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| International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences (ICMEDH). (Photo : Rizky Humas). |
Various challenges have begun to emerge in the post-pandemic era. As a result, one way to overcome them is to maximize digital transformation. This was emphasized by the Social Security Administration for Health CEO, Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti, M.Sc., Ph.D., at the International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences (ICMEDH) last September 23. The conference organized by the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) was themed Global Health Challenges and Innovations in the Post-Pandemic Era.
Furthermore, Ali explained that the first challenge today is the demographic transition. Most likely, around 50% of BPJS members are people over 60 years old. The second challenge is the epidemiological transition.
"Most of the current cases are chronic diseases. Then we also have to be prepared if diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, Covid-19 and others reappear. Climate change can also have an impact, for example, the pollution around Jakarta. I think digital transformation is a good way to overcome all these challenges," said Ali.
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Ali believes challenges like these can improve the optimization of the digital ecosystem. He realizes that in the next decade, health will develop fast, advance and will feel fully fulfilled with many new technologies. Health promotion will also be done without having to meet face-to-face.
Meanwhile, Febi Dwi Rahmadi, BSC.PH, MSc.PH, Ph.D. from Griffith University, Australia, discussed the Covid-19 crisis, which made us realize that the health system is still weak. Therefore, this experience and history must be able to provide awareness so that the future can be improved.
"Donkeys won't even fall in the same hole a second time. Moreover, we as humans are certainly better than donkeys," he said.
Febi also urged health professionals to think more about the environment. Because based on data, around 87,000 tons of plastic waste in the period March 2020 to November 2021 is medical waste that is very dangerous to the body.
Another interesting point at the conference was the talk by Prof. Goh Lee Gan from Singapore. According to him, although bacteria play a role in decomposition, there is a possibility that bacteria can also kill humans.
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"It can even be a big problem when the infection can spread from one person to another very quickly. Add to that the few people who have immunity to it," says Goh.
However, behind it all, the Covid-19 pandemic has also provided many lessons and new developments. For example, the increased use of technology by primary care providers. As has been done by BPJS Kesehatan, namely, realizing the data technology process. (*dev/wil/fajr)
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