A healthcare data integration platform is being launched in Indonesia as the country continues to digitally transform

Sumbertopilmu.com The Indonesia Health Services platform was unveiled in Jakarta late last month by the Indonesian Health Ministry as a realization of the country's health technology transformation pillar..

It is the goal of the SATUSEHAT platform, whose name translates to "ONEHEALTHY," to support the implementation of the other transformation pillars of the Indonesian health systems: transformation of primary services, referral services, healthcare resilience systems, healthcare financing systems, and transformation of health sector human resources.

The government has set a goal of integrating 8,000 health facilities into the platform by the end of the year.

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WHY IT IS USEFUL

The debut of the platform occurred as Southeast Asia's largest population of more than 270 million continues its digital transformation..

"We will implement three distinct initiatives as part of the digital health transition. First and foremost, we must integrate data; second, we must simplify apps; and third, we must create an environment for innovation "In an interview with the Health Ministry on July 26th, Indonesia's Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin was cited as saying.

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During this time, the Health Ministry implemented a platform-as-a-service infrastructure model to link the whole health industry ecosystem and establish a single national health data set for the country as a whole According to the press release, this will lead to more effective and efficient transfers of national health data.

In Sadikin's words, the single data platform "would consolidate health data and standardise formats and exchange procedures."

IS THIS IMPORTANT?

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Because of this, all health care facilities, from pharmacies and clinics to laboratories and hospitals, will have to adhere to the requirements specified by the Health Ministry in the SATUSEHAT platform, according to the same statement.

PeduliLindungi, the official COVID-19 tracking app, will eliminate the requirement for patients to bring their paper medical records with them when they switch hospitals. PeduliLindungi is a citizen health app, not merely a pandemic-related platform, according to the Health Ministry. These digital documents can be viewed at any time, anywhere, on any smartphone.

SATUSEHAT, which will be linked to other health apps, will allow health personnel to enter data only once.

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FACTS BE IT RECORDED

SATUSEHAT has been tested in a variety of stages at dozens of health facilities around the country.

Setiaji, head of the Health Ministry's Digital Transformation Office, said, "This platform has been tested on 41 government-owned vertical hospitals in the alpha testing phase and a beta phase trial is underway, including 31 institutions from different backgrounds.".