A presentation at the Pre-Congress Symposium of the 4th PGIM Academic Sessions on Requirement Analysis and Design a Public Health Information System for Sri Lanka

2.  Public health system in Sri Lanka was
initiated in 1926 as a “health unit”
 Public Health is mainly provided by the
Government in SL
 The work force mainly consists of field
officers, Regional Administrators at
various levels and Central Administrators
 The information stream is logistically
divided for easy management

3.  Three main important features
› Complete
› Timely
› Accurate
 For “collective action for sustained
population-wide health improvement”

5.  Increased population
 Changes in disease pattern
 Increased expectations of people
 Changing social values
 Changing economy
 Politics

6.  Field level
› Information Management
 Regional and Central Decision Makers
› Timely and quality data
› Efficient information management and
thorough information analysis
› Using of available data for decision making
 “Super” Central Administrators
› One Health Map

7.  You are a RE, It’s 8.30 in the morning
Alert

9.  Information Management Platform
› Adaptable
› Dependable
› Scalable
› Hybrid
› Self Maintaining

10.  The goal of the Public Health Information
System is to take advantage of the
information technology to radically
improve the way public health data is
gathered, disseminated and decisions
taken. It will further improve the
efficiency and quality of data and
information and overall public health
management.

11.  Interview all the stakeholders
 Identify the burden
 Analyse proposed solutions
 System Design
System
Requirement
Specification

12.  Data entry, Automated aggregation,
communication
 Customizable to any information
requirement
 Data analysis using statistics, automated
data analysis and alerting, graphical
presentation
 Hosting of new Temporary Public Health
Programs, update, review and monitor

13.  Information dissemination with alerting,
reviewing and reply requesting
 Publishing data to web
 Handling Externally Generated Data i.e.
Notifications

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