Application of Executive Information System for COVID-19 Reporting System and Management: An Example from DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

TL;DR

This paper describes the development and implementation of an Executive Information System (EIS) in Jakarta, Indonesia, for real-time COVID-19 data reporting and management, enhancing pandemic surveillance and response.

Contribution

It introduces Indonesia's first integrated, near-real-time COVID-19 reporting system that provides accurate data and geographic analysis to support pandemic control efforts.

Findings

EIS reports nearly half a million daily cases.

Provides real-time hospital bed occupancy data.

Enhances COVID-19 surveillance and decision-making.

Abstract

SARS CoV-2 infection and transmission are problematic in developing countries such as Indonesia. Due to the lack of an information system, Provinces must be able to innovate in developing information systems related to surveillance of SARS CoV-2 infection. Jakarta Department of Health built a data management system called Executive Information System (EIS) of COVID-19 Reporting. EIS aimed to provide actual data so that current epidemiological analysis is accurate. The main idea of EIS is to provide valid and actual information to stakeholders, which can then be presented in the form of a dashboard. EIS is utilized to push data flow and management for rapid surveillance purposes. This could be the first time in Indonesia that a system reports near-actual data of nearly half a million people daily using an integrated system through a transparent system. The main data presented is important to monitor and evaluate COVID-19 transmission is the cumulative case dan daily case number. Data in EIS also can offer data geographically so that a more detailed analysis could be done. EIS's data and the dashboard help the government in pandemic control by presenting actual data on bed occupancy and availability across hospitals, especially isolation wards. Stakeholders, academic institutions should utilize EIS data and other elements to help Indonesia fight COVID-19.