By Matthew Brady Indonesia has made significant strides in its national digital health transformation, with 270 million patients now integrated into its centralised health platform and a formal AI governance structure emerging to guide the next phase of innovation.
The update was delivered this week at the ADB-WHO Forum on Harnessing AI for Health Equity in Manila by Rudy Kurniawan, Lead of the Innovation and Health Financing Team at the Center for Data and Information Technology, Ministry of Health, Indonesia.
SatuSeht: The backbone of Indonesia’s digital health system
At the centre of Indonesia’s digital health infrastructure is SatuSehat, a national health information platform designed to connect and integrate the entire health ecosystem. As of January 2026, 91% of primary care facilities and 95% of hospitals are integrated with the platform, which now holds records for 270 million patients.
The platform operates on internationally recognised interoperability standards including HL7 FHIR, LOINC, and ISO 27001 for data security, and provides the infrastructure for electronic medical records, professional licensing, and health financing integration.
One measurable efficiency gain: the processing time for health professional practice licences has been reduced from 14 days to a maximum of five.
Digital transformation timeline
Indonesia’s digital health journey began in earnest in 2021 with a COVID-focused blueprint, progressing through platform standardisation and regulatory development in 2022, and moving into integration rollout from 2023 onwards.
The current strategy, covering 2024 to 2029, is built around four missions: a connected and secure digital health ecosystem; inclusive digitisation of healthcare services; data-driven decision making; and fostering a health innovation and collaboration ecosystem.
AI governance and the healthcare AI committee
Indonesia has established a national AI Healthcare Committee comprising researchers, clinicians, industry representatives, and government officials, with three core mandates: developing AI healthcare regulation, identifying key use cases, and running a national AI hackathon.
The regulatory foundation currently rests on a circular from the Ministry of Communication and Informatics issued in 2023, with a dedicated roadmap under development for building and implementing AI in the health sector. Indonesia has also adopted WHO principles on AI ethics as part of its governance framework.
AI use cases and the 2025 hackathon
Priority AI use cases identified by the Ministry include stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, and stunting — reflecting Indonesia’s major public health burden areas. Specific applications in development include machine learning for cancer genomics, imaging AI for pathology and radiology, and a large language model to analyse health screening reports.
Indonesia’s first national healthcare AI hackathon, held in 2025, drew 278 teams from 10 countries. Winners progressed into a structured regulatory and innovation sandbox process, covering regulatory, industrial, and innovation tracks.
Collaboration call
Kurniawan closed by calling for international collaboration across knowledge and expertise, resources, and implementation — positioning SatuSehat and Indonesia’s AI framework as open to partnership with global stakeholders.
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