Khaing Zin Zin Htwe

Thanks for your description which is compact yet includes all necessary points. And it would add more interesting points if rules and regulations which hospitals should have could be specified for this scenario.

It is totally agreeable to assess vendor’s risks before entering relationship with it. Understanding the vendor’s security framework well will provide benefits both parties on collaboration.

I agree with you on the need of the organization for risk management of the third-party vendor. It is also crucial to associate with trusted vendors only. Moreover, the organization needs to well understand the third-party’s security settings.

Thank you for the report indicating the need for double-check for data uploads. Human error is a difficult one to control, and employee contracts for data confidentiality should be signed annually.

I find this report very interesting because this is different from all other cases where they mainly concern data. And thank you for providing good preventing measures regarding patients’ privacy. In addition, I think hanging privacy policy posters (e.g., no photo sign) in the hospital might be a simple and effective way to inform public.

Thank you for stating your opinion on how the data breach occurred. It would be a lot more comprehensive if the consequences of identifiable information exposed can be added to the report.

Thanks for the interesting report. This is the very clear example of how clicking a single phishing email by a single employee can lead to a huge loss to the organization.

1. The cloud server is a better choice over physical server in many ways. Firstly, both consumers/patients and service providers can have access to the appointment application anytime anywhere increasing the service usage by both sides of the users. Since there will be large amount of data used for the application, the cloud will reduce the cost…[Read more]

Dear Sara, I totally agree with you on considering the availability of IT personnel in choosing cloud computing service model.

It might take time and cost, and this could be the reason why most stakeholders are reluctant to plan. It is sad to see only short-term solutions are applied in my country.

The lack of EA in health informatics at provincial level can bring problems to all levels of the system involved. Duplicates in examinations and investigations can lead to unnecessary increase in healthcare cost and human resources, and data inconsistency finally causing difficulties in analysis and decision making stages of the reported data.

The point you emphasized here: the need to understand the workflow, needs and wants of the hospital by the representative of each hospital, is very important yet overlooked. I would like to thank you for pointing it out.

All types of stakeholders will include in the designing process of the enterprise architecture I would like to design;
1. Users: healthcare providers, medical technologists, finance, admin department and also patients themselves
2. Governance: management boards of the hospitals in the province, other related local authorities
3. Providers: health…[Read more]

I have the same opinion regarding the importance of communication with other professionals as part of a public health informatics team. Since we would also have to act as a medium between public health professionals and information technologists, communication is a crucial skill we need to learn for a successful public health informatics project.

As I have already had knowledge in medicine since I am a med school graduate, the major fields of knowledge and skills I would need to gain are information technology and management as mentioned in the lectures. For me to be an informatician, I must also have deep understanding of sub-disciplines in public health especially statistics and…[Read more]

I will surely recognize them as malware ads at the instance and close the tab. To ensure that those messages do not appear again, I will check the firewall in browser setting and windows setting. Any updates need to be done will be made together with updating anti-virus software.

Although I have never encountered any virus or Trojan infecting my computer, I have seen many phishing emails with the name of the people I know from my organization. It was in the name of the director, the IT unit, etc., and there are a wide variety of subjects including “wireless caller ID”, “NASA training opportunities”. Since I have never…[Read more]

In healthcare, we are working with relatively large number of data (patients’ info, investigations, diagnosis, treatment methods, success/failure rates, etc.), and that is the reason why data visualization using dashboards is essential. Although it is important to study case by case basis for uncommon cases, dashboards provide complex data in…[Read more]

It would be a mobile app providing sexual and reproductive health education to all levels of audience! I’ve always wanted to develop one in my native language because here in Myanmar, sex ed is close to none and sources only are in English. The app will provide forums for open discussion, free/paid live chat with professionals, fun online…[Read more]