Indonesia’s Government to exploit data from PeduliLindungi health app
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi
Gunadi Sadikin has said that the PeduliLindungi application – the
COVID-19 contact tracing app used for digital contact tracing in the country,
will be used as an individual health data bank and to monitor the population's
health on the Satu Sehat (One Health) platform.
He said that its function is not limited to vaccines and
scanning but also to check children's immunisation, blood checks in the
laboratory, general check-ups, data on CT scans, and MRI.
Earlier, President Joko Widodo announced that the government
was revoking the implementation of community activity restrictions based on
Minister of Home Affairs Instructions Numbers 50 and 51 of 2022.
According to him, the revocation began on December 30, 2022, and the use of the PeduliLindungi application in several public places was no
longer mandatory.
Minister Sadikin said that the government is developing an
electronic-based government system through the Satu Data Indonesia platform
that contains health, financial, social, and natural resource data.
For the healthcare
sector, Satu Data include Satu Sehat which integrates data from all health
facilities, hospitals, health centres, clinics, pharmacies, and laboratories
into Satu Sehat for the benefit of the community.
With the new system,
the community's drug purchasing history will enter the Satu Sehat platform, he
said.
For example, people using an Apple or Samsung Watch already
have their health data, (so) now, it can be integrated into the system. Doctors
can track their health records.
The minister added that the health data bank can be used by
regional governments and regional health services to understand population
health at the village, sub-district, and city-district levels to create more
appropriate, specific, data-based, effective, and efficient interventions.
He said that the Satu
Sehat platform will be completed by the end of 2023./.