SIMKES Visited Wonosobo Health Office
Related to study observation, SIMKES’s student visited to Wonosobo Health Office on Saturday, April 12, 2008 to observe the implementation of local government clinics’ information system (called SIMPUS). In this observation, the students were visiting Mojotengah government clinic and keeping a close watch on SIMPUS process since the patients’ registration, data entry, until they became a database which connected to all Wonosobo government clinics.
The connected SIMPUS to Wonosobo Health Office is enabling the staff of health office controlled the activities form each local government clinic, in such the way that the planning and program health management for local government clinics is better and more accurate.
The SIMPUS have been implemented in Wonosobo since 2006 and at the first time it was a spontaneous and never been planned before by the management. With the fund of Rp 2.5 billion and aiding from a son of head of Health Office (has replaced at the moment), network for the SIMPUS online was prepared. In the early stages, most of the people in Wonosobo Health Office did not know what they should do with the SIMPUS outputs for supporting the organization planning. At first, it was only the “winding machine” which was working and no other actions which have done. To cover those problems, Wonosobo health office held SIMPUS training for the employees in order they could operate and utilize the SIMPUS optimally. A good will to improve the regional health program makes Wonosobo Health Office always develop the SIMPUS utilization all the time.
In 2007, computers of SIMPUS were completed with web camera for teleconference and SIMPUS operators have been ready with computer and information skills. Finally, in this year, internet has been installed at all regions. However, several regions (i.e. Wadaslintang) were experiencing internet disruption because of the topography condition.
From the Wonosobo experience in implementing SIMPUS, we can get a lesson that the SIMPUS implementation can run well if it is supported by people who have strong commitment to bring it into reality.