Aung Thura Htoo

Hello Siriluk, I agree with you that having activation criteria along with a clear communication plan during disaster is an important aspect of effective coordination of disaster recovery plan. Additionally, like you mentioned, we need to consider cost effective backups option as well along with regular testing and training.

Hello Aye, yes, it agree with you that assessing and analyzing risks is the first and major step we should take in preparing a disaster recovery plan. Like you mentioned, the committee must be composed of dedicated persons from different departments. Just come to my mind, I think it would also be beneficial for the organization to include public…[Read more]

Hello Cing, I agree with you that instead of having a call tree, we should call everyone involved in the team, especially if the team are small like you mentioned. Additionally, automating the redundancy systems would come in handy in the case of system breakdowns.

Thank you for your comment Aye, yes, having a small discussion in closing phase is a great alternative way for formal evaluation.

Hello Tanaphum, thank you for sharing your experience as a research software engineer. I agree with you that we do not necessarily have to follow all the steps of the project management. But in general, our project should have a planning phase, executing phase, and closing phase.

Hello Aye, thank you for sharing your experience about project management. I can agree with you that allowing frequent non-essential adjustments can sometimes harm the whole project. So, having a clear objectives and clear features can also improve the communication between end users and the developers. Additionally, it is also a good practice to…[Read more]

Hello Aye, yes, it is beneficial for the hospitals in the long run for having high availability system. However, sometimes, the immediate cost of having redundancy system can scare them. It is important to have a clear communication with them in delivering the benefits of the systems.

Hello Wannisa, yes, having a reliable HA system in one’s hospital can benefit both patients and the hospital itself in terms of care delivery and reputation.

Hello Wannisa, thank you for sharing the selected symptoms for your surveillance system. Yes, using them in combination like if one meets four out of this seven symptoms will also be a great filter to select diabetes patients.

Hello Cing, I agree with you that problem statement is a important first step in managing a project. Using a gantt chart allows you to monitor and track where you are and what you should be expected at that specific period. However, like you mentioned, when more and more people are involved in the project, it is harder to track using a strict…[Read more]

Hello Siriluk, I agree with you that high availability can provide major advantages in times of crisis and outages. However, there is also a need to balance between cost and the type of high availability (HA) we are going to implement. However, in the long run, HA can support hospital growth by improving patient’s satisfaction and system continuity.

Hello Cing, I agree with you that we must balance between cost and the level of high availability. However, it is also important not to delay operation of patient’s service delivery. And having a secondary system like paper format can be handy in case of power outage, cyber attack, and internet outage.

When developing a disaster recovery plan for my organization with varying technical skills, limited budget but medium-scale critical operations, it is important to balance between cost-effectiveness and disruption of services.

Risk Analysis and Assessment: It is the first thing I should do to analyze and identify the external risks such as…[Read more]

Hello Wannisa, yes, having data from remote and hard-to-reach areas can uncover previously unknown insights that are valuable for the disease prevention.

Hello Cing, I think Malaria is a notifiable disease in Myanmar, so I think the hospital can share the data without any identifiable variables with government related surveillance system. However, it will be very hard to do so in the current situation of Myanmar where all the state infrastructures and data flow is severely limited on both sides.

Hello Wannisa, thank you sharing your proposed project for Diabetes with us. Having a sentinel site and actively seeking cases of diabetes can assist MoPH to identify more cases and unearth hitherto undetected cases. But in my opinion, having a syndromic surveillance system would be hard for the cases of diabetes as diabetes is a multifaceted…[Read more]

Hello Cing, thank you for sharing your project along with the background information of Myanmar. I also faced challenges in formulating a surveillance system due to current situations as we seek to interoperability while the situation in Myanmar becomes more and more fractured and data will be in silo in their own respective controlled areas.

Hello Wannisa, yes, I agree with you that having an audit trail and log can backtrack who edited the data, ensuring the data integrity. Additionally, having a backup and contingency plan can become handy in case of cyberattacks and data breach.

Hello Tanaphum, yes, my username and passwords were included in a data breach of Wattpad, a story reading application. Fortunately, I have used 2FA for some time, so my account was safe even though there was a breach of my login credentials.

Hello Siriluk, thank you for sharing the incident with us. Human errors has been one of the leading causes of data breaches. Like you suggested, using an encrypted protocol and having regular training session on security awareness and implementing minimum necessary access principle can reduce those incidents in the long run.