Increasing Public of Education Awareness About the Importance of Bringing Medical ID Cards at Healthcare Through Audiovisual Media

Abstract

A medical ID card is a patient's identity card in a health service which contains patient medical record number. The function of this card is to search medical record documents belonging to patients who have been treated in the health service. As a supporting tool, medical ID card brought by patients is expected to facilitate filling officers to find patient medical record documents so the services can be effective and efficient. One of the inhibiting factors the use of medical ID card is the lack of appeals from registration staff to patients to always carry medical cards. This condition complicates filling officers to retrieve medical record documents according to medical record numbers and the identity of patients who register. For this reason, it is necessary to conduct socialization as an effort to increase public awareness to treat and bring medical cards so there is a continuity of patient health information, which one through the use of an audiovisual media, namely video. Videos are displayed in simple animations with a short duration containing a message about the importance of caring and carrying a medical ID card when seeking treatment. Through socialization in the videos, it is expected that people will be easier to receive and understand the message conveyed so public awareness about the importance of medical cards will increase.