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Jakarta (voinews.id): The digitalization of health services can help save up to Rp2 billion annually at Type C hospitals, the chief of the Digital Transformation Office of the Ministry of Health Setiaji has said.

"This budget can be converted to manufacture a system that costs much less. Because in order to build a system, hospitals do not have to build infrastructure," he explained at a webinar organized by Katadata and Dell Indonesia on “Building the Healthcare of the Future,” which was followed from Jakarta on Thursday.

According to him, the cost of maintaining non-electronic medical records is still quite high, starting from the cost of paper to health workers, who have to record information repeatedly.

Digitalization can make health services easier, starting from shortening patient waiting times while registering at the hospital to accommodating patients to access health services wherever they are, he noted.

"From a service point of view, it will be faster. Hospitals no longer need to input data repeatedly. Then, digitization also allows patients to immediately get their medical records or the results of their examinations," he pointed out.

Nevertheless, the digitalization of health services also presents its own challenges. Hospitals that have implemented system digitization are mostly not comprehensive. Not all services at hospitals are connected digitally.

"Maybe the registration service for patients has been digitized but their back-end has not been connected to individual services such as pharmacies, laboratories, radiology, and inpatient care," Setiaji disclosed.

To achieve the digitalization of health services, the government has prepared regulations starting from the Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP) to the Law on Health, which will later become an omnibus with other supporting regulations.

In addition, president director of Mayapada Hospital, Grace Tahir, said that hospitals in Indonesia must refer to a digital-based system, especially for maintaining the medical records of patients.

Currently, her hospital is in the process of becoming a smart hospital. However, it is still prioritizing patient experience.

“Whatever we do is to provide experience to these patients. For us, the most important thing is the patient," she said.

Jakarta (voinews.id):  The General Elections Commission (KPU) will conduct technical mentoring of voting organizing group (KPPS) officers to increase their ability to help voters with disabilities during the 2024 General Elections, commission member Betty Epsilon Idroos informed.

"KPPS officers will be trained in the mentoring (on how to help, for instance), visually impaired or quadriplegic people," she said here on Thursday.

The dissemination of information on technical mentoring for KPPS officers has been carried out at provincial KPUs, she added.

Apart from KPPS officers, she said, persons with disabilities can be guided by family members or other people who can make them comfortable while casting their vote.

KPU will provide a form that will need to be filled out by people helping disabled voters at polling stations.

"They have to be comfortable with who accompanies them. Is it a family member? (KPU) allows it," Idroos said.

Later, the accompanying family member will need to fill out a form stating the reasons and vow to keep the disabled voter's choice a secret.

"The form will be available at every polling station," she said.

According to her, there are a number of obstacles that KPPS could face in assisting people with disabilities on voting day, one of which is related to data.

To tackle this, Idroos asked social offices across Indonesia to help record data on voters with disabilities.

This will allow KPU to provide the best service to them, such as presenting disability-friendly polling stations, she said.

"For example, he/she uses a wheelchair. Then we will strive to set up the polling station not on thick grass such as a football field where it is difficult for people to use wheelchairs," she explained.Another example will be to avoid setting up polling stations at venues where people will need to climb stairs to reach them in order to assist persons using crutches. ( Antara ) 

VOI, Jakarta: State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has asked state firms to face the potential recession that threatens the world in 2023 by encouraging investments.

"Investments that are encouraged by SOEs are, of course, under the cooperation with foreign and domestic parties, where there is a potential of Rp113 trillion for us to encourage," he said at a press conferenfe on the 2022 joint Christmas celebration with SOEs Ministry and SOEs here on Saturday.

He explained that the majority of SOEs under the Deputy Minister I of SOEs are encouraging investments by cooperating with food companies, such as a dairy company from Qatar, Baladna Farm.

Meanwhile, the majority of SOEs under the Deputy Minister II of SOEs are encouraging investments by cooperating with companies in the logistics sector.

According to Thohir, investment in Indonesia is now starting to be balanced in terms of the portions between foreign and non-foreign. Likewise, the balance can also be seen in terms of the portion in Java and the portion in non-Java islands.

Apart from encouraging investments, SOEs are also asked to open jobs in facing the threat of recession this year. However, the jobs that are expected to be opened are those that are sustainable.

"Thus, they are not only (jobs that are opened) for projects. For example, PT Freeport is building a smelter in East Java which will complete in 2024," he said.

To this end, the minister emphasized that he will push for the opening of jobs that are sustainable and able to empower the economy, especially through micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

This is because the provision of people's business credit (KUR) to MSMEs has succeeded in opening significant jobs, for example, 13.7 million customers of state-run microlender PT Permodalan Nasional Madani's (PNM's) PNM Mekaar service and the opening of 6,600 small-scale gas stations or Pertamina Shops (Perta Shops) in villages. ( Antara ) 

VOI, Jakarta: Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (PDTT) Minister Abdul Halim Iskandar provided special allocation assistance for rural transportation worth Rp10.9 billion to Rote Ndao District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province.

He handed over the assistance to Head of Rote Ndao District Paulina Haning-Bullu at the commemoration of the 9th Anniversary of the issuance of Village Law at the Ba'a City Lighthouse, here, on Saturday evening.

In his remarks, the minister stated that even prior to Indonesia's independence, there had been 250 cultural communities in various villages, throughout the country, who have their own autonomy in managing the local population, institutions, and economic resources.

“It is why the village is the spearhead of administering government affairs as well as developing and empowering the community. Villages are the foundations, roots, and anchors of Indonesia," he remarked.

Hence, to recognize the privileges of village institutions, the government issued the Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages, he added.

"As a law yearned by all village communities throughout the nation, the Village Law, which was issued by the House of Representatives along with the government, contains millions of shared hopes and aspirations to create a just and prosperous society," he continued.


He has noted that since the issuance of the law, there has been a new paradigm for Indonesia's development.

"The (new) paradigm is to build (the country) starting from the ‘veranda’ of Indonesia, which is from the villages, the periphery regions, and the border areas," he said.

On the occasion, in addition to the special allocation assistance, Iskandar disbursed anthropometric health kit aid for 12 community health centers (puskesmas) and salt water-powered lamps for the residents of coastal villages in Rote Ndao District which had not have access to electricity.

The commemoration of the 9th Anniversary of the issuance of Village Law was centered at the Ba'a Harbor, Rote Ndao District.

A micro, small, and medium enterprises product exhibition as well as a people’s festival were also held to enliven the event. ( Antara )