Kevin Zam

Thanks for your discussion Ko Aung.

Thanks for your discussion Ama Wah.

If the hospital in a country do not use the ICD Standard, we need to ask if they are using other Standard first. If no standard is used, each hospital will write diseases differently making it hard to collect, compile, and compare in the national health information system which will cause obstacles in insurance claims, research, policy planning…[Read more]

Dear Ma Wah,
Thanks for your comprehensive and excellent response.
During my work in MSF, we, MD, had to fill up the FUCHIA forms which take around 3 to 5 minutes by hands on paper excluding the patient consultation and examination time (which altogether last around 15 to 30 mins per patients). However, the MD did not fill the EHR to system and…[Read more]

According to the article by Muhiyaddin R, et al., the six main problems causing Physicians’ Burnout are EHRs’ documentation and related tasks such as note taking and electronic communication in EHRs, EHRs’ poor design, workload, work overtime, inbox alerts, and alert fatigue.
Yes, I’ve heard similar complaints. Many health officers say that u…[Read more]

Dear Sayar Aung,
I can read your msg on LINE but my LINE app had some issues to reply anyone. You can reach me @ +959448001552 on viber, whatsapp or zamliankham@gmail.com for the group assignment.
I also agree with you on EMR being the first world’s problem. In developed countries, I heard that so many clinical and laboratory tests are carried out…[Read more]

Hi Ma Hteik,
According to my understanding, weekly health information data is collected by Kobo Collect and visualized in Power BI for the senior management to analyze and respond in your eHealth project. Quite an interesting project to implement in resource limited setting such as Myanmar!

Hi Ama Wah,
Quite an interesting chatbot and app! Transition from LINE chatbot to mobile app? might be costly. However, the app serve as EMR too and it is a good point even though data privacy and security might be concerned in case of phone theft.

As a Sci-fi movie fan, I like the following definition.
eHealth means the ability to dial a doctor from home and the interconnectedness of all of our medical details—it’s the future we were promised from sci-fi!

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I agree with the fact that the need of Big Data Analysis of COVID19 change the landscape of Myanmar Health Information System.

Can you give an example of data that you think it could be considered as “Big Data”? What are the characteristics of the data that fit into 5Vs, or 7Vs, or 10Vs of Big data characteristics?
I had worked in Health System Strengthening project of Chin State in Myanamar. Considering the data I collected that time as “Big Data”, the characeristics of…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing the challenges and difficulties of Open MRS for ART in detail. However, I think that system cover only a limited ART centers in Myanmar compared to the whole nation, right?

Thanks for sharing the challenges and difficulties of EWARS system.

1.Have you ever observed a health informatics project in your (other) organization? Please provide a brief introduction.
While I worked with National AIDS Program of Myanmar, I had a chance to participate in collecting HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS) Survey. As it was a paper-based surveillance, it was costly in terms of paper, labor and space for…[Read more]

Hi Ma Wah Wah,
This is a serious case, and you explained it well. The Yale New Haven Health System breach shows how network hacking can put millions of patients’ personal data at risk and damage an organization’s trust and reputation.
To prevent future breaches, YNHHS and other health systems should use stronger network protections (like fir…[Read more]

Dear Phyoe,
Good summary of the Blue Shield case. It shows how even unintentional mistakes, like misconfiguration, can expose millions of people’s sensitive health information. This kind of incident hurts both patients’ trust and the company’s reputation. To prevent this in the future, Blue Shield and other organizations should do regular audit…[Read more]

Hi Ko Aung,
Thanks for sharing an interesting case study. Your report clearly shows that the CHS breach was not just a technical failure but also a lesson in organizational preparedness. With proper patch management, real-time monitoring, and stronger security culture, such a breach could have been avoided. This case remains a reminder that…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. In my opionions, an easiest breach would happen without the need to send phishing emails if the employee lost the notebook where his/her passwords were noted down (the physical access). I had seen some elderlys who wrote down their pin numbers nearest to their gadgets or credit cards.