The document discusses Sri Lanka's national health information system (HMIS). The HMIS includes several components like the hospital information system, preventive health information system, disease surveillance system, and population censuses and surveys. It notes challenges like manual record keeping and a lack of integration between different parts of the system. Future goals include improving data collection and analysis, expanding IT infrastructure, and promoting evidence-based decision making.

1. Health Information System in Sri Lanka Dr Sunil Senanayake MBBS, MSc, MD Director/Health Information by

24. Challenges ctd.. The biggest challenge is “get decision makers and policy makers to use information for decision and policy making.” Therefore “evidence based decision making culture” has to be promoted among them.

25. Challenges ctd.. Information dissemination would be one of the strategies that could be adopted to overcome this situation.

29. Thank You! Dr Sunil Senanayake [email_address] [email_address]