Ameen

Human error is the hardest to manage. Besides, creating regulations/guidelines to control practices, there should have internal and external data auditing, for additional prevention. Also, an organization must make sure employees understand the minimal good practices for data protection by testing them. A few months ago, my company has implemented…[Read more]

The issue is from the developing process. In the process of development, the developer can use the same configuration in all environments to avoid misconfigured during development. Like said above, software development is a handmade and human error that can happen anytime, testing process is a key. So, apart from ensuring good practices for the…[Read more]

Singapore is only half of Bangkok in size (721.5/1,569 km²) and only two thirds in the population (5.6/8.2 million); (sources; Wikipedia), but they are at the top 2 smart cities while BKK is not in top 50; https://www.smartcitygovt.com). Considering the size and its totalitarian governing style, they should think about Metropolitan Network (MAN)…[Read more]

Ransomeware targets server store data are financially worth hacking such as credit card numbers, identifiable information. To make the dataset less juicy, the data should be collected only need-to-know data and should be stored with de-identifiable form.

Ransomeware is spreading through the phishing emails. The critical purpose of ransomware is to deny access to get paid. Sometimes the data itself does not value the hacker in terms of commercial. The availability of data by the user is what can make money hor hackers. The server administration should do a regular backup of the data to make sure…[Read more]

(Continued from Phishing attacks (Penpitcha)
The system can be a quarantine system, detecting if it’s surely phishing. If it’s, it will eliminate the email and the email will never go to eemployee’s inbox. Other emails that are suspicious, the same as the earlier, will not be sent to the employee’s inbox, but be cached and sending some report in a…[Read more]

Apart from catching up with all employees on how to handle incoming emails, I think setting a system to help filter phishing email is helpful, not only in terms of security but also of cost-effectiveness and working-efficiency. Imagine an organization or a business function that has to handle hundreds of emails a day. Checking of email if it’s…[Read more]

I think the privacy rule is well established but the fact that HIPAA origin is to accommodate the insurance system, an economic function, as it’s the main health system in the US, making it rather go with the economical backbone, not the humane-ethical view. When the needs for new content are compressed to met humane-ethical like this case, if an…[Read more]

Ohn, I found Slack is interesting, but never has experience using cloud as IT/Informatician. It looks easy and a lot of features. As said in my discussion, they seems to care much about data safety and privacy. They also have many customer support channel. Their business survival depends on reputation, I don’t think they will take risk for not do…[Read more]

Hi Ohn ! I checked out some provider and realized that the pricing is crazy!!! I think it is like a playground for developer, so to play you have to pick up your tools and toys for your game. The more complex game the more toys you wanted and the more money you have to pay. To be more technically, it depends on volume of data to put in the…[Read more]

Hi Pyae Phyo Aung! Saas subscription is around, for example,15 dollar / active user / months. It’s actually getting cheaper. If ten staff are assigned to use the services, it will cost 150/a/m or 1800 dollars a year or cost of a two PC set with good spec. For a small hospital, an all-inclusive service like this is a peace of mind as they can…[Read more]

Hi Thongchai! PaaS is attractive for bigger hospitals, especially if they have a lot to data like teaching hospitals or central hospitals. They can manage their PHI which more complex. They can also develop any new application to meet their needs in the research data and information or to manage their specialized decision support. The benefit is…[Read more]

Hi Ohn! I believed SaaS can surely support any media file. They can offer any customized features we want. The only problem that sounds a little scary for anyone who doesn’t know about how we can control the services is that the services provider manages everything. We, as their customer, is called “user.” They charge for like ten somethings…[Read more]

I’d choose cloud services for the reason that our hospital as the same as others are cutting off non-medical related budgets as well as to minimalize our IT resources and spending.

So I will make the doctor’s appointments as easy as possible and the patient can do it anytime and anywhere like they can go on a web browser on their mobile and do…[Read more]

Thank you Khun Thongchai.

HI Anothai, I agree, patient or community is most important in HIS, health literacy in part of how to interpret their own health behaviors into data in a unit or in descriptions is critical for a data collector. Communication between the health worker and the patient is essential throughout process especially in data collecting levels and when the…[Read more]

Hi Pyae Phyo Aung, I think we should include all related stakeholders in the developing process as much as possible but not all stakeholders at every step/level. Including stakeholders in each step must be based on whether they can take action or make a decision for that certain level.

Hi, Chaloemphon. This is the first time I heard about the 43 file system, so I googled it and realized that it’s what I used to see at many clinics. It sounds old fashioned but interesting. I will google more how it work.

I think country with strong primary health care system have fewer problems with patients shopping around for seeking the best treatment. If hospital across countries has similar quality with balanced portion of physician/patient, I think people will more likely to consult fewer physician. From what I have heard, a key of the primary care is family…[Read more]

I’d arrange a provincial meeting for key officials from the Provincial Health office. They will be acting as a planner of our provincial HIS. The plans, surely a top-down policy from the national level. There will have officials from District Health Office to get informed of the policy/strategy. The details will be on the model of the database and…[Read more]