E117 - Dr Sitt Paing - Embracing Digitalision to Improve the Country’s Healthcare System

Change is inevitable.


So what will happen to those things that are stuck in the ways of
old, even as towers are built around it?


As industries all around us turn digital, we can only expect the
best from the necessities too - schools, banks, and…healthcare.
Meet Dr Sitt Paing Sitt’s Role as a Technology Leader
at Pun Hlaing Hospitals

Dr Sitt Paing is the Interim Chief Technology Officer at Pun
Hlaing Hospitals. First established in 2005, it is the only
hospital in Myanmar to be awarded the American Joint Commission
International Accreditation for quality and patient safety. Pun
Hlaing Hospital’s vision is to spearhead international quality
healthcare for the nation. They intend to spread telehealth, home
care, free mobile clinics, and dedicated beds for those who
cannot afford family and specialist care.
Sitt’s Other Work in Healthcare

Sitt worked as a clinical practitioner for 4 years and worked in
multiple different managerial positions for another 4 years. He
started his career with PHSH as a Resident Medical Officer,
transitioning to a Radiology Administrator and Business Analyst,
to an Operations Manager, to a Project Lead, to General Manager
of ICT and Innovation, to his current career - all within 10
years.


Sitt’s passion is in uplifting and leapfrogging the healthcare
status of the Myanmarese people through sustainable management
and technology. He implemented a fully digitalized Radiology
system at PHSH in 2015 to make the hospital the first and only
100% filmless hospital in Myanmar. He also started to fully
digitalize the electronic medical record system at three separate
facilities of the PHSH group in the year 2018. Sitt’s objective
is to enable the organisation to leverage opportunity in the
coming era of Healthcare 4.0. His next mission is to make the
PHSH Group a 100% paperless data-driven organisation.
Healthcare, Data Analytics, and Digitalisation In this
exclusive analytics podcast episode, Sitt shares:

His time as a clinical practitioner

One thing he's taken to heart from being at the frontline

Transitioning from a clinical practitioner to a data
analytics professional

His current role as the Interim Chief Technology Officer at
Pun Hlaing Hospitals

Creating a foundation to digitalise healthcare

A key lesson to learn from fully digitalising healthcare

How data analytics can improve one’s healthcare at a hospital
and individual wellness

Concerns regarding health data privacy

Health data privacy between hospitals and insurers

The kind of data that is important to track for wellness
purposes

How data analytics can help individuals become more aware of
their health and make better choices by themselves

How data technologies help leapfrog a country’s healthcare
system

Translating these points into other parts of the world



If you are a clinical practitioner looking to transition into a
data analytics role or a data analytics professional looking to
digitalise a healthcare system, this is the episode you do not
want to miss.