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Recommendations for Streamlining eHealth Activities in Sri Lanka By - eHealth Roadmap Development Committee Many healthcare systems around the globe are adopting information technology into health information systems. In most countries this happens without a proper mechanism for streamlining and co-ordination. This is true for Sri Lanka as well leading to issues of interoperability, privacy of clients/patients and sustainability of information systems. To overcome these problems the Ministry of Health appointed a National eHealth Steering Committee (NeHSC). The eHealth Roadmap Development (eHRDC) committee was set up as a technical committee to develop the draft National eHealth Base Documents in consultation with the NeHSC. A. National eHealth Base Documents NeHSC which is the apex committee on eHealth activities in Sri Lanka decided to develop a national policy and detailed standards and guidelines on eHealth. To plane, implement, and evaluate theses a strategic plan was needed. The eHRD was vested with the responsibility of coming up with draft versions of the National eHealth Base Documents intended for planning and streamlining the eHealth activities of the country. Following are the three National eHealth Base Documents developed by eHRD. A. National eHealth Policy (NeH-Policy) B. National eHealth Standards & Guidelines (NeH-Standards & Guidelines) C. National eHealth Strategic Plan (NeH-Strategic Plan) NeH Strategic Plan National Health Policy eHealth Systems of Sri Lanka eHealth Policy Establishment Code Financial Regulations NeH Standards & Guidelines eGovernment Policy Overview of National eHealth Base Documents 17 | P a g e
B. Building Capacity for Planning and Streamlining eHealth Activities It is recommended that the Health Information Unit of the Ministry of Health be the focal point for all eHealth activities in Sri Lanka. This Unit could function as the central coordinating and driving point for eHealth activities in the Ministry of Health/Department of Health Services. This is not a task however, that can be undertaken by the Health Information Unit alone. This gives rise to the need for an expanded structure representing all key state sectors healthcare institutions and administrative units. Overview of the proposed structure for Building Capacity for Planning and Streamlining eHealth Activities C. An Architectural Model for the National Health Information System Several health institutions have already begun using IT solutions. However due to the absence of a national health information system architecture those systems lack the overall information integrity, central co-ordination and information interoperability. Therefore the need for a high level electronic health information system architecture was identified to overcome the above mentioned problems and also to cater to the increasing demand for electronically accessible services in the health domain. Using principles of enterprise architecture the existing health information system was analyzed with regards to the organizational, administrative, and functional structures taking in to consideration the perceptions of stakeholders and their needs. The architectural models of health information systems in different countries were also analyzed and a common set of features were identified. An architectural model for the national health information system was derived in the context of the Sri Lankan health domain to achieve an efficient, interoperable, secure, reliable, accessible and maintainable health information system. The proposed national electronic health information system architecture is composed of the eHealth system, stakeholders and the communication network. The identified services in the health domain are expected to be provided by one or more sub-systems. The national eHealth 18 | P a g e
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