“The condition of the COVID-19 pandemic makes us realize that our current health system still needs to be improved. Now, Indonesia is pursuing health transformation. One of the pillars is digitizing health which allows the public to access broader health services anywhere and anytime,” said the Dean of FPH UI, Prof. dr. Mondastri Korib Sudaryo, M.S., D.Sc., in his remarks at the FPH UI Series 20 National Online Seminar. The seminar was organized by students of the Occupational Safety and Health (K3) Study Program, Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Universitas Indonesia (UI) ) on Saturday, December 3, 2022.
Manual health services with a reporting system are considered ineffective and inefficient. Digitalization of health services is needed to integrate services throughout all phases of people’s life. .Si., Chief Digital Transformation Office (DTO) of the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
Strategy and Planning Manager DTO of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Arief Faqihudin, S.T., further explained “SATUSEHAT Overview: Health Big Data Interoperability System”. SATUSEHAT is a health information system integration solution that provides specifications and standardized mechanisms for business, data, technical and security processes. Later, all patient data and health service facilities will be entered into the SATUSEHAT platform so that health workers do not need to re-enter patient data. The first step to realizing SATUSEHAT is to standardize health data, starting from patient data, health service facility data, health worker data, financing data, medical device data, and service data. One side only. Collaboration is needed between the Ministry of Health, health practitioners, academics, and other parties,” said Arief.
Furthermore, Ir. Perkasa Sinagabariang, M.M., Vice President Operations Husky CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML) as one of the speakers. “The COVID-19 pandemic brings challenges for all parties, including oil and gas companies. For this reason, we are developing information and communication technology applications in HTML so that the company can continue to operate,” said Ir. Mighty in his presentation. Examples of applications developed by HCML include the Desk Booking System for health screening, the Quarantine Hotel E-Form for monitoring worker quarantine, and the AWAS (A Way to Act Safely Card) application to help employees carry out safety observations at work. These applications are integrated with the network infrastructure, namely Software Defined WAN.
The healthcare sector is also one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Halodoc is a telemedicine service that is widely used, especially during a pandemic. Halodoc becomes a liaison between health facility partners and the community and makes it effective. Generally, people need up to 4 hours to get health services. With telemedicine, it only takes 35 minutes to get service. Chief of Medical Halodoc, dr. Iwan Heriyanto, MARS., stated that Indonesia is still experiencing inequality among health workers. “Until now, health workers are still concentrated on the island of Java. Halodoc opens access to health for people in other regions to be able to enjoy the same health services as people on the island of Java and big cities,” said dr. Ivan.
Digitalization of health is also focused on primary health services, as conveyed by Prof. dr. Kemal N. Siregar, S.K.M., M.A., Ph.D., Professor at the Universitas Indonesia, who spoke about “Smart Health Centers: Digitizing Primary Health Services.” Smart Puskesmas itself is an artificial intelligence-based primary health care system. It is hoped that this transformation of primary health services will focus on prevention and early detection, be more proactive, provide personalized care, and actively involve puskesmas patients.
Another thing that needs to be separated from the digital era is the issue of data security. Tulus Abadi, Daily Chairperson of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, discussed “Data Protection and Quality Assurance of Digital Health Services.” Tulus said. Public health data is included in specific personal data. Strengthening of telecommunications infrastructure on the upstream and downstream sides is needed as well as strong regulations to guarantee the protection of people’s data.
