Heaptalk, Jakarta — In providing better health services in Indonesia, digitalization is one of the determining factors. Big data as a digitalization product demands systematic data collection and information exchange. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) represent the big data implementation in the healthcare sector.
According to the Head of the Indonesian Medical Development Center at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (Pusbangki FKUI) Dr. dr. Riyadh Firdaus, Sp. An-TI, Subsp. NA(K), modernization of the medical record system is the first step in the transformation initiated by the Ministry of Health. Electronic medical records in health facilities consist of 7 levels, with level 7 being the most complete level that is connected to the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
“Collecting hospital data through Electronic Medical Records has great potential to be used to improve services and transparency in hospital activities and transactions. If developed further, EMR can help create Artificial Intelligence (AI), which can learn data and detect possible fraud occurring,” dr. Riyadh explained in a seminar titled ‘Initiating Enterprise Resource Planning in the Digital Transformation of the Health Ecosystem in Private Hospitals’ in Purwokerto, Central Java (03/09).
EMR contains sensitive data
In more detail, big data has its characteristics known as 5V, consisting of volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value. This big data also contains sensitive data. Therefore, dr. Riyadh emphasized that adequate infrastructure is needed to maintain and store this data, both in terms of storage hardware and software such as a secure cloud.
Not only does it provide benefits in terms of service effectiveness and hospital management efficiency, dr. Riyadh is optimistic that big data can also ultimately improve the quality of health of Indonesian people as a whole. Further, the implementation of big data can form policies that have the potential for multiple benefits for all elements of the healthcare system.
Currently, the Indonesian government is driving digital transformation in the healthcare sector by increasing the 2024 State Budget to reach Rp187.5 trillion, approximately US$12.1 billion (US$1 equals Rp15,521). According to dr. Riyadh, the use of the increased healthcare budget has also been regulated in Article 409 paragraph (5) of Health Law. The regulation explains that the allocation of the healthcare budget includes paying attention to solving health problems based on disease burden or epidemiology.
