A tool that makes healthcare more accessible, cost-effective, and increases patient engagement – is telemedicine. Since making its debut in the late 1950s, advances in telemedicine have contributed to seniors having the choice to age in place. In addition, the patients that reside in rural areas that previously had difficulties accessing a physician can now reach them virtually. Physicians and patients can share information in real-time from one computer screen to another. And they can even see and capture readings from medical devices at a faraway location. Using telemedicine software, patients can see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment without having to wait for an appointment. Patients can consult a physician in the comfort of their homes.
A gap between quantity and health distribution is still a big problem in Indonesia. Midwives are the vanguard to monitor mothers' health and children's health in the Indonesian Region. Therefore, the Indonesian government needs to provide devices for midwives to support their performance so that checking services are provided more precisely, fast, and better.
Digitization initiatives and usage of digital technology in health sectors focus on harnessing the digital ecosystem with integrated systems. This program collaborates with all stakeholders such as physicians, government, and society. The adoption of digital technology is expected to increase the performance of physicians and increase health services.
To implement digital technology in the health strategic sector, MCI cooperates with the health division in local governments and start-ups or digital platforms. They help to develop the innovation and technology of e-health in maternal. In 2021, MCI held workshops that provided training materials namely the application for midwives, dashboard application for staff in the health center and health division, consultation center, and Tele-CTG devices for midwives. These workshops were conducted in the regions that had been mapped with the location of stunting, maternal mortality rate, and baby mortality rate in Indonesia consisting of Bangka Selatan Regency, Lombok Tengah Regency, and Gowa Regency, several participants are 12 health centers, 120 midwives and staff from health divisions.
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Training of Dashboard Application in Health Center |
The value chain in health sectors has five primary activities namely registration and appointment, consultation and diagnostic, treatment, delivery, and payment. To improve data quality, information, and knowledge in the health system, there are digital solutions for three activities that namely telehealth and information systems.
The digital ecosystem consists of applications, the website-based dashboard for early detection of risk factors, and diagnostic medical devices based on IoT or telemedicine to detect fetal health. This ecosystem can be implemented efficiently in urban and rural areas. It is expected to decrease the maternal and baby mortality rate and stunting rate in Indonesia.
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