Napisa Freya Sawamiphak

I love traveling and doing new activities since childhood. However, I was afraid to do new things alone and relied on friends and family, especially for a trip. It was difficult to have the same available date when I planned for a trip with friends or family which led to cancellation multiple times. I felt down about that but still didn’t dare to…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing. I agree that early detection is crucial during the pandemic. Conducting sentinel surveillance could help early detection and periodic screening.

I also agree that the application of centralized helplines for COVID-19 information in Thailand is needed to improve. I would like to focus on call hotline for help/consult after get infection. Most newly diagnosed patients found it is difficult to contact the admin/HCPs via hotlines, I guess it is due to lack of manpower and system management. It…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing. I agree for global warming and climate change that could lead to new unknown pathogen and advanced genetic engineering is also interesting.

There are six PHEIC declarations: 2009 H1N1, 2014 polio declaration, 2014 outbreak of Ebola, 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic, 2018–20 Ebola epidemic in Congo and 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreaks raise concern because they are unusual event that could affect the people lives, public health and healthcare system. It also requires the rapid res…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing. I like the Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) which is beneficial for differential diagnosis and support health professionals practice. It could fasten the original process.

Information technology can assist several steps of the outbreak investigation process. It fastens data intake and collecting steps in the EMR for the huge population. The data in EMR/database can be used for verifying and identifying patients. We can use the data in the IT system for disease surveillance, analyze the trend and areas, use for…[Read more]

I agree that underestimated data lead to delay detection and control of the disease. It may create a severe situation if we can not control the diseases spreading on time.

Inaccurate data reported to the surveillance system could lead to incorrect data either underestimating or overestimating the prevalence of diseases. It can lead to public health problems, resource distribution planning, wrong decision-making, and untruthful epidemiological data. For example, with underestimated incidence/prevalence, the…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing. I agree that telemedicine is useful, especially in this pandemic that everyone concerns about health but doesn’t want to go out or visit hospitals. The healthcare professionals can make a video assessment and monitor patients in the safe space and it also increases patient access as well.

I like Online symptom reporting for rapid case identification. It is simple, the individuals can report their symptoms/suspected cases online or make an assessment. The system can gather information in a large population that is suitable for high transmission disease, to support early and rapid case identification during the pandemic.
However,…[Read more]

How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
– Surveillance helps detect and control Covid-19. Collected positive-covid cases with place and time, can prevent the transmission which is crucial in the pandemics, predict the situation and plan for treatment/resources easier.

Should we conduct active or passive surveillance or both…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing the Indonesian regulation. It is very new and interesting for me. I also agree that we need to align with the local regulation as well.

Thank you for sharing. I agree with you that we don’t know whether the friend has known it already or not. Disclosing personal information could create extra issues/harm and break confidentiality.

Thank you for sharing. I agree that communication is one of the crucial tools to drive the project and encourage people to aware of why we really need it. Also, letting them be a part of this change early may create a sense of ownership/teamwork which may enhance them to accept the change easier.

Thanks, Fajar for sharing. It is an interesting system and I like the way it collaborates with other parties such as UNICEF, WHO and UNDP, and universities for technical assistance. It will support the system and drive for a successful launch.

In my opinion, I will not provide the data to them immediately but I will request a discussion with the research team to identify the required data in the research protocol and clarify the need to use individual-level data or some personal information. We should avoid using sensitive data or identifiable data which can link to the patient as much…[Read more]

I agree with everyone that as a health information professional I can not disclose patient information to anyone without consent. It is also inappropriate to interfere with other family issues as well in my opinion. Additionally, I agree with Auswin that we don’t know whether our friend has known it already or not. Disclosing personal information…[Read more]

As I discussed previously regarding a new pharmacovigilance database in my formal organization, in my opinion, these ADKAR model may help the launch plan ran successfully.

– Awareness: People in the organization are aware of the old inconvenient system and it could delay the timeline of adverse event reporting which created a warning ticket. The…[Read more]

There was a new pharmacovigilance database in my formal organization. I was involved in planning, early implementation, and training during that period. It was launch successfully but it took time for the people in the organization to get used to it.

Data: The system can gather huge data from data intake and storage it in the cloud system. Data…[Read more]