A pilot project is already underway at the Karawanella Hospital and another will begin on May 20 at the Mawanella Hospital, according to ICTA Project Manager of the ‘Multi Disease Surveillance System’ Shriyananda Ratnayake. “This project will keep electronic records of patients visiting hospitals anywhere in the country and make information available to doctors to aid them in their diagnosis, prescription and patient care,” he said.
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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.
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The issuance of biometric passport was proposed at the first Colombo team meeting by the Regional Immigration Liaison Officer Network early this year.
Immigration and Emigration Controller Chulananda Perera said in inaugural speech that experts from Australia and Hong Kong are preparing feasibility reports on implementing biometric passports.
Speaking at a workshop, Mr. Deshaepriya attested that an insight into the e-Government policy and improvement of leadership qualities and team spirit contributed greatly to implementing the e-Government policy successfully. Therefore, with the linking of the North of Sri Lanka will bridge the communication gap between the North and South, he said.
Telecommunication and IT Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told Daily Mirror that the project would involve computerizing every detail of a patient’s clinical history including consultation information and added that the details would be updated with each consultation of the patient. “This project is still in it 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,” the Minster said.