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According to my background, I got my bachelor’s degree in medicine with experiences from clinical settings and public health care settings.
Related to health informatics – I have some knowledge about EMR and DHIS2. Currently, I am leading my organization in digital health transformation, with the help of technical experts, from where I have got valuable knowledge and insights about health information systems.
To improve my profession in public health and health informatics, I think I need the following knowledge –
1. Information technology – as health informatician is the bridge to link people, IT and information systems. I would need to strengthen my expertise in Information technology.
2. Information systems – key concepts, policy and platforms relating to information systems
3. Data security and ethical issues – Even though health information systems have enhanced the quality of health care from many aspects, it is also an opportunity for data breach. Also, we all are focusing on interoperability and data sharing among different organizations and departments, data protection/security is an important thing to consider.
4. People management and communication skills – I have acknowledged from the previous lectures that it is a vital skill of health informaticians to collaborate with different stakeholders.
5. Statistical knowledge – to analyze and utilize data obtained from information system
6. System strengthening – I think this skill is important as developing information systems needs context-specific solutions. In addition, to get the most out of the developed systems, we need to integrate HMIS with LMIS, HRIS etc. -
I began my career as a medical officer at a private hospital in Myanmar. At the time of working as a medical officer, the hospital was during the transition period from paper -based system to electronic medical recording (EMR) system. Therefore, I got a chance to compare and contrast between the two systems. Firstly, I was against the use of EMR because we are not used to the system. Later, we all recognized the benefits of the system; for example, we can browse the relevant information of the patient, trace the investigation results and admission status of every department from anywhere in the hospital. Additionally, patients with lost or incomplete records are no longer needed to repeat unnecessary tests and attending doctors can also acknowledge the patients by the full record in EMR. I believe the advantages will also be significant for hospital management team, to make timely decision-making and planning. This was the first time I acknowledged the benefits of using information technology in healthcare.
After I started working in my current organization, I found that the timely reporting from the field team is very difficult in every quarter due to political instability. Additionally, data is only project-specific which makes it difficult for analysis and data driven decision-making for the organization as a whole. I think every component of IS (hardware, software, data, process, and people) needs to be addressed bit by bit in my organization.
During the last year training in Mahidol, I got an excellent experience on Thailand health care system, of which the most inspiring to me was health data processing that is: how they collect health data from various sources, how these data collection systems are interoperable and how data are systematically utilized for decision-making and disease surveillance nationwide.
As a result of the training, I advocated key stakeholders of the organization to digitize health data and to build a comprehensive and robust database system for the organization to address the data issue. With the help and guidance of public health experts from various donor organizations, we drew a workplan and will be able to build a digitized database and reporting mechanism by the end of 2026.
Our plan includes standardization of paper-based forms and formats, drawing data management SOPs, orientation and pilot testing of software and training to end users. We do think about interoperability from the start as we plan to integrate HMIS with other systems (LMIS, HRIS, etc ) and with other EHOs. -
Hello all!! My name is Nang Phyoe Thiri, but most of my friends and colleagues call me Nang Phyoe, and you’re welcome to do the same. I got my M.B, B.S degree in 2020. I am currently working as an HSS Coordinator in the Pa-O Health Organization. I am keen to attend this Master’s course because I am passionate about linking information technology with healthcare.
Before taking on my current role, I worked as a medical officer in a public hospital, where I gained valuable experience with the EMR system. This experience further motivated my interest in driving digital health transformation within my organization.
I am truly excited to learn from Mahidol University and from all of your experiences. I look forward to meeting and learning with you all. -
Dear Wah, TBH I do not know much about DHIS 2 use case in Myanmar. I happened to learn about it from DHIS 2 academy as one of the technical support consultants suggested me, as an option to choose for my organization. However, I do heard about it from my colleagues that it is used in some INGO also. (HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria as you mentioned)
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