Jenny Bituin

Brief Introduction
I currently work at the local health office in our municipality, and one of the health informatics project that our organization uses is the Wireless Access for Health (WAH) electronic medical record system. We use WAH for patient records management, health program tracking, generating reports required by the Department of…[Read more]

In addition to preventive measures mentioned above, another measure to prevent attacks is by implementing web content filtering. By using web content filters, users were prevented from accessing websites that can infect systems with malware or expose users to phishing attacks that steal sensitive information. Social media, streaming, and online…[Read more]

Since the healthcare breach was from an attack to third-party vendor (Advanced Computer Software Group), this can be prevented by doing a third-party risk management (TPRM) in order to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with outsourcing tasks to third-party vendors or service providers.

Another preventive measure to avoid the ransomware attack is by regularly patching and updating the software and operating system used by the organization to the latest available versions. This will reduce the known vulnerabilities in the system and prevent attackers from exploiting the unpatched or outdated software and operating system. In…[Read more]

I remember celebgate, I was in college at the time. It’s a good thing that the people responsible were jailed.

Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the Philippines, with an estimated 90 million users in 2025. However, a lot of users lack awareness on data privacy and security. Attackers can use their ignorance to stealing information.

For example, I have seen many “content creators” or “social media influencers” do raffle on their Faceboo…[Read more]

I agree. PaaS provides more flexibility than SaaS because it allows you to build an application customized to the hospital’s needs.

Since I would like to develop a web-based application for patient appointments but there is only one IT officer working in the hospital, I would propose to the executive board the use of a cloud server for the project, particularly the PaaS service model for the following reasons:

1. In the PaaS cloud service model, the user has control over the…[Read more]

Thank you for your input. It is my first time learning about Master Patient Index, and having a nationwide MPI seems to be useful in improving public health.

According to WHO, the Philippines has one of the highest tuberculosis incidence rates in Southeast Asia and the fourth largest TB burden in the world. One of the ways the Department of Health use health informatics to strengthen outbreak detection, response, and control of tuberculosis is through the Integrated Tuberculosis Information System…[Read more]

I admire you, Wah Wah. You have such an extensive background in public health, data management, and statistics.

I have been working in the public health field for around 8 years, first as a public health associate then as a public health nutritionist. The skills that I must improve on to become a professional in public health are the following:

Vision and System Planning

As a public health nutritionist, my focus at work is more on nutrition and dietetics.…

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I agree. Integrating AI with cloud computing helps in improving patient outcomes, enhancing efficiency and productivity, and cost optimization.

Given the clinical and business benefits of cloud computing, yes I will consider moving the hospital’s information system to cloud computing if I am a director or an executive of the hospital; that is if the hospital can afford its cost. The total cost from the different financial areas – architecture, total cost of acquisition, total cost of dat…[Read more]

That was a scary experience, considering that the scammer/s know personal details about you, such as your research paper. You might like to check out haveibeenpwned.com to see if your email address has been compromised in a data breach. The ICT support team from my previous university recommends this website to check whether our accounts are in…[Read more]

My office computer and flash drive were attacked by a shortcut virus last year after inserting my flash drive to my officemate’s computer. I was not aware that her computer has been infected with the shortcut virus and because of this, the files stored in my flash drive were hidden and I was not able to access any of them. Fortunately, my own o…[Read more]

Since the target of the app are those with chronic or lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, I think a good feature to add will be one that would allow patients to record their daily food intake. In this way, doctors will be able to check the diet of their patients and can make recommendations based on the patients’ food i…[Read more]

Nice to know you too, Wah Wah!

A recent event that made the headlines here in the Philippines is the public shaming (via a Facebook post) done by a popular TV host to a physician, over his professional fee for treating a patient who had an infected leg wound. The said TV host since been called out by many healthcare workers and medical associations, who called his Facebook…[Read more]