Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The situation at Myanmar: How can this and others like it stop, now and forever?


Yesterday I watched the briefing of the UN Security Council on the plight of the Rohingya suffered at the hands of Myanmar Military and their currently state as refugees in Bangladesh.

As I listened to representatives from UNDP, UNHCR and several Countries speak for the refugees, this thought keep plaguing me: How can we get the perpetrators and people like them to stop themselves from harming others before they lose their souls?

I am happy for organizations like the United Nations, and for the Countries around the world working towards ending these atrocities and providing support to refugees.

I am happy for democratic laws that can hold people accountable for their crimes and deter others from committing atrocities against another person or people.

How can we get the perpetrators of such crimes to stop themselves?

How can we teach these perpetrators that abusing those they see as “different” is a behavior of lowness not honor?

Should we teach our fellow humans that our world is much better if we learn to accept and cherish each other’s difference, because that is what’s going to keep our world from vanishing?






 

Click here: UN Security Council's meeting regarding the Rohingya Refugees to watch the meeting






Update!!
Minutes after posting this blog,  I saw this piece   regarding meditation as a solution from a tweet from UN Secretary General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres.



Thursday, August 2, 2018

Blockchain



I am out from under a beautiful rock. What is Blockchain? 

 I learned about it yesterday at a health care conference. If you've heard about Bitcoin, you've heard about Blockchain. For me, learning about blockchain put the whole bitcoin explosion in a new light.

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lockchain is a way to storage data that allows for multidirectional usage. It allows many users to securely access, share but not copy the same information. It is the genius creation by a group of people with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

I can see immediate use for in regards to Supply Chain management in Health systems.  If it is guaranteed that our protected health information (PHI) stays so, it will revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered, and be a great benefit to case management.