Navin Prasai

While addressing the nation on the COVID-19 both the leaders, PM Lee Hsien Loong and President Trump included six principles of CERC. Most of the time President Trump was focused on the immediate restrictions of the visitors from China and Europe whereas PM Lee emphasized the scientific facts, compared to SARS, and expressed empathy by explaining…[Read more]

I want to share one of my previous experiences working in a remote health center. There were limited staff and resources but the patient flow was quite high. So, the next day the meeting was conducted and I’ve noticed a few things which when changed can improve the facility and the health outcome of patients. A triage system was introduced for the…[Read more]

During this pandemic of COVID-19, digital technologies assisted in different aspects of public health from surveillance, contact tracing, prevention, and treatment. For that different software, mobile and computers are used. The initial phase of COVID-19 treatment is mostly focused on supportive treatment and many countries are practicing…[Read more]

PHEIC stands for Public Health Emergency of International Concern which includes the reporting of not only infectious diseases but also the chemical agents, radioactive substances to WHO within 24 hours from which there is public harm and spread of diseases internationally. Most PHEIC diseases are notifiable diseases like Ebola, Zika virus,…[Read more]

In the surveillance system, the inaccurate data collected will impact a proper diagnosis of the outbreak, analysis, and interpretation of disease and finally impede the control and prevention of the disease. As the data quality is also one of the evaluation indicators for the surveillance system it will affect the health outcome and mislead in the…[Read more]

Information Technology plays a major role in various steps of outbreak investigations. It starts right from confirming outbreaks, laboratory analysis, hypothesis testing, and finally to ruling out when there is no more outbreak. Like in event-based surveillance information is collected from local media, reports hotline with the use of information…[Read more]

In potential case identifications, digital technology like thermal imaging cameras, infrared sensors, and other wearable technologies are used in airports and other densely populated areas. These technologies detect if the patients are having high fever and are for initial screening purposes. Many countries started digitally connected rapid test,…[Read more]

Surveillance is the essential component of public health informatics that tracks the disease pattern, identify disease outbreak and monitor the impact of the diseases. We should consider both passive and active surveillance for COVID -19. In passive surveillance data are collected routinely after the people approach health facilities for the…[Read more]

We have to follow Ethical principles and regulations before assessing the data. In this case, the home address, geolocation, phone number, disease status are the sensitive information. Before collecting these data, individuals should be taken consent and properly informed about the purpose and use of the data. The data redaction technique is very…[Read more]

As health Informatician, we cannot disclose the patient’s privacy which is a data breach and against the law. There are many cases where the employees are investigated, fined, terminated from the job, and sometimes are put behind the bars for not maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of the data. However, there are some circumstances like…[Read more]

In my previous Organization, Electronic Medical Record System was implemented which replaced the paper-based system. As the system was in the initial phase the cost was within the limit but later with load shedding exceeded the budget. On the operational side, there was proper frequent training and good assistance from the IT expert. People were…[Read more]

In my previous Organization, Electronic Medical Record System was implemented which replaced the paper-based system. As it was a new system for all staff, few were optimistic and others are overwhelmed with the new technology.
In comparing with the ADKAR model for change management, the following are my opinions regarding the implementation of EMR…[Read more]

In the Decision Support System different alerts, reminders, and notifications are used to aid in decision making.
In my Organization, the reminders are updated on the message board. All healthcare professionals go through the message boards which makes them alert about their responsibilities. Abnormal lab reports, abnormal X-ray findings are also…[Read more]

International Classification of Disease system(ICD) is the Health data standard used for the classification of diseases and diagnostic tool for epidemiology. The interoperability system for health information exchange works with certain data standards. Without using ICD, it’s very difficult to exchange health information between hospitals and with…[Read more]

The article highlighted the exhaustion and frustration of some healthcare workers working with electronic medical record systems and some ways to overcome it. It is undeniable that information technology changed a lot in all sectors including the health sector and it takes some time to cope with the new technologies. In my opinion, frequent…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing the TED-ICU AI Platform implemented in Taiwan at the Intensive care Unit. In my opinion, this type of remote ICU monitoring will benefit by reducing the transmission of infectious disease, costs. Health care professionals can share and monitor data conveniently.

Thank you for sharing the COVID-19 e-passport implemented by the Philippine government and a clear explanation of how it covers three Domains of health (health in our hands, Interacting for health, Data enabling health).

Thank you for sharing “Ooca: Telepsychiatry Platform”. Due to the pandemic lot of people are impacted with mental illness. The Psychiatric health facilities are limited and as there are a lot of restrictions due to COVID 19, telepsychiatry can play a major role in the better health outcome.

We can see that Shaw T, et al. suggestion regarding eHealth includes three overlapping domains ( health in our hands, Interacting for health, and Data enabling health).
In my opinion, eHealth should be focused on the three components of values, cost-effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and outcomes. Also, the big challenging issues in a digital…[Read more]