PIYANUN YENJIT (PUK)
Managing Director, APUK Co., Ltd. | Director of Operations (APAC), Medicomp Systems
Piyanun Yenjit (Puk)
Healthcare Strategy & EMRAM Specialist
The Consulting Edge
- ✓ Clinical Realities + Enterprise IT: Her starting point as a nurse provides genuine empathy for clinical workloads.
- ✓ Record-Breaking Deployments: Steered the *first-ever* EMRAM Stage 6 achievements in both Thailand and Malaysia.
- ✓ Regional Execution: Proven 100% success rate directing transformations in multi-national clinics.
Interactive Executive Biographies
Piyanun Yenjit (Puk) is a highly accomplished, pioneering healthcare strategist and technology consultant with over 25 years of cross-functional experience in the healthcare sector. Renowned for her rare ability to seamlessly bridge the gap between frontline clinical realities and complex enterprise IT operations, she is a leading authority on digital health maturity models, international hospital accreditation, and digital transformation across Southeast Asia.
Currently, Piyanun serves in dual high-impact leadership positions: as the Managing Director of APUK Co., Ltd., a specialized healthcare IT consultancy she founded to drive digital maturity, and as the Director of Operations (APAC) for Medicomp Systems, where she spearheads regional growth and delivery. Her strategic oversight and hands-on consulting have consistently yielded a 100% project success rate, marked by exceptional client satisfaction across complex implementations in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Over her distinguished career, Piyanun has established herself as a key catalyst for landmark digital achievements in the region. As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Digital Transformation Lead at Princ Paknampo Hospital, she engineered the strategy that led to Thailand’s first-ever HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 achievement in 2016. Building on this momentum, she spearheaded the ambitious EMRAM Stage 7 roadmap for Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi. More recently, as a specialized EMRAM consultant, she guided Malaysia's prestigious Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) from Stage 0 to the milestone achievement of EMRAM Stage 6 in 2024—representing a historic first for Malaysia.
Piyanun’s regional authority is further reflected in her high-profile appointments. She served as Country Manager for HIMSS Thailand (2022–2024), and continues to serve as an Advisory Board Member for the Asian, European & American Hospital & Healthcare Management Magazines. Committed to cultivating the next generation of digital health talent, she acts as a Special Lecturer in Healthcare IT and Health Information Exchanges (HIE) for the Faculty of Medicine at Naresuan University, and as a Strategic Advisor for the Center of Excellence for Digital Health at the University of Phayao Medical Center.
Piyanun began her career in clinical nursing at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University—a foundation that infuses her technological solutions with deep clinical empathy and utility. She subsequently transitioned into healthcare IT leadership, managing major Health Information System (HIS) overhauls, including leading BNH Hospital’s complete HIS transformation in just nine months. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing from Mahidol University and a Global Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO (UTIU) in Italy, combining elite clinical insight with global business acumen.
Professional Skill Matrix
HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 & 7 roadmaps, strategic gap analysis, clinical workflow alignment.
Complex, multi-department enterprise deployments with a focus on human factor adoption.
HL7, Clinical NLP deployments, Health Information Exchanges (HIE), and HIS optimization.
Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and preparation for international hospital standards.
Milestone & Project Tracker
Key Career Achievements & Projects
EMRAM Stage 6 Achievement (National First)
Supported Malaysia's premier Heart Institute (IJN) to bridge complex clinical modules from stage 0-7, achieving EMRAM Stage 6 validation in 2024.
EMRAM Stage 7 Strategic Roadmap
Spearheaded the design and deployment strategies for achieving the ultra-demanding EMRAM Stage 7 validation, cementing regional digital health leadership.
Country Manager, HIMSS Thailand
Drove national partnerships, led hospital alignment efforts, and promoted advanced digital maturity assessments throughout the kingdom's hospitals.
Clinical NLP Implementation Project
Deployed state-of-the-art Clinical Natural Language Processing technologies to transform free-text clinical registries into structured, actionable medical data.
Clinical Documentation Transformation
Introduced clinical decision support systems and structural documentation adjustments, driving improvements in charting compliance and clinical quality reporting.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Thailand's First Stage 6
As CIO and Digital Transformation Lead, successfully directed complex IT and clinical changes, achieving HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 within an intensive 2-year window.
Academic Foundation & Appointments
Global Master of Business Administration
The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO (UTIU), Italy
Bachelor of Nursing
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Special Lecturer (Healthcare IT & HIE)
Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University, Thailand (2022-2023)
Advisory Board Member & Advisor
Global Healthcare Magazines (2023-Present) & Center of Excellence for Digital Health, University of Phayao

