Abstract
The Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics (SLJBMI) is the official journal publication of the Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka. It is the only academic publication in Sri Lanka which focuses on the emerging field of health informatics. SLJBMI was launched in 2010 as an open access and peer reviewed e-journal. It was temporarily paused publishing since June 2015 and relaunched in 2019 with an improved reader friendly format .The mission of SLJBMI is to publish high-quality original research and other relevant publications that would contribute to the promotion of digital health and health informatics. It aspires to be the most prominent publishing spotlight related to health informatics in the region and to be the gathering platform of the renowned experts and enthusiasts worldwide.
Highlights
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals
The focus is to prevent rather than treat a disease through surveillance of cases and the promotion of healthy behaviors (1). This could only be achieved when the information related to the health of the community reaches to the healthcare professionals, planner, policy makers and managers at right time where and when required
Over the last few decades, the implementation of Health Information Technology (HIT) has become increasingly common in healthcare settings (2), (3), (4). They were used mostly for administrative and financial purposes, but in today’s ambitious and challenging healthcare scenario the healthcare providers completely depend on Health Information Technology (HIT) for timely and instant access to health information
Summary
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals. HIT provides reliable, relevant, up-to-date, adequate, timely and reasonably complete information for health manager at all level (e.g. central, intermediate and local) to improve the health care delivery and to achieve national goal The applications such as EHR, DSS, CPOE, HIS helps the clinicians for instant access of patient information as well as support for quality decision making. In case of any endemic outbreak and disaster, HIT integrates with other applications such as Tele-medicine and TeleHealth to assist healthcare providers in delivering quality services to a large group of patient within and outside the coverage area It equipped the healthcare managers and administrator with a mean to monitor and evaluate the healthcare activities and the health status of the community. Kucher et al(23) reported the reduction in medical error cases after the implementation of HIT application whereas it has shown a remarkable impact on medical education (24)
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