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Apikes is the Indonesian form of the three-year tertiary education in the field of health information management. The name stands for "Akademi Perekam dan Informasi Kesehatan", or the Academy of Medical Record and Health Information. This kind of education first took place in 1989 at Universitas Indonusa Esa Unggul in Jakarta, using the name of "Program D-III Rekam Medis dan Informasi Kesehatan", under the management of its its Institute of Management, Indonusa Esa Unggul. The program creation was based on the ideas brought by Gemala Rabiah Hatta, after finishing her education at The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia with the degree of Medical Record Administrator (MRA). Ms. Hatta herself is the second daughter of Indonesian co-proclamator of Independence, Mohammad Hatta.

The Indonesian Government started proposing the idea of Medical Record education in 1994, by issuing a core curriculum on the subject and inviting private sectors to Administer it. Three institutions emerged in 1997 to take the task, Apikes Lintang Nuswantoro and Apikes Mandala Waluyo in Semarang, Central Java, and Apikes Dharma Landbouw in Padang, West Sumatera. In the following years Apikes was founded in many cities, but many of them localized in Central Java, such as Apikes Abdi Karya Indonesia in Semarang, Apikes Bhakti Mulya in Sukoharjo, Apikes Mitra Husada in Karanganyar, Apikes Citra Medika Surakarta. In East Java there were Apikes Bhakti Wiyata in Kediri and Apikes Pena Husada in Surabaya. In West Java there was Apikes Yayasan Bina Administrasi in Bandung. Even in Jakarta there was Apikes Bumi Husada, beside the aforementioned institution which also took up the name Apikes Indonusa Esa Unggul.

Outside of Java, there was Apikes Sihat Beurata in Banda Aceh, Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam, Apikes Imelda in Medan, North Sumatera, Apikes Hang Tuah in Pekanbaru, Riau, Apikes Iris in Padang, West Sumatera, Apikes Harapan in Palembang, South Sumatera. There was also Apikes Panakukkang in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

The main curricula of this institution revolves around medical record management, classification of diseases and computer usage. There are some differences between institutions, but mostly are following the government's direction. Indeed, it is the government who need the outputs to be employed as medical record technicians in its hospitals. However, because of the influence from international community, notably the International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA), previously known as International Federation of Health Records Organizations (IFHRO), and the american Halth Information Management Association (AHIMA), the curricula beocme more varied.

The topic on health information management in the beginning heavily relied on the book Health Information Management, 10th Ed., 1994, edited by Jennifer Cofer. The book itself is more popular as Huffman's book because the previous editions were written by the late Edna K. Huffman with the title Medical Record Management. Following her death in 1992, several other books emerged such as those written by Kathleen Turner, Merida Johns, Mervat Abdelhak, and several others.

Clinical classifications is relying on the usage of the Internation Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision or ICD-10, published by WHO in Geneva in 1992, and followed by its second edition in 2004. This international classification is reduced into several hundred terms in the report of diseases in Indonesia, known as the Daftar Tabulasi Dasar (DTD) orr Basic Tabulation Lists. In general, the topic is taught for six credit points during the first three semester of academic lectures. One academy, Apikes Iris goes all the way by teaching all the content for 20 credits during all six semesters.

The curriculum regarding computer usage has evolved following the popularity of electronic health records. However, the main topic is still the same, i.e. using Mincrosoft Office package especially Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, and using the database packages. Some academy are very strong in programming, some concentrates in using the macro and pivot table functions in Microsoft Excel.

In its evolution, the Apikes Indonusa Esa Unggul has also offered a four-year program in Health Information Management, aiming at serving the hospital further. It is widely expected that other institution would follow the lead by this pioneer academy.