Aung Thura Htoo

Hello Wannisa, yes, it is surprising to see that EMRs is one of the leading factors of physicians’ burnout. Among your suggestions, I believe that soliciting feedback and appreciation through recognition and rewards are part of the change management strategy to alleviate the stress and burnout related to EMR. Additionally, regular hands-on…[Read more]

As an in charge of national database of malaria (local and migrant patients), such request of data at an individual level must be faced with thorough scrutiny.

Firstly, as an in charge of database, I have the duty to protect the data collected and stored in the national database. I must respect the privacy and confidentiality of the patient’s d…[Read more]

As a health information professional, my course of action must be guided by ethical considerations of my profession, and the principles of doing good while avoiding harm.

Firstly, I need to take heed that I, as a health informatics, have the duty to uphold the confidentiality of the patient’s sensitive health information including their…[Read more]

I will use the same system as in the topic 1. My organization successfully implemented as well as adopted a finance application to better manage the finance data of our clinic. I believe that the organization handled the change quite well. I will outline how they handle the change with ADKAR model.

Awareness: One of the reasons why it was…[Read more]

In my local clinic, the head of the operation along with the finance staff decided to start using an application to handle the financial data to better manage the operational budget of the clinic.

The system was successful.

Data: The staff in the finance team can log the data in a timely manner, resulting in well-design output for…[Read more]

Hello Cing, thank you for sharing “MyanCare” eHealth project with us. Yes, I believe too that MyanCare has a great potential to improve the patients’ outcomes by allowing them to store their data with ease and being able to share with healthcare providers as well as their social community. Having a feature like social connection can foster more…[Read more]

Hello Wannisa, thank you for sharing “POWER2DM” project with us. It is a great ehealth project that covers all three domains of eHealth. By using this application, users can have more control on their DM with shared decisions by themselves and their healthcare providers. This shared decision making process interests me. In addition to better…[Read more]

Hello Alex, yes, your presentation focuses on “Data Enabling Health” domain of eHealth. By having an integrated HIS Management system, patients can gain more tailored care and timely measures. However, it would be great if other two domains of eHealth can incorporate in this eHealth project: Health in Our Hand, and Interaction with Health.

Hello Siriluk, thank you for sharing your definition of eHealth. Yes, we should use various tools like wearables to track and get informed messages and insights that are data-driven.

Hello Alex, yes, it is good to incorporate healthcare providers in the domains of eHealth. Additionally, eHealth should also incorporate, like you mentioned, various factors like insurance policies and so on.

Yes Wannisa, I agree with you that ehealth should be bringing together of three domains technology, communication, and information, instead of having main focus on technology.

Hello Wannisa, thank you for sharing example. I agree with you that EHRs represent the characteristics of big data that is expanding and hard to process in a timely manner with conventional tools.

Hello Aye, thank you for sharing your ideas and experiences on 2015 election process. Yes, I agree with you that census is an example of big data that is expanding periodically which contains variables that are hard and complex to analyze in some periods.

Hello Cing, it is a great analogy to compare the evolution of human with the evolution of big data characteristics. It is an interesting read indeed.

Hello Aye, yes, it is a great idea to start the project at the data-entry level by eliminating workload burden and duplicates. Additionally, using the applications that can save and upload when the system becomes online is a great way to overcome internet difficulty issues. Yes, it is challenging to work with a team of multiple backgrounds but…[Read more]

Hello Wannisa, yes, I agree with you that collecting data on paper and doing analysis manually consumes a lot of time. Introducing digitalized system can lead to many benefits that can assist them in providing assistances to those in need such as saving time, saving storage space, and etc. Even though their donations are limited, they can request…[Read more]

Hello Cing, you have highlighted the significance of having “data standards” in migrating data from an old system to a new one. I agree with you in your statement that having standardized data can assist in exchanging information. Additionally, yes, change is difficult in the case of implementing such a system but we can overcome this by building…[Read more]

Currently, most hospitals in Myanmar especially in the border areas do not have the capacity of use Clinical Decision Support System. But some clinics and hospitals use Data Dashboard to guide their decision on operational management as well as disease preparedness of the hospital. For example, one hospital uses trend analysis using Power BI that…[Read more]

Many hospitals use the ICD standards for the classification of disease diagnosis because it has benefits like simple use compared to more complex coding system like SNOMED CT, being a standardized system developed and maintained by WHO, and its usage in public health surveillance and monitoring.

So, if the hospitals stopped using ICD standards,…[Read more]

Electronic Medical Record has been a great tool for health information exchange, but it has also increased the physician burnout for the following reasons as outlined by Muhiyaddin et al. (2022). They are EHR’s poor design, increased workload such as EHR’s documentation and related tasks leading to overtime, alert fatigue. These burnouts are…[Read more]