Kaung Khant Tin

During the past few years, the scrubs typhus disease fell under the eyes of the health care providers as a series of cases had been reported especially on Facebook with the help of a physician in Myanmar. Anyhow, a formal report to the ministry of health and sports was still lacking, and as long as my knowledge goes, the scrubs typhus is not under…[Read more]

The routine passive surveillance has is its own advantages as its programmatic implementation is less expensive and feasible than active surveillance relatively. Anyway, for the Covid-19 disease, routine passive surveillance alone cannot work well. For the improvement of the performance of the existing surveillance system of Covid-19 disease, the…[Read more]

Regarding the Covid-19 surveillance system in Myanmar, the ministry of health and sports (MOHS) formed a national central committee for the response of Covid-19 on 13 March. And on 15 March, travel restriction from the high-risk countries was done, and on 22 March, community-based quarantine facilities were formed and Covid-19 testing was done on…[Read more]

Steve Job is a man of the century, and I have so many things to learn from him. Here, in this case, I can learn the way he led his Apple team to achieve the successful creation of incredibly amazing products. There may be hundreds of leadership styles he used in leading his team. Anyway, I think visionary leadership is the one he used most of the…[Read more]

I grew up with the concept of incentives in dealing with motivating myself or the others. Anyway, after I’ve watched the TED video, it completely changed my mind. It opened the window for me to see reality based on science. And I really love the idea of the three points in the TED video which are “Sense of Autonomy”, “Mastery” and “Sense of…[Read more]

Democratic leadership is my favorite. It allows the members to be engaged in the group. And then the members feel a part of the group, responsible to the group and motivated to accomplish the group goals. Anyway, sometimes, the decision-making process in the group slows down, and the process is delayed. The other I like is charismatic leadership.…[Read more]

It happened when I was in the Fourth Year of Medical University. At that year, we were required to do a 2-week residential field trip to an assigned particular township for academic purposes. And one of the students must be a leader to lead the group. Anyway, in my group, there was no one to volunteer as a leader for the group as the…[Read more]

I would really love to make you an event planner for my wedding. 🙂

Communication is essential to our daily life It’s the flow of information. In order to make a decision ,small or big, we essentially need the information to guide the decision. And there’re a lot of communication methods. And I believe listening is the best way for communication as it not only let us gather information but also engaged with the…[Read more]

I think a single person does not have any privileges to decide, by his or her own means, whether a study can be advantageous before the study starts. And yet, there’s always a need to take consent of the patients, as well as tan approval from the respected professionals ,here in this case, ethical research committees.

First of all, I surely should not give the data out to the research team from a western country no matter they claim that their study will bring positive impact on the malaria sector.
They have to follow the standard procedure and steps if they claim they are a reputable research team. And I can guide them not violating the general principles of…[Read more]

Sometimes, the ethics and principles limit the capability of the people to do the good thing. And I think at such times, I could cleverly use these ethics and principles to prevent harm for the others. There’s always a way out and we just need to take time to see it.

Being a health information professional with access to the medical records of the patients, I surely cannot disclose her husband sensitive medical record to her. And I cannot interfere with other people or family issue in such cases. Anyway, I do think that my friend should know about this as she is at the risk of contracting the HIV virus.…[Read more]

It would be better if you describe the details of how your organization did not appropriately manage the change in terms of ADKAR model. Anyway, I bet your organization did not give much thought on people awareness and desire when implementing the system.

The system I’ve mentioned in the previous topic discussion is the LTFU information system. And I believe the organization appropriately managed the change. Actually, all the staff working for the project surely did have AWARENESS that the system needed to be changed to meet the requirements of the complex project process. And it could be said t…[Read more]

When the users like the system very much, almost all the system works out! I believe the PEOPLE are the KEY.

Of course, there are both failed systems and successful systems in my organization. And I would like to pick a successful one, and it is the implementation of LTFU software system which is an information system for tracing the loss to follow up PLHIV (People living with HIV).
The main reason for the success is the users’ eagerness to use such s…[Read more]

I agree with you. Most of the decision makers and policy makers in my country also usually do not take into consideration of the ground conditions as well as the perspective and opinions of the staff who are working at the ground level. Because of that, when the decisions and policies are implemented , they do not fit well into the system.

In our organization, OpenMRS electronic medical record software is used in giving treatment and care to the people living with HIV. And decision support system is integrated to the software, but not a fully supportive one and stands just as a part of the existing EMR. There are many limitations in it, and it only supports just a few clinical…[Read more]

Yes, I agree with you. Claiming processes in insurance company will definitely be a problem. Moreover, the cost for health will also be increased.