Govt to computerise patient information

The Government has decided to computerise patient information in all government hospitals to improve health services in the country.

Telecommunications and IT Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said electronic patient documentation will involve computerising every detail of a patient's clinical history including consultation information.

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

"This project is still in its primary level and we initiated a pilot project at the Karawanella Base Hospital.

We plan to integrate this method in all hospitals countrywide very soon," Siyambalapitiya said.

The plan is a part of the eHealth project conducted by the Information and Communication Technology Agency.

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

-FutureGov