Community

VN Core needs real users, not just nice docs.

A national IG only matters when enough pilot sites validate it, enough clinical SMEs review it, and enough vendors commit to compatibility. This page lists who's already in — and the open seats we need filled.

Adoption tracker

Project state, no embellishment.

Six numbers below are the minimum needed to assess the health of a community IG. Updated each release.

Updated · 2026-05-10

Current version

v0.5.1

Community draft, FHIR R4

Pilots signed

1

3 open slots

Contributing orgs

1

Omi HealthTech (maintainer)

Legal documents tracked

101

18 domains — see /en/legal-framework

Profiles · Extensions

52 · 47

71 CodeSystems, 76 ValueSets

Releases shipped

5

v0.1 → v0.5 · ~2-month cadence

Pilot tracker

Honest update: the project is in pilot-recruitment phase. If you operate a hospital, HIS, or BHXH integration partner and want to test VN Core on real data, get in touch.

Omi HealthTech (internal reference)

Signed

Internal examples and validator harness

Patient + Coverage + Encounter — standardizing EMR data under TT 13/2025/TT-BYT

Recruiting — provincial public hospital

Open

3-6 month pilot

Outpatient record exchange and the QĐ 697/QĐ-BYT cost statement

Recruiting — commercial HIS platform

Open

FHIR wrapper around an existing HIS

Export Patient/Coverage/Claim from HIS to FHIR R4 for compatibility testing

Recruiting — Vietnam Social Security integration partner

Open

Mapping XML 4210/QĐ 3176 into FHIR Claim

ConceptMaps and paired examples to lower payer-side integration cost

Five open contributor roles

VN Core is not a pure engineering project. It needs clinical, terminology, legal and integrator contributions.

Role 01

Clinical SME

Skills

Physicians, nurses, HIS specialists — practical KCB/BHYT workflow knowledge

What we need

Review profile and example correctness, then tune them to hospital operations.

Role 02

Terminologist

Skills

ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC, or Vietnamese drug/service catalogue background

What we need

Review mappings for new MoH decisions (2427, 2493, 2805, 1227, 697) and contribute missing codes.

Role 03

FHIR engineer

Skills

FSH/SUSHI, IG Publisher, HAPI, validator experience

What we need

Improve slicing, SearchParameters, CapabilityStatements and CI builds.

Role 04

Legal / compliance

Skills

Healthcare law, Law 91/2025, NĐ 356/2025, BHYT policy

What we need

Review legal traceability before each release and update the legal framework page.

Role 05

Integration partner

Skills

HIS vendor, EMR/HSSK, payer system

What we need

Pilot against real data, report issues and propose new extensions.

Contact channels

Technical IG

Read the IG at fhir.hl7.org.vn — profiles, extensions, examples updated each release.

fhir.hl7.org.vn

GitHub (opening soon)

Source repo opens publicly once governance stabilises. Issue tracker and PR workflow follow the governance rules.

See governance