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Woraphun Phutthasakda replied to the topic Week 1: Discussion on choice of disease and questions in the forum TMHG535 Mathematical and Economic Modeling Applications in Biomedical and Public Health Forum 3 days, 3 hours ago
I would like to explore the tuberculosis screening in community hospital level. Patients may have asymptomatic TB infection or latent infection within the community. Other than active symptomatic patient, to get asymptomatic patient into treatment also help decrease disease burden. As well treatment adherence and host immunity is key factors to…[Read more]
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Woraphun Phutthasakda replied to the topic Topic 1.2: Importance of health informatics for outbreak detection and control. in the forum Week 1: Principle of Biomedical and Health Informatics I 5 days, 21 hours ago
Skills and knowledge in health informatics could help with outbreak detection, response and control in different roles. If certain system is setup to monitor specific disease condition, early detection of outbreak can be achieved, for examples, identifying disease trends in EHR. Syndromic surveillance systems monitoring symptoms rather than…[Read more]
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Woraphun Phutthasakda replied to the topic Topic 1.1: Introduction to PHI in the forum Week 1: Principle of Biomedical and Health Informatics I 6 days, 1 hour ago
Based on my background in medicine, I am not familiar with either public health or informatics. According to the required competency in health informatics, I need to gain more knowledge and skills in all three domains as follows.
In aspect of health and biological sciences, I have background in medicine. I need to expand my knowledge into public…[Read more]
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Woraphun Phutthasakda replied to the topic Week 2 : Application and System Development in the forum TMHG547 Essentials of Information Technology Systems in Health Care Forum 2 weeks, 5 days ago
I would like to create mobile app for patient scheduling as well as to track their own symptoms. As mobile app is able to install in patient mobile device and easy to use for them, this would help improve their awareness in their own care and compliance in treatment as well as help reduce the missed schedule and improve workflow on the visit date.…[Read more]
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Woraphun Phutthasakda replied to the topic Week 1 : Introduction of Information System and Technology in the forum TMHG547 Essentials of Information Technology Systems in Health Care Forum 3 weeks ago
I agree on the health record examples in many aspects. While all aspects are important, I would like to highlight the standardized data formats and user friendly software that can incorporate into routine workflow within doubling unnecessary document/data input tasks. As well, maintenance of software and hardware is important in maintaining the…[Read more]