2020.
COVID-19 spreads p…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 1 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 1 day, 10 hours ago
One of the digital technologies highlighted in Budd et al. (2020) that I find particularly significant is the use of Bluetooth-enabled COVID-19 contact-tracing applications. While the article discusses a variety of approaches, I will focus on the joint Google–Apple framework, which was rolled out in April and May 2020.
COVID-19 spreads p…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 1 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 1 day, 15 hours ago
Thanks for asking. ART treatment data is predictable easily. Moreover, they follow ART management guideline. Therefore, 90% of patients have similar treatment history. Based on this, expected treatment history (visit date, drug regimen, etc) are predicted by the computer using machine learning and human only needs to verify using physical paper…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 4 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 1 day, 16 hours ago
Should you give the data out?
No. Sharing identifiable data without consent will violate confidentiality and could cause misuse or harm to patients.
How do you not violate any of the General Principles of Informatics Ethics
Principle of Information Privacy and Disposition: Individuals have the right to control their own health information and…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 1 Topic discussion 1 in the forum Week 1: Public Health surveillance concepts 1 day, 18 hours ago
1. How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
Surveillance can identify unusual increases in dengue-like illnesses, track seasonality, hotspots and high-risk populations for early detection of outbreak.
So that, it can trigger timely vector control interventions (such as fogging, larvicide application and community clean-up),…[Read more] -
Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 2: Standards in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 1 day, 23 hours ago
I agree with you that failure to comply with standard will have many consequences in the future.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 2: Standards in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 2 days ago
I agree with you that without standard, there is no interoperability and affects the patient care.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 1: Health Information Exchange in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 2 days ago
I agree with you to encourage balance and limit after-hours will help to reduce burnout. Offline option should be compulsory feature in low resource settings.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 1: Health Information Exchange in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 2 days ago
I strongly agree with you for dedicated time for documentation within working hours instead of after hours will help to reduce burnout in MM.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 3: CDSS in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 2 days, 10 hours ago
Thanks for asking. Yes, it is used in about 40-50% of all ART sites in MM.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 3: CDSS in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 2 days, 10 hours ago
Thanks for asking. It is currently a national platform for National AIDS Program.
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 3 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 3 days, 6 hours ago
As a health information professional, we must act as professionals and consider all cases professionally regardless of whether there is a personal connection or not. In this case, we must consider as a person we don’t know even, she is my friend or she is a celebrity.
What should you do? Can you tell your friend?
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 2 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 3 days, 7 hours ago
I would like to discuss the same project posted in previous topic discussion.
ADKAR ModelAwareness
Stakeholders were clearly informed of the need to move from paper-based systems to an electronic record platform. For every expansion, we also advocate management level and explain to operational level staffs why we need to change.Desire
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 5 Topic 1 in the forum Week 5: Information technology personnel and change management 3 days, 9 hours ago
The National AIDS Program (NAP) of Myanmar has successfully implemented a customized version of OpenMRS as the national platform for recording and managing all HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Key Success Factors
Data
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 3: CDSS in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 1 week, 3 days ago
In the implementation of OpenMRS for HIV care, we integrated a programmatic, guideline-based decision support system to assist clinicians in adhering to national treatment protocols. This feature ensures that 99.9% of treatments are aligned with national program guidelines, with the remaining less than 0.1% representing rare special cases that are…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 2: Standards in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 1 week, 3 days ago
If hospitals do not use the ICD standard, disease classification would become inconsistent, making it difficult to share and compare data across facilities, compile national health statistics, or ensure interoperability. This would lead to ineffective data analysis, wrong diagnoses, and poor treatment or disease management. It would also hinder…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Week 4 Topic 1: Health Information Exchange in the forum Week 4: Roles of Information Systems in Public health Practices II 1 week, 3 days ago
I think this finding of “EMR is one of top leading causes of physician burnout” is country specific and I want to refer as first world’s problem. Because there are thousands of other reasons which cause physician burnout rather than EMR in developing countries.
I have heard many concerns from healthcare personnel—ranging from community health…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic RxBox in the forum Week 3 Assignment: Make a VDO presentation 1 week, 4 days ago
Thank you for sharing. As RxBox is built from off the shelf commodities, it will save a lot of money as compared to buying similar equipment from medical device companies. As the technology is better over the time, it will become cheaper in coming years. As patient is receiving ICU level monitoring at home, customer satisfaction will be the…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung replied to the topic Using Ai for Screening Tuberculosis in the forum Week 3 Assignment: Make a VDO presentation 1 week, 4 days ago
Thank you for sharing this project. This kind of projects opens new opportunities for massive screening of general population without heavy resources. This will greatly improve the health outcomes related to TB especially in our country like Myanmar. Without labour intensive screening work and rapid processing time will not only reduce the cost…[Read more]
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Than Htike Aung started the topic OpenMRS for ART patients in the forum Week 3 Assignment: Make a VDO presentation 1 week, 4 days ago
Project Brief
OpenMRS is an open-source EMR and it is customized for National AIDS Program (NAP) for management of Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) patients. It is currently using as a national platform for all ART patients in Myanmar.eHealth Domains
It covers two eHealth domains:
Interacting for Health: Improve communication between clinician,…[Read more] - Load More