Muhammadiyah Council for Higher Education, Research, and Development (CHERD) collaborated with Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Health program) and organized an online public lecture “Big Data Analytics in National Health Insurance” on Wednesday (20/04). On this occasion, Donni Hendrawan MD MPH, the Deputy Director for Data Management and Information, BPJS Health program, became a resource person. Muhammad Sayuti MPd MEd Ph.D., the Secretary of CHERD, and dr Andi Afdal MBA AAK, the BPJS Director for Human Resources and General Division, delivered their remarks.

In his remarks, Muhammad Sayuti explained that in collaboration with BPJS Health, Muhammadiyah-’Aisyiyah Higher Education Institutions (MHEIs) would afford higher education for the BPJS ambassadors. That collaborative program was responded favorably by Dr. Andi Afdal by encouraging big data analytics highlighted in the public lecture. Responding to Muhammad Sayuti Ph.D., the BPJS Health would provide various aspects of a collaborative program, including leverage data, joint research, collaborative research, internship opportunities for graduates and students, publications, and capacity building program.

Furthermore, Dr. Andi Afdal explained that the government targeted 97% of all Indonesian population to be covered by BPJS Insurance. He also mentioned that in a day, BPJS serves 2 million transactions. “This data illustrates the behavior of Indonesian people when they reach healthcare access. It is interesting to predict what service we can provide,” he said.

Public Lecture Presentation

Donni Hendrawan started his presentation with three principal explanations in BPJS. First, BPJS provides healthcare access for all Indonesian people whenever they need it. Second, BPJS ensures the community who access healthcare services are financially secured. Third, BPJS affords qualified healthcare services. “We cover safety, effectiveness, and efficiency,” he added.

In addition, the lecture discussed opportunities in conducting big data analytics using BPJS Health’s data. BPJS secures the personal information of its participants with personal data protection that requires safe and comprehensive management. The principles include, first, data collection according to law, fairness, and the owner’s consent. Second, the personal data will be processed based on its specific purpose. Third, the data processing will assure data owners. Fourth, BPJS is responsible for accurate, complete, up-to-date data. Fifth, BPJS secures personal data safety. Sixth, BPJS will explain every activity in the process and Personal Data Protection (PDP) failures. Seventh, BPJS will destroy and delete data based on data retention periods.

The Opportunity for MHEI students to Analyze using BPJS Health Data Samples

Data in National Health Insurance (JKN) is enormous: 236 million participants, 320 thousand agencies, 650 thousand insurance fee access, 27 thousand healthcare facilities, 300 thousand health workers, and 30 strategic partnerships. From the overall data, BPJS has open-access data samples in public. It increases per year, in 2019, it reached 4,4 million; in 2020, it reached 9,4 million; and in 2021, it reached 28,1 million. The data derived from its services from 2015 to 2020 reached 41,9 million and has 17,3 million diabetes mellitus data.

The data sample from BPJS Health was expected to be used by MHEIs. BPJS encourages collaborative programs for academicians to acquire knowledge and information in elevating JKN operations, actualizing beneficial innovation, and building strategic partnerships. “Undoubtedly, it will consider data privacy and data protection. BPJS also provides publications for the research that uses BPJS Data Sample. We are widely open to cooperating with all parties,” he concluded.