Ministry of Health Imposes Sanctions on 1,306 Hospitals for Failing to Improve RME Data
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that it has imposed sanctions on 1,306 hospitals across Indonesia. Head of the Bureau of Communication and Public Information at the Ministry of Health, Aji Muhawarman, stated that the sanctions were prompted by the need to improve the quality of services and patient safety.
Hospitals were required to update their data using electronic medical records (RME) in accordance with Ministerial Regulation No. 24 of 2022 on Medical Records.
“Before the sanction recommendation letter was issued, the Ministry of Health had already sent warning letters, reminders, and conducted socialisation regarding the policy throughout 2024 and 2025,” Aji said when contacted on Thursday, 2 April 2026.
However, Aji noted that many hospitals still failed to comply with implementing electronic medical records. The sanctions imposed include downgrading of accreditation or suspension of operational permits for unaccredited hospitals.
Aji assured that the sanctions can be revoked if the hospitals improve their data submission using RME within the three-month appeal period. “Thus, it will not affect services to the public in the regions during that time,” he said.
He hopes that within the three-month period, all sanctioned hospitals can report their data to the Satu Sehat platform. Consequently, the downgrading of accreditation or suspension of operational permits can be cancelled by the accrediting body or the regional organisation issuing hospital operational permits.
Previously, a tweet circulated on social media platform X from the account @NakesPuskesmas regarding the sanctioning of thousands of hospitals in Indonesia. The tweet became a hot topic among netizens.
The @NakesPuskesmas account questioned the reason for sanctioning over a thousand hospitals. “What’s the reason? Not because of service quality, but again because of the digitalisation process. Simply put, these 1,306 hospitals already have RME or their own recording systems. But the RME data has not yet (or not completely) entered the national Satu Sehat system,” the account wrote on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.
The account doubts whether the government’s sanctions are purely due to compliance violations or because the government’s digitalisation standards are too complex, changeable, and complicated. “Also because they are not user-friendly, leading to gaps in design, implementation, and system support?” the account wrote.