TARO KITA

One of the examples of Big Data in healthcare could be data produced in hospital activities such as EMRs, doctors’/ nurses’ notes.

Volume/ Velocity/ Variety/ Variability: A number of patients’ records, in the form of the structured or semi-/ unstructured, and various data types such as hand-written notes/ images, are produced, collected, and s…[Read more]

I was involved in the centralization of the laboratory management system in Japan over 20 years ago that was implemented as part of the hospital-wide introduction of the electronic medical record system.
Before the initiative, doctors used to receive many different types of laboratory reports dedicated for each unit of analyzers, many of which…[Read more]

Thank you very much for sharing the case study. I agree with your idea of providing essential information to employees with regard to cyber security. In addition to preventive measures to phishing attacks, organizations may consider enabling an email filtering system that could block emails potentially containing malicious links.

Thank you very much for sharing the case study. I agree with your idea of installing a reliable security system, and regularly back up data. It is also important to provide essential knowledge and training to those in charge, regularly update relevant software and OS.

Thank you very much for sharing the case study. I totally agree with your idea of providing the essential knowledge to those in charge. In addition to updating data security, it is also important to regularly update all software and OS, and enable email filtering systems to block emails containing unwanted or potentially malicious links.

The following are examples of possible means of security attack.
1. Theft of account ID and password by taking advantage of insiders’ lack of knowledge, ignorance, or misconduct,
2. Unauthorized access through the system vulnerability due to the use of old version of OS, antivirus software, or any other application, that is not properly u…[Read more]

With regard to the development of the web-based application for patient appointment, I would choose the use of cloud server rather than physical server.
At the briefing to the executive board, I would like to emphasize some of the expected benefits of cloud computing, such as cost saving, scalability, maintenance and support.

If you want to…[Read more]

Indeed, with my background as a laboratory technician, I definitely need to increase my knowledge and skills in IT/ management, and also my systematic knowledge of public health.

There have been health information systems in Japan, but several ones have been newly developed to deal with COVID-19 pandemic. According to the media coverage, there were a number of challenges reported in the initial stage of the pandemic.

There is HER-SYS that has been developed to enhance the system for monitoring COVID-19 outbreak, and NESID…[Read more]

In terms of developing an integrated provincial health information system bridging different hospitals, I would have to involve people from various sectors such as health/ medical, IT/ computer science, and administration/ governance.
Health/ medical personnel shall provide their inputs to contribute to data standards, and also ensure that the…[Read more]

Public health professionals require multidisciplinary knowledge and skills.
I would like to address some of the public health perspectives that should be considered in a context when trying to improve the health situation in remote areas of developing countries where maternal/ infant mortality rates are high.

Firstly, the process begins with…[Read more]

I would highly recommend the use of cloud computing for HIS, as the transformation would bring a lot of benefits such as accessibility to the patients’ information from inside/ outside the premises as required, traceability in disease history across multiple health facilities if the system is shared, and also because of its low initial i…[Read more]

Use of wearable devise to detect various data such as heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure is increasingly being used in medical/ healthcare field. The technology, also known as IoT, contributes to early detection and prevention of diseases by collecting data through wearable device and network.
Big data in medical/ healthcare field,…[Read more]

This is often a type of online fraud, and will lead you to install apps or move to malicious web sites. You should delete the entire web page instead of clicking the button.

Thanks to a well-functioning IT department, we did not experience any serious issues with computer virus or malware. There were strict rules and guidance regarding the use of computers connected to the organization’s network. Password setting requirements were high, users were required to change password on a regular basis, and the IT department r…[Read more]

I totally agree with you especially on the need to ensure that the health-related terminology is clearly understood by the general public. It is also important to maintain its simplicity, conciseness, and proper use of mediums, such as graphs, tables or icons to present information.

I would like to develop an app for health needs data collection from the communities. It is going to be a native app with single platform, given the expected context where the Internet access is one of the challenges, and also for the sake of cost effectiveness including its maintenance.

When we develop mobile app, given the current platform share, we need to equally consider both Android and iOS.
It is generally recommended to use Java, C# and kotlin for the Android platform, while Swift, Objective-C have been developed for the iOS platform.
When considering the Cross Platform use, which is designed to work in several computing…[Read more]

I agree with you regarding the benefit and drawback of the Internet. While it is useful as an information source, one should always be cautious about the credibility of the information.