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Health informatics is still very new to our country. We do not have this kinda subject in college or university. So, we have very few health informatician workforce here who are graduated from other countries. IT technicians and medical doctors discuss together to develop electronic health system for small projects in private, but still not much…[Read more]

In conclusion, data must not be shared for personal purpose which does not benefit community. If data is shared for benefit of community, it should be shared with secure and standard procedure following ethical guidelines of the country.

Data sharing has many advantages as well as disadvantages. However, there are many benefits by sharing data especially at the time of outbreak or pandemic. Data can be repeatedly used for research purpose and it is valuable thing for all. Thus, surveillance data should be openly shared with secure data structure both locally and internationally.…[Read more]

Despite US citizens paying higher prices for same treatment in other developed country, they do not get medical service with higher quality. According to WHO’s life expectancy list, America is No. 31 compared to other developed countries. It is quite clear that there mismanagement in health system in US. Root cause for high pricing of health care…[Read more]

It is very impressive to see this kind of project being introduced by government for the rural people for access of information and digital equity.
However, there are some problems although there are numerous benefits as mentioned in the article.
1. Data security problem – all data is vulnerable to risk as there is control and monitor by m…[Read more]

It is a very useful article to read as we are also doing EMR in our TB and MDRTB projects in our organization.
EMR system has both pros and cons in many aspects according to the article as well as according to our experience in our projects.
Benefits
It can save unnecessary time consuming to file records and search records when needed.
It can…[Read more]

Please find suggestions for coping with challenges related to big health data as follow.
Missing Data – This is quite an uncommon issue either in traditional recording or electronic recording system. In term of big data, it may have negative impact for data analysis as it is high volume. We should start finding loophole for missing data. If the d…[Read more]

After reading the article, it is quite clear that there is no standardized procedure or term to define corruption. In my opinion, there should be clear definition and code of conduct in organization and teams in every country. Firstly, we should have zero tolerance to corruption policy with crystal clear definition for corruption.
Secondly,…[Read more]

As our country is still using paper based records and reports in almost all places, it is quite difficult to correct reports in time for data analysis. So, we developed electronic recording and reporting system for TB project in our organization. Our team discussed the possible barriers as follow.
There are some challenges in service provision and…[Read more]

I totally agree with you and it is really a threatening trend nowadays. It shows that we must be more careful and get knowledge with data sharing and secure internet surfing.

So far, I had not experienced CIA not being preserved purely. However, confidentiality is vital part to protect patient data and it is important to train frequently about confidentiality for all users at all level. Integrity should be reinforced with authorized steps in monitoring system but it is also not an easy part.
The last but not the…[Read more]

Global health data exchange system with simple and structured community oriented health web system will be required. It should be focused on data quality, data security and privacy which is protected by laws and policies. Moreover, it should be user friendly, interactive and least error as much as possible.

In our country, “Acute Flaccid Paralysis” cases are reported within 24 hours to health department and patient’s stool specimen are sent to test for exclusion of Polio Cases. This system is very effective for early warning and whenever the result is Polio, extensive immunization was provided to the area as intervention.

Valuable things that I had learnt are
It is quite a mismatch between what science shows and what business does i.e., business are motivating people with extrinsic facts like incentives and rewards etc.
According to researches, work are done more effectively when people are given autonomy, mastery and purpose rather then incentives.
So, priceless…[Read more]

I would like to use all styles of leadership depending on the situation as each and every style of leadership has its own benefits and drawbacks!
Because only one leadership style is not enough to be applied in all time to solve the upcoming problems.
For example, although Coercive leadership can negatively affect team members’ creativity and…[Read more]

I was in the group of Visionary Leadership style when I attended webinar.
Pros and Cons of Visionary leadership style we had discussed are as follow.
Pros
Have clear vision and can persuade team to achieve target
Visionary leaders are proactive and dare to take risks
Also recognize team achievement

Cons
Fixed vision of leader might obstruct a…[Read more]

For me, attending in this course is exactly stepping out from my comfort zone.
I am working as Manager who needs to supervise staff and cooperate with various stakeholders both internally and externally. This is a very challenging year with many innovative things like mobile and web applications being developed by our department and I’m the l…[Read more]

Listening is the most important thing in communication. Most of us only hear the things people said and not listen to. Leaders in everywhere should have this practice of good habit of listening so that there will be more success in projects and avoid unnecessary conflicts.

In this case, principle of security must be respected. So, I cannot provide data out.
However, as mentioned in case scenario, the research study could provide benefit for disease prevention, we also have to consider for it.
We need approval from ethical review committee for this study.
If ethical review committee has approved it and informed to…[Read more]

The success story mentioned in previous topic related to automated report system in our project. When related to ADKAR, it could be discussed as detail below.
A- Staff were aware that the new report system need to be installed in project for better, easier and faster reports
D- Staff do have desire to involve in new system. However, they are…[Read more]