The National Policy on Health information was approved by the cabinet on 03 January 2017.
The initiative led by the Ministry of Health along with the help from the Department of Statistics, Department of Registration of Persons, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Ministry of Telecommunication and other stakeholders, will help develop the new initiative.
The National Policy on Health Information will create a more reliable information system for organizations which will include developing a patient-based information system.
Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne will launch the National Policy on Health Information, tomorrow (06) at the BMICH.