Abstract:
Health informatics facilitates data analysis maintaining a better patient-physician
relationship, pulling correct information to the surface and bringing new perceptions
to current healthcare issues. It makes available the information to health professionals
and patients using innovative technologies, streamlined processes with best practices,
and meeting regulatory standards.
In this study, we focus mainly on identifying the most prevalent challenges of Sri
Lankan health informatics in the strategic lenses of education & training and propose
a framework to address the challenges. A need and gap analysis was performed to
identify the relevant stakeholders, their needs and the gaps. In building the
framework, it focuses on identification of the ways to fill the gaps in healthcare
industry and suggests steps to improve current status with proper collaboration and
standardization.
A systematic review has been carried out using online databases such as Science
Direct, and Pubmed using key words Clinical Health Informatics, Health Informatics
Education, Gap Analysis, Challenges, Needs and Opportunities.
