Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs, Muhammad Tito Karnavian received the Outstanding Public Service Innovations (OPSI) General Group Award at the 2025 Public Service Innovation Competition (KIPP). The award was given for the “Healthy NIK” innovation initiated by the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of the Interior. The award was presented directly by the Minister for Empowerment of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB) Rini Widyantini at the inauguration of the Fourth Quarter Public Service Mall (MPP) and the submission of appreciation for OPSI KIPP 2025 in the PAN-RB Ministerial Hall, Jakarta. At this award, the ‘NIK Sehat’ innovation was the winner in the health service provision category. Director General (Dirjen) of Dukcapil Teguh Setyabudi said that this achievement was the result of long-term synergy between the Ministry of Home Affairs, BPJS Health and the Regional Government. Scroll to continue content “The ‘Sehat NIK’ innovation is built on a population data infrastructure whose accuracy and security we continue to improve. With this award, we are determined to continue optimizing the use of NIK as the key to access to integrated public services, not only in the health sector, but also in other fields such as education, social and community protection in an explanation,” (15/12/2025). The ‘Sehat NIK’ innovation is an effort by the Ministry of Home Affairs to offer digital breakthroughs that touch the lives of many people, especially in the health sector. This innovation is a strategic step in the integration of population data with the national health service ecosystem. By using the Population Identification Number (NIK) as a single identity, people can access health services more quickly, accurately and in an integrated manner. Just by stating your NIK or showing your e-KTP, people can immediately obtain medical services without being hampered by invalid data or incomplete documents. Through ‘NIK Sehat’ the patient registration process at health facilities becomes easier and faster because patient data is integrated with Dukcapil population data. Since 2022, NIK has been designated as the single identity number for members of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Social Security Administration Agency (BPJS) for Health. In this way, medical services can be delivered more efficiently, data is real-time and data duplication does not take place. This innovation also plays an important role in supporting various national programs, such as vaccination, dealing with Covid-19, free health examinations, distribution of social assistance and subsidies, dealing with extreme poverty, identifying disaster victims and preventing corruption. It is hoped that the NIK Sehat innovation can continue to be developed and replicated to create public services that are increasingly simple, integrated and targeted to community needs. FYI, the OPSI KIPP Award is the government’s highest form of recognition for public service innovation deemed capable of having a significant impact, increasing efficiency and improving the quality of services to the community. In 2025, there will be 28 innovations selected from 3,051 innovation proposals submitted by ministries/agencies, regional governments (Pemda), BUMN and BUMD. This award was conveyed by the announcement of the Deputy for Public Services of the Ministry of PANRB Number B/277/PP.00.05/2025 dated August 15, 2025 regarding Outstanding Public Service Innovations Public Service Innovation Competition within Ministries/Institutions, Regional Governments, BUMN 2 and 2000 awards at an award of c. Officials and regional chiefs were also present, including the Minister of Communications and Digital Meutya Viada Hafid, head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Suyudi Ario Seto, governor of North Kalimantan Zainal Arifin Paliwang, as well as regents, mayors and heads of other OPSI receiving agencies. (acn/ega)