DKI Jakarta Becomes the First Province in Clinics Integration Trial with SATUSEHAT

Jakarta, November 26, 2022 - Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Republic of Indonesia has again provided assistance and trials for integrating SATUSEHAT into several health service facilities (fasyankes) in Java-Bali. DKI Jakarta became the first province to hold a Clinic health facilities integration trial with SATUSEHAT, which took place on November 22-23, 2022.

“Aside from hospitals and public health centers, clinics are also involved in assistance and trials SATUSEHAT integration, particularly in immunization use cases,” said Jeremia Suryanegara, Product Manager Digital Transformation Office (DTO) MoH of the Republic of Indonesia, on Wednesday (23/11).

According to Jeremia, this was motivated by research findings and discussions with the DKI Jakarta Health Office (Dinkes) about the public behavior observed performing child immunization in clinics other than community health centers (Puskesmas) and Hospitals.

SATUSEHAT is a platform that integrates and exchanges information of personal health data through electronic medical records between health facilities to support health data interoperability and standardization.

During the integration trial, participants received assistance in exchanging health data information via the SATUSEHAT platform from visit information to diagnosis.

“In the future, this integration will make it easier for patients to consult or switch services between health facilities. Because their medical records are digitally exchanged, after obtaining the patient's consent, the health facility can carry out all of these activities," Jeremiah explained.

On the other hand, stakeholders can use data sets collected in near real-time and exchanged in the SATUSEHAT platform, with machine learning, as a foundation for strategic policymaking at the national and regional levels.

Head of Data, Information and Public Relations Section of DKI Jakarta Health Office, Dr. Verry Adrian, M. Epid said, the assistance and integration trial of SATUSEHAT is under the Jakarta Health Office's target and work plan. This year targets the implementation of RME in all Regional General Hospitals (RSUD) and Health Centers.

“Alhamdulillah, thanks to the Ministry of Health for collaboration and support to us. Because of that, we were able to achieve the target this year. We hope that, in addition to hospitals and health centers, all other primary health care facilities, such as clinics in DKI Jakarta, will soon accomplish 100 percent RME (read: electronic medical record)  implementation and integration with SATUSEHAT,” Verry stated.

Verry also hopes that in the future, an increasing number of other health facility modules will be able to be integrated with SATUSEHAT so that it can encourage an improvement in the quality of data and health services for DKI Jakarta citizens.

Meanwhile, the Clinic Information System Developer (SIMKLINIK) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of PT Medifa Infoyasa Suryatara, Septu Jamasoka, who joined as a participant, praised the Indonesian Ministry of Health. He thanks for involving clinic information system developers in Jakarta to receive assistance and trial integration of SATUSEHAT.

According to Septu, as part of the Primary Health Facility, the clinic also plays a vital role in providing health services to the community (FKTP).

“Aside from immunization, clinics are commonly people's first choice for treatment. The documentation of patient medical records at the SATUSEHAT integrated clinic can support and make it easier for doctors to provide advanced diagnoses and more precise treatment at referral hospitals,” Septu explained.

This time, 414 health information systems in DKI Jakarta are ready to be integrated with SATUSEHAT as an outcome of assistance and trial activities. There are 75 SIMKLINIK, 24 Hospital Information Systems (SIMRS), and 315 Health Center Information Systems (SIMPUS).

Meanwhile, while the trial is ongoing in five provinces of Java-Bali, there are 7.920 health facilities in Java-Bali ready to be integrated with the SATUSEHAT platform. Following DKI Jakarta, SATUSEHAT will soon continue the assistance and trial integration in Banten Province.

The Ministry of Health intends to integrate 12.000 health facilities with SATUSEHAT this year and all health facilities by 2023. This time the activity is supported by The United States Agency for International Development - The Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (USAID CHISU), in collaboration with the Provincial Government and cooperation with the DKI Jakarta Health Office.