Zarni Lynn Kyaw

I would like to share an experience about leadership that I’ve learned. In my opinion, leaders have to be an active listener and empathetic.

In 2015 the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide election in Myanmar and they put health systems reform as a priority in their election manifesto. After the election, the NLD decided that the…[Read more]

With the six principle of CERC in mind,

PM Lee Hsien Loong followed,
1) Be first – the video is published on Feb 8th 2020, at the start of pandemic
2) Be right – he shared they are better equipped because of SARS and how they have upgraded their hospital
3) Be credible – he quoted real verified data and appeared well informed
4) Express Empathy -…[Read more]

From the perspective of Myanmar,

Theme 1: Team Collaboration between stakeholders in health teams during pandemics to promote the flow of data must be prioritized.
I have to say before and after the military coup, the situation is totally different. Before the coup, coordination and collaboration between ethnic arms group and the central…[Read more]

1) The 2009 H1N1 pandemic
Mexico was the first country to report an unusually high number of cases. Following the completion of the investigation, it was discovered that the strain is distinct from those seen in the past. Because to the lack of vaccination, there was a huge rise in the number of people who ended up in the hospital or died.

2)…[Read more]

The SORMAS system for
1.rapid case-report visualization and analysis;
2.quickened the rate at which information is updated and daily reports are generated;
3.enhanced the accuracy, timeliness, and utility of the information; and
4.streamlined a number of processes critical for combating monkeypox.

Although SORMAS system as a whole was…[Read more]

Information technology could be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process by
1. During the establishing the existence of an outbreak, IT can be used to detect the outbreak much earlier, e.g., Thailand Malaria Online Reporting System reduce the reporting time dramatically by use of IT
2.Verify the Dx – during this phase IT can be use to…[Read more]

Although compare to other ASEAN countries, Myanmar contact tracing system is largely low tech and mixed results due to various systems being implemented in different regions of Myanmar. So, I would like to share the TraceTogether App that Singapore use during 2020 through 2022 which I have a chance to use when I was in Singapore last month and was…[Read more]

How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
Surveillance systems are helpful in detecting Monkeypox after an alert for a case about a suspected patient has been received by verifying the case, detecting groups which show the trend of transmission, and tracing the infection back to its source among the patient’s neighbourhood and…[Read more]

In this scenario, although their proposed study will generate good science and could be benefit for disease prevention and control, that could eventually lead to elimination of the disease in the country, we have to abide by the General Principles of Informatics Ethics which means

1. Should you give the data out?
– We should not give the…[Read more]

In the view of health informatics ethic, the answer is clear in my opinion, we should not tell the friend about the husband’s HIV status but in the real-world situation, the answer is much more nuanced. If the HIV diagnosis is recent, the husband may like a second opinion or even another confirmation before telling the wife. It is his right to do…[Read more]

As I’ve written in the Topic 1, since in my case, there is a failure in the first time and successful in the second time, I would say that my organization appropriately managed the change during the second time.

Using the ADKAR model for retrospective analysis

Awareness –> Although executive team were aware of the platform like SignWell can…[Read more]

I would like to give an example of a project that we failed the first time and successful the second time.

In my organization I’ve been pushing to use an electronic signature application using SignWell platform in 2019. During that time it was a failure because

Data –> the executive team believe that we don’t have enough data to advocate the…[Read more]

Great presentation.
The health link architecture will reduce cost because patient don’t have to carry bulky paper records and misremembering previous medical history which can lead to medical errors, improve customer satisfaction because simply storing the health data in the phone is much more convenient, and will improving outcomes because most…[Read more]

Amazing presentation. When I travel to Singapore last week, I have to submit my COVID-19 test result and vaccine certificate through a similar application (MyICA). Although it is different from country to country, with this kind of application I assume the cost will be lower because people don’t have to print the document and manually review the…[Read more]

Although we don’t have a proper Decision Support System used in my organization. We are currently developing a EMR systems with CDSS built into the systems.

We plan to provide tablets to health workers and the health workers can use the tablets for data entry of patients data, diagnosis and treatments. During the entry of diagnosis data entry, we…[Read more]

I would like to argue that most hospital in Myanmar don’t use ICD or SNOMED CT standards as we don’t have a widespread insurance program in Myanmar. According to data nearly 75% of our health care cost is out-of-pocket payment, it is in my opinion, one of the areas the country have to invest heavily in the future.

So, instead of being…[Read more]

Regarding the finding of EMR/EHR are the second-leading contributor to physician burnout, I believe it is context and country specific. Although I myself don’t practice medicine regularly anymore, my close friends who works in a private hospital in Myanmar complained that the use of EMR/EHR take a significant time of their daily workload. In…[Read more]

In my opinion, a definition of eHealth should cover all 3 domains (1) health in our hands, (2) interacting for health, and (3) data enabling health. I think that the point at which all three domains intersect is the optimal point that combines health data for the purpose of strengthening interactions and communications in order to enable…[Read more]

I believe some example of data that could be considered as “Big Data” are
-Patients data
-Data from research studies
-Electronic Health Records
-Data from Wearable devices
-Data from machine in a hospital
-Search engines data (e.g., search query for flu)
-Data from Government agencies
-Payer records

10Vs of Big data cha…[Read more]