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I do not the right to disclose patient’s information to others as a health information professional. So, I would not disclose this information to my friend. I would request patient’s doctor to send peer counselor to him for self-determination to disclose his status to my friend. While requesting patient’s doctor, I would say “reminding to…[Read more]

In my organization, we had both success and failure in the same project.
Failure Story
3 years ago, we had started automated report system with freelance software company and it was a failure as it was not finished in time and design had not enough capacity to fulfil the project requirement! Lesson learnt is we should keep track of the improvement…[Read more]

That’s totally true!
Mismanagement in resources is one of the biggest adverse effect!

Can you give an example of Decision Support System used in your organization?
Is it working well?
Are there any factors that might influence the decision support system implementation in your organization?

Actually, we do not have DSS currently in my project.
Just from learning from reading materials and videos, factors influencing implementation…[Read more]

Currently, most hospitals use the ICD standard to classify disease diagnosis. What would happen if the hospitals in the country do not use the ICD standard?
As ICD standard is the fundamental of Health Information System, it is vital to share correct health data within hospitals and health system. Without using ICD, health data analysis cannot be…[Read more]

EMR system with voice command is very challenging yet highly benefit!
Thanks for pointing this out!

What do you think about this finding?
This is really an interesting finding for me that clinicians reporting EHR is the top contributor to burnout.
Have you ever heard any complaints from health officers (or yourself) on using EMR?
Yes. I encountered it when I went to a private hospital. The clinician has to fill patient’s data while consulting…[Read more]

In my opinion, eHealth is health system empowered by information technology to improve individual’s health and public health. eHealth can help patient to get precise treatment as well as reduction in health related costs. eHealth can support clinicians to provide better care to patients. eHealth also plays vital role for policy makers in r…[Read more]

I also agree that Weather data is Big Data that fit with 10 V.

Can you give an example of data that you think it could be considered as “Big Data”?
I think data in Mayo Clinic which is mentioned in lecture is Big Data.

What are the characteristics of the data that fit into 5Vs, or 7Vs, or 10Vs of Big data characteristics?
1. Volume: Huge amount of patient data is stored
2. Variety: Include both str…[Read more]

1.Have you ever observed a health informatics project in your (other) organization? Please provide a brief introduction.
I have experienced mobile application called “May May” which means “Mother” application developed from other international organization in my country. User has to fill demographic facts with address when entering first page.…[Read more]

Thanks for your report! It is the same case study with me and you clearly mentioned about preventive measures! I totally agree and like best about security safeguards, privacy culture and enforcement which is still not respected by health staff sometimes either knowingly or unintentionally!

Thanks for your report!
I totally agree that the organization should have risk management in contract with vendor and should also well understand about security system of vendor!

Thanks for short and sweet explanation!
Assessment of vendor and contracting with risk management that you have mentioned are very important facts to consider! So, we must have terms and conditions related to security since the beginning of the business!

Thanks for thorough explanation of the case study!
I totally agree on strengthening security by authentication and other related measures. I would also say that strict rules and regulation related to staff code of conduct is also important to avoid similar situation!

Thanks for interesting explanation on case study!
I really like the way you explained about the impact! I would also say that we should always do risk assessment for data security and should always have contingency plan.

Thanks for the interesting case study and explanation!
It could let us understand how phishing mail and ransomware have huge impact in our daily life! All 3 preventive measures mentioned in the case study are really perfect. I might also add “Communication” in preventive measure as it could also be required in all steps.

Interesting story about phishing mail and ransomware! For prevention of this incident, I totally agree what you mentioned like two parts: Firstly, anti phishing tools by upgrading security system followed by employee education about phishing mails awareness trainings. I also agree the comment of Wacharawit which is to back up of data.

This is a very interesting case study! Your preventive measure are extremely useful also. According to brief description of the story, the incident was hidden from IT department for more than one month which worsen the situation. So, I’d like to add one thing for all staff which is “Communication”. If staff communicate each other and inform you IT…[Read more]