chandigarh pgis school of public health in collaboration with pec university of technology sector 12 and center for development of advanced computing cdac mohali is organizing the first public health symposium on health informatics opportunities and challenges on march 7 and 8 around 80 participants and experts from national informatics center national institute of health and family welfare central scientific institute organization indian space research organization and other engineering and medical institutes from all over the country will attend the symposium the event will bring together health professionals and information technology experts on a common platform for utilization of the full potential of information technology for betterment of health in india presentations and deliberations shall focus on challenges and opportunities in public health informatics electronic health records ehr hospital information systems mhealth telemedicine geographic information system gis and data analysis and mining