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Healthcare IT

Sri Lankan govt to computerise patient information

By Pia Rufino | 29 April 2011

The government of Sri Lanka has announced its plans of computerising patient information in all the government hospitals to improve the health services in the country.

Telecommunication and IT Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said the Electronic patient documentation will involve computerising every detail of a patient’s clinical history including consultation information.

He added the patient details will be updated in every consultation.

“This project is still in its primary level and we initiated a pilot project in the Karawanella Base Hospital. We plan to integrate this method in all the hospitals countrywide very soon,” Siyambalapitiya said.

The plan is as part of the eHealth project conducted by the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ITCA).

Under the eHealth project, every patient would be provided a username and a password through which the patient would be able to access their accounts and view their health information.

The programme was designed to address health inequities and responds directly to critical areas of need outlined by the Ministry of Health.

The Electronic Patient Records have been implemented in 27 government hospitals in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka in a project funded by the Austrian and Swiss Red Cross consortium in Sri Lanka.

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