Wai Phyo Aung

In Myanmar, the primary healthcare (PHC) system transitioned from a period of historical neglect under military rule to a focused reform phase (2016–2020), which was subsequently disrupted by the 2021 military coup. Before the coup, the democratically elected government implemented the National Health Plan (NHP) 2017–2021, which established PHC…[Read more]

Dear Ama Wah,
Thank for your reflection!! I agree with pay large out of pocket for health services is really issue and make burden for families whom has middle and low income. I support your idea that engagement plan with local community, interagency to restore the condition.

Dear Ama Wah,
Thank for your reflection!! I agree with pay large out of pocket for health services is really issue and make burden for families whom has middle and low income. I support your idea that engagement plan with local community, interagency to restore the condition.

In Myanmar, National Health Plan (NHP) 2016 to 2021 set the goal that to extend access to a Basic Essential Package of Health Services ( EPHS) to entire population by 2020 while increasing financial protection. The strategy is extending the Basic EPHS to the entire population will require substantial investments by the Ministry of Health and…[Read more]

Yes, The major gaps between rural and urban is quality health care and lack of pocket money to use in health care. Moreover, rural people has low awareness in health care seeking and late diagnosis. Then it ends with poor outcome like death or long term suffering. The idea to tailor these gap is tele-medicine. It can be operated like hotline call…[Read more]

In Myanmar, the health workforce faces two major challenges.
– Limited human resources – ongoing conflict and political crisis have reduced the number of available health staff, especially in border and ethnic areas.
– Lack of supplies – shortages of medicines, equipment, and basic resources make it difficult to operate eff…[Read more]

Challenges & Simple Solutions for EMR,
1) Missing Data: Use consistent data entry rules and automatic checks to reduce gaps. Structured data set and control variables not to skip function in the application
2) Data Quality: Apply validation tools and regular audits to keep records accurate, EMR also needed to conduct quality check and feedback…[Read more]

Good points of using EMR are below;
1) EMR makes patient information easy to find and it saves time and help the medical provider to make decision making because pt history and prescribed medicine, lab result can be accessible on the screen.
2) EMR reduces the loss of medical records and can get backup.
3) EMR improves continuity of care…[Read more]

In Myanmar, the health system faces severe barriers because armed conflict, weak governance, lack of healthcare workforce and long‑standing underinvestment affect service delivery, especially in border and conflict‑affected areas. Since the military coup in February 2021, armed violence has damaged or destroyed health facilities, blocked tra…[Read more]

I agree with first recommendation that key stakeholders in the health system to seek the agreement on the scale and nature of corruption in each system. It is the basic step to fight it because it is not possible to cut off without knowing the root cause of the problem. In the health care system, there are various type of professionals and we…[Read more]

Hello Everyone,
My Name is Wai Phyo Aung. You can call me my nickname as William. My degree is regarding to community health and Statistics is one of subjects in second yr. But it was in 2013 and I can’t barely remember at all. Currently, my professional is monitoring, evaluation, and learning field in non-government sector. Although I work with…[Read more]

If I were assigned to develop disaster recovery plan for organizational information system, I will conduct risk assessment first and conducted activation plan based on related weight of impact. In the activation phase, I will notify the staff and cost of effect, cause of default, restoration plan. In the restoring plan, There will be a living…[Read more]

If we implement the High Availability technology in the hospital information system (HIS),
Patients will get satisfactions in services, high quality and effective treatment because technology will facilitate in operation to be more easier in providing services. For example, medical appointments, accurate lab result, prescription in treatment.…[Read more]

Hi Siri,
Thanks for sharing your insightful plan. I agree with the points.

IF I were a hospital director and had chance to manage the information management system. I will change to could computing system and will pick hybrid model because it has more flexibility, cost effective, security control. For patient information, we can keep in private to control the security. The other can be used in community. As benefit,
The…[Read more]

Has your computer or a computer in your workplace ever been attacked by a cyber threat? How did it happen?
In my previous workplace, We had experiences about receiving phishing mail to most of staff. It is similar message from center to enroll a mandatory course related to our work. I almost to enroll it. I noticed that their web address is wrong…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing good idea!! Ma Yin Moe, I agree that coordination and communication is key factor to improve health care services. Pts are hesitant to deal and not understand the medical procedures before consultation.

I would like to develop a mobile app for patients that linked to private web server. There will be different interfaces based on user like doctors, patient, labs, receptionist, pharmacy, payment. Users will be defined and separated with specific accounts to avoid confusion. Doctor will update the treatment from their side. Patients can request the…[Read more]

Health problem facing in the world can be considered as two types; Non-communicable and communicable diseases.
1) Communicable diseases are highly infectious and become Public health emergency at anytime if we could not conduct intervention. As planning, There is essential to build effective surveillance system to notify immediately if there is a…[Read more]

According to the principle of information security or CIA Triad, I have experienced using health information management system (HMIS) and also faced issues regarding confidentiality and availability.
Although the password is defined for each township to access the web-based server, it is not secured and easily accessible by other person. As…[Read more]