Cing Sian Dal

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?

The paper introduced that there are several definitions, however, those lack sufficient conceptual clarity. Shaw T, et al. defined it based on three domains that ca…[Read more]

Before explaining Big Data characteristics, I would like to mention the evolution of humans first.

In the Stone Age, humans lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. It didn’t stop there, humans evolved to the agricultural revolution where humans began the development of agriculture and domestication of animals. Humans didn’t end there. It continued to…[Read more]

After reading your post, I realized that there’s a saying, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Thank you for your thorough explanation. This may be off topic but I wonder whether health data standards (FHIR, HL7, etc) support detailed description of health insurance plan.

Thank you for your thorough explanation and I understand now.

Thank you for your feedback. I agree that enforcing data security measures for third-party vendors and conducting regular security checks are crucial for preventing ransomware attacks. I’ll make my explanations better in the future.

Have you ever observed a health informatics project in your (other) organization? Please provide a brief introduction.

While supporting data migration for partner health organizations to integrate their old data into their software, I noticed they had different input formats and different destinated formats (into the software that they…[Read more]

Preventing DDoS attacks is quite challenging. Blocking unused locations, and unused ports, WAF are insightful methods for me because, in this way, we can minimize the traffic. I am curious about the limitations of web application firewalls like, “How much traffic can a WAF handle effectively in maximum?”

The disaster recovery plan is an important aspect. When an accident happens, we end up blaming what has caused it. At least, the disaster recovery plan should be prepared. I am curious about the risk assessment process, such as who is responsible for identifying and evaluating potential threats and how we can ensure the assessment plan is robust…[Read more]

If there is only one IT officer, it would be a heavy burden on his shoulders to handle a physical server in addition to IT support. Instead, choosing a cloud server would be a wise choice for this project for the following reasons.

Ease of setting up: A fully operational physical server requires a public IP address, 24-hour electric support,…[Read more]

Without describing technical details, there are simple ways to conduct a security attack as a simple user.

Offboarding malpractices: Normally, when an employee leaves an organization or company, he still has access to the internal information until the credentials are changed. This includes access to the business domain, API keys, database…[Read more]

As an example of COVID-19 outbreak monitoring and control, I would like to mention Saw Saw Shar developed by the Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF) under the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) and the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS), and the Government of Myanmar.

<u>Problems or limitations of the project</u>:

The app name “Shaw…[Read more]

Public Health informatics is an interdisciplinary approach requiring the application of knowledge from numerous disciplines, particularly information science, computer science, management, organizational theory, psychology, communications, political science, and law; practically it incorporates knowledge from other fields that contribute to public…[Read more]