"All policy processes in the regions should be connected to the National system. Everything must be digital," she stated when opening the 16th Hospital Seminar of the Indonesian Hospital Association (Persi) for the East Java Region and Hospital Expo XVI in Grand City Surabaya on Wednesday.
Parawansa suggested that the program be in line with the six pillars of transformation in the health sector initiated by the Health Ministry.
One of them is the transformation of primary services by digitizing medical records. She said that patients' health records will be easier to be accessed for treatment with digitization.
"When I visit hospitals, I usually ask for the hospital to have digital health records," she said.
The next pillar is the transformation of referral services and health resilience systems, including human resources in the health environment.
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This program can be achieved by promoting health education through digital platforms and strengthening medical movement campaigns and regenerations.
"Persi as front liners must have more detailed assistance. Because connectivity is very important to realize the transformation in the health sector," the Governor noted.
Then, the pillars followed by the transformation in the health financing system and health technology that related to the previous pillars.
"This digitalized medical record will eventually have an impact on reimbursement records to BPJS and so on. Related parties must increase coordination in payment," she added.
On the other hand, Parawansa took the time to visit the medical equipment exhibition, which was attended by 76 national companies.
She said that the domestic products exhibition was an important part when measuring President Joko Widodo's direction regarding health technology.
"The most important thing is that there is a commitment to strengthen local content of all medical devices," she noted.
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Translator: Fiqih Arfani, Resinta S
Editor: Suharto
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