Siriphak Pongthai

I am sorry for misunderstood and being late. I just would like to share my leadership experience at work.

I work as a pharmacist particularly for managing and handling investigational products (IPs).
When staff have questions that are related to “IPs”, side effects, or drug interaction, they will reach me out. To be honest, when I start my work…[Read more]

I really got you haha. I faced the same thing when I work at the private pharmacy too. And I agree with you, customer will understand and accept if we deal the situation straightforwardly.

From my point of view, I think Thailand is doing good at start implementing digital health policy and handling with this COVID-19 pandemic. However, based on the themes proposed, including Team, Transparency and Trust, Technology, Techquity, Transformation. I personally think Thailand still need to improve all of them.

Team – there were so many a…[Read more]

I agree with you. No matter how excellent the applications are, without users, they are just nothing.

The disease outbreaks that were declared as PHEIC are monkeypox, COVID-19, Kivu Ebola, Zika virus, Ebola, Polio, and H1N1 (swine flu). The outbreaks raised concerns because they met >/= 2 criteria of the following:
1. Is the public health impact of the event serious?
2. Is the event unusual or unexpected?
3. Is there a significant risk of…[Read more]

Thank you for explaining each of them in depth. I agree with you that the war could possibly cause the outbreak in the near future.

1. Verification and Preparation: IT could help in data aggregation and sharing. For example, if we retrieve patient’s definite diagnosis from hospital or health facilities databases. In addition, for the diagnosis verification, laboratory result is not only sent in a form of paper- based but email or through a software.

2. Describe the O…[Read more]

Rather than focus only on information quality for surveillance system. In order to make a successful system implementation, there are also system quality and service quality that matter to users’ satisfaction. The additional evaluation indicators that I would like to propose:
1. Availability for system quality. To see if the system is available at…[Read more]

I could think of digital technology development of wearable device “apple watch” on fall detection feature. With fall detection enabled, once an apple watch detects a hard fall, it will automatically connect and send a message to emergency contact.

Once you are falling, the watch detects that you’re moving, it waits for you to respond to the ale…[Read more]

That is an interesting example. Thank you for sharing this!

1) How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
Answer: Surveillance is an ongoing process for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It helps in detecting, responding, and preventing the disease outbreaks in timely manner. In addition, surveillance helps in monitoring disease burden, providing and interpreting data for…[Read more]

What you have mentioned in awareness is good to know. The leaders have so much potential in encouraging others for changes. Yet, by having an opened mind people could make the change smoothly.

A computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for chemotherapy/biotherapy regimen, that was implemented in my department, is successful.

I think the organization has appropriately managed the change. By following ADKAR model:
– Awareness: Every healthcare providers related know why we need change. This is because we need to minimize medication…[Read more]

As I mentioned earlier in previous topic forum on computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for chemotherapy/biotherapy regimen.

I think main factors that make the system successful are operational, design, and people. Since we have to deal with physicians and nurses, we introduced the system nicely and asked feedback from them to improve the…[Read more]

1. Should you give the data out?

Answer: No, I definitely will not giving data out of the research’s database to third party.

2. How do you not violate any of the general principles of informatics ethics

Answer: As proposed of the study is beneficial for disease prevention and control. I would ask for the scope of study and the necessary of dat…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing the situation in real world. I think this is such a cautious method of providing data to third party, and protecting individual information in the same time.

The answers are shown below:

1. What should you do?

Answer: If I were a character mentioned in the scenario, I won’t access to patient’s information which I am not involve with. Due to the ethics consideration, personal information should be maintained private, confidential, and respectful.


2. As a health information professional, can you tel…[Read more]

Thank you for sharing. I agree with you! The crucial laboratory result like anti-HIV should be restricted only for physicians. Those who are not involved should not get access into this kind of information.

I agree with you that too much pop-up could cause over ignored by healthcare providers and sometimes we might miss an important one. In addition, it will be so wonderful if we have system that can prioritized major to minor interactions specifically for individual patient.

Again, I would like to share one decision support system (CPOE) when I used to work at hospital.

In the hospital database system, there are patient’s information such as patient’s allergy history, current medications, past medical history, etc.

As I worked in pharmacy department, definitely medications are involved. When I check completeness and…[Read more]