From openIMIS to OpenJKN: Co-Creating a Learning Platform for the JKN Information System

From openIMIS to OpenJKN: Co-Creating a Learning Platform for the JKN Information System

At the AeHIN General Meeting 2026, held on May 13 in Jakarta, Indonesia, the openIMIS initiative, with support from Swiss, German and EU international cooperation through GIZ, co-hosted a session with the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), the Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Kesehatan (BPJS-K), the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM). The post-conference session ‘From openIMIS to OpenJKN: Co-Creating a Learning Platform for the JKN Information System’ focused on the introduction of the OpenJKN: an open-source module and plugin built on the openIMIS platform to simulate and support learning about the Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), Indonesia's national health insurance system.  

A total of 34 local participants from the government, academia, and civil society attended the session in person, while 24 participants joined online. After a thorough introduction of the openIMIS initiative by the Team Lead Saurav Bhattarai, the team from UGM with Anis Fuad, Dr. Lukman Heryawan, and Ariefan Dipokusumo shared how they developed the OpenJKN plugin on top of openIMIS to bridge the gap between the openIMIS standard release and the more complex business processes of the JKN. The platform allows students to simulate key scenarios such as enrollment, service access, and membership updates in a sandbox environment.  

After the meeting, the participants set out to create an OpenJKN Community of Practice (CoP) and are looking forward to continuing the discussions regarding OpenJKN at the regional and global level through the forthcoming openIMIS Community Meeting in Kathmandu, in June.