Thitikan Pohpoach

Strength: Empathy
I unexpectedly realized that possibly my strength is empathy. I always get friends and coworkers, even my boss, coming to me with their difficulties. To be honest, it annoys me at times but it always feels good to provide a safe space for them to express themselves. I believe that I am able to relate to and understand the…[Read more]

Completely agree with your comment. President Trump’s speech was quite deviated from ‘Show Respect’. Even though putting “American First” was somewhat of a notion for many US presidents, I think he might have spoken more politely.

According to CERC, the right message from the right person at the right time can save lives. Prioritizing the pandemic’s impacts, PM Lee and President Trump both communicated to their countries quickly throughout every step of an effective response, be first, be right, be credible, express empathy, promote action, and show respect.

I believe PM…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your country’s situation. I agree that fostering internet access along with health literacy would help improve healthcare security.

‘Transparency and Trust’ is the theme that needs improvement in order to strengthen the preparedness in Thailand.

The premise of digital health is to extract value from personal data through online services, creating inherent risk. As the healthcare service’s developers digitize and gain access to new sources of data, such trust in the integrity…[Read more]

Completely agree with drug-resistant TB! It is a very challenging problem, especially in countries with large numbers of MDR TB cases including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and South Africa.

Could you list the disease outbreaks declared the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?

The International Health Regulations (IHR) have declared 6 events between 2007 and 2020: the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, Ebola (West African outbreak 2013-2015, outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2018-2020), poliomyelitis (2014…[Read more]

I am very impressed with your detailed answer and strongly agree that IT can be utilized to monitor and manage the inventory of health products. Because of inefficient inventory management during COVID-19, many patients were subject to delayed treatments.

Epidemiologic surveillance is the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data in the process of describing and monitoring a health event. I also agree that electronic surveillance systems will increase the access to important data on time.

From my understanding, integrating the use of electronic information management systems into existing surveillance systems will impact the indicators and the direction of change in the indicators in the indicators after the integration as follows:

The indicator 1: Acceptability
The electronic system should provide accurate, consistent, complete,…[Read more]

Information technology can be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process in several ways. I would illustrate the examples according to the steps of an outbreak investigation.

Verification and Preparation
Effective data collection is essential for analytics and efficient outbreak management. It can be a slow process, especially in…[Read more]

Yes If I were a director, I would transfer the hospital’s information systems into cloud computing. The benefits are illustrated as follows:
– With cloud computing, data sharing has become a lot easier and simpler. The data can be securely shared among all the relevant healthcare stakeholders like doctors, nurses, and caregivers in real-time. M…[Read more]

I also agreed with my classmates. I will not click the ‘clean’ button which is possibly a scam. I would close the browser and run the antivirus program. Moreover, I would update the browser to the latest version to protect my computer.

Of course, I think we all have experienced the attack at least once. When I was in college, the screen just turned blue and shut itself down. The possible cause I could think of was downloading information from an untrusted site. Nowadays, I have tried to prevent it by updating the antivirus program and backing up the important data.

Why is dashboard for data visualization important for healthcare?
The dashboard can provide a comprehensive view of data. It can be utilized to monitor health trends and track parameters to bring relevant information into focus. The COVID-19 outbreak increased the volume of data available in digital format. Many healthcare organizations implement…[Read more]

The contact tracing app is especially important because COVID-19 often has asymptomatic carriers. By identifying and isolating cases of COVID-19 in communities before they can spread to others, we can prevent new infections.

An example of technology or tool that I am impressed with is ProMED which was actually mentioned in Aj. Lokachet’s previous lesson. The article stated that a few cases of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan were reported and alerted tens of thousands of subscribers. The first news outside China about the COVID-19 pandemic came not from a government or a…[Read more]

I completely agree with your comment! Since many people have caught the disease through sexual activity, I think stigma and discrimination around the disease can be a burden and people are unlikely to seek medical treatment. Disseminating the information via social media platforms can be anonymous and some people may feel more comfortable seeking…[Read more]

1. How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
Given the possibility that the circulating monkeypox virus adapts to the human host, it is critical to continuously anticipate rapid epidemiological shifts and prevent the possibility of a pandemic. Effective surveillance can detect and confirm cases as soon as possible and public…[Read more]