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The Billion-Dollar Illusion at CMEF Shanghai 2026: Why Indonesian Hospitals Keep Buying Depreciation, Not Profit?

By : Strategic Team of INSPIRY Indonesia
INSPIRY Indonesia Attended to the biggest Healthcare exhibition in East Asia, China International Medical Equipment Fair in Shanghai, China on last April 2026. With 5,000+ Exhibitors, 30+ Countries Pavilions, and 200,000+ Professional Global Healthcare crowd the halls at that amazing moment. Where The visitor got more insight about the future pathway of Global Healthcare from this exhibition.
Let's ignored the crowd while exhibition held and Look at the spectacular numbers that aren't just vanity metrics but its a facts that couldnt argue from a massive and significants both at capital and medical technology. However, As an experienced observer for Medical Devices landscape in Southeast Asia wants to tell everyone about the facts and truth that opposed to that Most of cutting-edge innovation with billion dollar as a value will be a 'financial trap' for Indonesian Hospitals. Why it Happened? Because the center of technology and innovation in China, Meanwhile The operational of implementing are located in Indonesia.




At National Exhibition and Convention Center on Booth number 5.2.N43 , INSPIRY Indonesia had a partner with Healthcare expertise, There are Prof. Dr. Laksono Trisnantoro, MSc, PhD (Health Economist at FK-KMK Universitas Gadjah Mada) and Dr. M. Syahril, Sp.P., MPH (Executive Advisor of Hospital Management). The experts and Inspiry's Strategic Team Has upgraded from previous paradigm that the system was depend on Indonesia’s National Health Insurance Agency (BPJS) to Looking for the new opportunity into non-JKN healthcare segments, omnichannel networks, and corporate B2B healthcare services.
Based on case study, There is a gap when between Imaging Surgery, Orthopedics, Medical Rehabilitation, and Homecare-IoT. It Happened because Downstream bottlenecks leading to operational paralysis in Indonesia’s healthcare sector. Board of Hospital often focusing on advanced machine technical specifications and approve the hi - CapEX expenses. They brought machines, set it up and the result is zero. Rather than evolving into a dynamic profit center, the multi-billion-rupiah investment became a silent depreciation burden that steadily eroded the hospital’s cash flow.
Based on UU Kesehatan 17/2023 the healthcare landscape has changed that hospital margin is no longer sustain through claim-efficiency .
A top hospital is currently depends on their implementing of technology. The main focus is to make patient fee lower but patient safety is the number one
Innovation is a must and should follow to the clinical pathway and related to the technology. Also the technology must be operational supported. As a Hospital director, we should be stop to spesification and focused on Return on Investment (ROI).
So, the valueable questions depends on : How Indonesian Hospitals take advantages of an amazing innovation on CMEF Shanghai 2026 to implementing on their Hospital to increasing their own business growth?. And other important things, How's the point of view of Indonesian Healtchare Industry about this case related to amazing opportunity to increasing domestic medical devices production through TKDN Certification?
The answer is on the Roadmap strategist that design by Hospital Director. If the Hospitals didn't implementing technology for efficiency that hospital not be able to be a competitive hospital with many Hospital in Indonesia . The opportunity to have a B2B stratetegic partnership and to be a pioneer in "Blue-Ocean" Market non JKN right now. Don't let your own Hospital has a bad case because of Innefective CapEx.
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References / Footnotes
Trisnantoro, L. (2023). Health economics and policy in Indonesia: Navigating the transition of universal health coverage. Gadjah Mada University Press.
Republic of Indonesia. (2023). Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 17 Tahun 2023 tentang Kesehatan [Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2023 concerning Health]. State Secretariat.
