All state hospitals in the country will be included in the Medical Supplies Management Information System (MSMIS) by 2020 under the direction of Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Medical Supplies Division (MSD) officials said.
During the Provincial Health Ministers' Summit at the National Blood Centre in Colombo 5 yesterday, they said a new mobile application (app) will be launched for the upper management staff to order drugs over the phone and get them soon.
The system enables state hospitals to share drugs while preventing drug waste and artificial drug shortage. When one state hospital needs a drug which is out of stock, it can be obtained instantly from another nearby hospital where the drug is available using the app, they said.
A total of 579 state health institutions will be included and connected with this system.
The software is already in use in state hospitals.
Now the hospitals can see online where a specific drug is available at another state hospital and obtain it without delay, they added.
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