Nang Phyoe Thiri

The health force situation in Myanmar is facing a long-term crisis.
Myanmar constantly had a low health worker-to-population ratio compared to international standards. Even before recent political and social challenges, the country had fewer health workers than needed to achieve universal health coverage. After 2021, the situation worsened…[Read more]

Hello, Salin, I am really impressed by your idea of how to empower the workforce (by forming unions) and let them project their concerns and expectations.

To cope with the challenges
1. Addressing Missing Data
Improve source data entry: Agree-on standardized variable and mandatory data entry field ensuring all essential data are filled.
Capacity building: sufficient training is provided for the assigned data entry staff.
Use alternative analyses for handling high missing values: for example,…[Read more]

In our setting, regarding EMR usage,

The good points are that:

Near real-time data – we can access data more efficiently and timely, enabling us to track, monitor, supervise and take action timely.
Easy integration of information systems (for example, LMIS & HRIS) – as we aim to go further for more data integration, adopting of EMR will ena…[Read more]

The article discusses the main reasons and the possible solutions regarding corruption in health systems.
Overall, I agree with all four interventive measures. However, these measures should be undertaken according to specific context and should be complemented by system-level considerations and approaches.

1. I totally agree with the first…[Read more]

From page 341, No.4.
A nonsignificant test result (P> 0.05) does not mean thatthe test hypothesis is true or should be accepted.

It only means that the data are not very surprising if all other assumptions and the hypothesis are correct. A large P value can occur when the hypothesis is wrong because of random chance, small sample size and…[Read more]

An EHO operates in hard-to-reach, conflict-affected area providing primary health care services and public health awareness sessions. Until last year, data from service delivery were collected using paper-based systems. Key challenges are seen in data quality, report timeliness, data usage, data fragmentation to gather meaningful insights from…[Read more]

Hello!
My name is Nang Phyoe. I hold an MBBS degree and am currently working as a Project Coordinator in a local CSO.
My work is related to statistics mainly through health data management and analysis. As our organization is starting digital health transformation from scratch, I provide guidance to our organization and coordinate with partners to…[Read more]

For developing a disaster recovery plan for our organization –
• Context and risk analysis – using SWOT and PESTLE framework
• Regular risk assessment and document mitigation plan regularly, including all stakeholders
• Risk grading – calculate scoring based on Likelihood, Impact and Restoration time
• Define risk metrics – define RTO, R…[Read more]

Health system challenges are:
Communicable disease – like Covid 19, TB continues to spread around the world, especially developing countries. Nations respond through vaccine program, hygiene promotion and setting up disease surveillance systems.
Non- communicable disease – DM, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases are rising too. Cou…[Read more]

If we implement the High Availability technology in our hospital information system (HIS),

Operational Continuity – HA ensures seamless workflow (Such as admissions, consultations, laboratory requests, prescriptions) without interruption
Improved Efficiency – There is no manual redundancy (like switching to paper-based system during the sys…[Read more]

It was a really big change, Jen. Congratulations!!!

Currently, we are trying to implement a system change in our organization. We started introducing digital HIS last month. The first thing I focused on was helping everyone see why this change was necessary. I showed the difference between our paper-based data and the digital HIS—especially in terms of accuracy and completeness—so they could cle…[Read more]

It is very impressive how you managed system change and considered all aspects of operation: Human, Organization and System. It was one of the major steps that you introduced a simplified digital form and a high-speed data-entry interface. I had also experienced system change in my previous work. At that time, we have to manually type legacy data…[Read more]

Personally, I have not experienced breach of confidentiality, integrity or availability of information system.
I would like to discuss a case scenario that happened in Medstar health system that affected availability of information system.

What happened?
Medstar health system is the Columbia-based health system, which runs 10 hospitals and…[Read more]

Hello Ma Wah, thank you for your suggestion Ama. It is insightful to think more broadly regarding stakeholders category.

Yeah, William. Malaria is still a burden especially in Southern Shan State.

Effective communication is key for open, honest and respectful communication. In my work, I put a lot of effort into communicating. As we are working as a team, seamless information flow is very important to smoothen workflow, to avoid conflict and to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Firstly, I clearly define a communication channel with a…[Read more]

Thank you, Siriluk, for mentioning real-time data reporting, GIS mapping and regular data quality checks. It is very insightful and I would add them into my surveillance system to be more comprehensive. 🙂

Thank you, Jen, for your comment. Myanmar currently has no specific national policy for data sharing, but related laws such as the Electronic Transactions Law (2004, amended 2021), Telecommunications Law (2013), Privacy Law (2017), and Cybersecurity Law (2025) provide partial guidance. We will continue to comply with these existing policies while…[Read more]