Community

VN Core needs real users, not just nice docs.

A national IG only matters when pilots are disclosed or review-eligible, enough clinical SMEs review it, and enough integration teams test compatibility. This page makes the current state explicit and shows the roles still needed.

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 · 2026-06-20

Current version

v0.6.0

Trial-use draft, FHIR R4

Public pilots confirmed

0

3 open slots

Maintaining orgs

1

Omi HealthTech (maintainer)

Legal documents tracked

134

18 domains — see /en/legal-framework

Profiles · Extensions

73 · 48

139 CodeSystems, 144 ValueSets

Releases shipped

9

v0.1 → v0.6 · ~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.

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/QĐ-BYT 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/NĐ-CP, 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

Contribution process

Send structured technical proposals to [email protected] under the governance rules; the governance page will publish a public tracker once the Working Group stabilizes.

See governance