The Indonesian Ministry of Health, through the Data and Information Technology Center, recently announced the results of the 2023 Digital Maturity Assessment of provincial and district/municipal health services, hospitals and health service facilities.
The evaluation, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (National Health Information and Data System Utilization), revealed that 146 states and districts/cities participated. The average score was 2.73 out of 5.00.
It also noted “excellent” digital maturity scores and EMR implementation for 10 state health departments, 10 district/city health departments, and 10 hospitals, with an average combined score of 4.52.
Ministry of Health Secretary-General Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha said he hoped the results would serve as a “step of reflection and evaluation for health facilities to identify strengths, weaknesses and potential gaps in each health service sector.” He said he is doing so.
In 2022, the ministry began conducting a digital maturity assessment of health services.
Indonesia's Ministry of Health also recently announced that it has teamed up with local family-run charity Tanoto Foundation to develop digital learning modules to help build the capacity of around 1.5 million community health workers, known as Posyandu cadres.
This module develops 25 essential competencies, including the ability to explain to parents how to use the Book KIA (Maternal and Child Health) Handbook, provide education on breastfeeding and complementary feeding, and improve interpersonal communication skills. It is intended to help you learn.
Posyandu's executive training modules are integrated into the Plataran Sehat platform, a learning management system run by the Ministry of Health. According to Inge Kusuma, head of Tanoto Foundation Indonesia, trials are currently being conducted for Posyandu workers in three districts: East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara and West Java.
Meanwhile, Tanoto also supports the integration of the national health management platform Satusehat with the Aplikasi Sehat IndiaKu (ASIK) system used by local health workers.
The foundation has invested approximately 16 billion rupiah ($1 million) in the development. Integration of Posyandu executive training module with Satusehat.
HealthCare Global Enterprises, one of India's largest cancer care networks, recently launched its mobile application.
Developed in collaboration with PwC, Salesforce, Kloudarc, and TCS, the HCG Care app allows you to schedule doctor appointments, share and access your medical records, have virtual consultations with your oncologist, access information about customized treatment plans, and access medication. It features a variety of digital services, including purchasing. , seeking counseling, nutrition, diet therapy, and other professionals Advice, booking of home and rehabilitation care services.
Now available on Android and iOS devices, the platform also allows healthcare teams to consolidate patient records, distribute and analyze individual medical reports, and improve collaboration.Doctors can take advantage of the app's advanced data analysis Supports treatment decision-making.
A team behind an automated clinical trial matching platform for cancer patients has won S$50,000 ($37,000) at Duke National University School of Medicine's annual Innovation Challenge.
Aiming to enhance accessibility to clinical trials and simplify referrals, OncoPATH uses large-scale language models to match patients to appropriate trials. These are matched according to diagnosis, cancer stage, mutation profile, and disease location. Chua Shi Ling, clinical research coordinator at the National Cancer Center Singapore, argues that the platform “has the potential to improve recruitment and reduce trial duration and overall costs”.
This award will enable the OncoPATH team to further develop the technology and begin commercialization.
