Leaders determined to work together for digital transformation as HIMSS22 APAC returns to place
HIMSS22 APAC is finally back on stage in Bali, Indonesia after two years of the pandemic.
Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS, said in his opening remarks: “This is a long-awaited reunion.
“Coming from the dark clouds of the pandemic, we are beginning to see a silver lining, which are lessons learned from the great accelerator that has just emerged in the digital sphere globally,” he said. .
Wolf notes how health stakeholders around the world are now looking for opportunities to leverage digital health to improve health outcomes.
“And that’s why we’re all here. It’s to forge new relationships, to learn from each other, and to draw collective experience together so that we, in their companionship, are all together. can change the future of healthcare,” he said.
In fact, digital technology has the potential to drive improvements in healthcare delivery. According to Dr. Fatema Djan Rachmat, President of the Jakarta Heart Center, its value can only be achieved by cooperation.
“I believe HIMSS22 APAC will be a great opportunity to network with each other, learn from each other, discuss with experts and doctors from around the world to accelerate the transformation of technical services. healthcare numbers to improve patient safety, patient quality of care and patient outcomes,” she said.
Dr. Tri Hesty Widyastoety, General Secretary of the Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI), also shared his hope that the event will give local stakeholders the opportunity to network with experts, while also gaining knowledge and qualifications to oversee the ongoing digital transformation of Indonesian hospitals. Recently, PERSI discovered in a survey of about 500 local hospitals that while 80% of them had established payment systems, only about 70% had optimally implemented EMR.
Finally, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Indonesia’s Minister of Health, who delivered his message via video, noted how the pandemic has given their country the opportunity to digitize the healthcare system. . For example, only during a pandemic will the Department of Health be able to digitally connect with labs that are submitting their COVID-19 data online and with 17 telemedicine startups for partner is providing online healthcare to patients. “All of these digital technologies help our country and people enhance healthcare services to a level we have never seen before,” he said.
Indonesia is currently embarking on a transformation of its national healthcare system, inspired by the ongoing health crisis. In this effort, the government has identified six pillars of healthcare reform: primary care, hospital care, national healthcare resilience, healthcare financing, medical force and healthcare technology (including digital health technology and biotechnology).
Sadikin emphasized that “the combination of digital health and biotechnology [is key to a] future successful medical sector “and” Indonesia is ready for it. “The recently published Digital Health Transformation Strategy Blueprint guides the development and deployment of national healthcare technologies in the country, including the national citizen app PeduliLindungi , EMR, and National Biobank.
“As the winds of digital and biotechnology are coming, many healthcare professionals will be building a wall and [will not] want to hug it. But a few intelligent people will embrace this technology,” concluded the minister.
