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I think I can give the data out, if the research team has already got the approval from national IRB. It is appropriate to release information for public purposes. I will not give them the data that can track to each case identity to protect their privacy and security.

As a health information professional, I cannot tell my friend and cannot interfere with other people issue. To be honest, my friend should be disclosed of her partner’s seropositive status and get HIV testing for family planning.
I need to respect for subjects, maintain and protect their privacy and do no harm to them. The subject has a right to h…[Read more]

Considering ADKAR model to implement Health Information System, I think the organization somewhat managed the change.
Awareness: I think all staffs know that HIS is necessary because of clear public health policy across the country
Desire: some staffs may not want to use the new system
Knowledge: Inadequate training and coaching for some…[Read more]

Health information system in my organization seems to be not successful. The factors that make the system not successful are
– People: the leader has no clear policy to improve HIS, inadequate communication, not enough training for old and new users, IT needs to work for the whole faculty, not only the hospital
– Cost: limited budget to use the…[Read more]

I think it is true. For me, I have not personally heard any complaints on using EMRs. By the way, to reduce this problem, we may need
1. Personalization.
Most EHR systems have ways to personalize the user experience, for example, using text extenders/expanders. A short sequence of letters or a word can be used to auto-produce a longer string of…[Read more]

ICD standard is the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions. It is the diagnostic classification standard for all clinical and research purposes. ICD defines the universe of diseases, disorders, injuries and other related health conditions, listed in a comprehensive, hierarchical fashion. ICD is used for monitoring of…[Read more]

There are pop-ups reminding physicians during drug prescription, for example, history of drug allergy, particular drug dosage according to body weight, to sign in a form needed for some drugs. It can reduce prescription errors and it does not take much time to take a look.
Factors that might influence the decision support system implementation in…[Read more]

eHealth, in my opinion, is using information and communication technology to deliver and enhance health services through internet.

1. Can you give an example of data that you think it could be considered as “Big Data”?
The telecommunication system in Thailand including clients of DTAC, AIS, True, TOT, CAT. The data of interest such as customer churn, service expansion.

2. What are the characteristics of the data that fit into 5Vs, or 7Vs, or 10Vs of Big data cha…[Read more]

1. Have you ever observed a health informatics project in your (other) organization? Please provide a brief introduction.

Health Information System. This will integrate all data of inpatients and outpatients. There are both structured and non-structured data. Doctors and nurses can access OPD cards, labs results, x-ray, patient visits, and…[Read more]

1. Why would you choose cloud server, rather than physical server?
1.1 Increased Security
Cloud server provides advanced, high-level security features such as data encryption and routine backups, providing greater data security than that of an physical server, no matter what happens to the hardware, stolen laptop or a virus on a PC
1.2 Centralized…[Read more]

The designing process should have public health informatician to be the leader. He or she needs input or data sharing from all stakeholders in each enterprise, for example, doctors, lab technicians, radiologists, HIM. And then an information technician will design the enterprise architecture.

No enterprise architecture plan for health information system can make some problems for one hospital or inter-hospital setting and for both patients and doctors. For example, when a patient is referred from a hospital, he needs to take health information with him. If doctors need other information that is not available. That patient needs to go…[Read more]

To improve my professional in PH informatics, I need more knowledge on medical science and focus more on the causation for generating population-based preventive measures. My difficult part is to improve computer and mathematical skills for efficiently managing data, so I should get to know more information technicians and have a good network with…[Read more]