HL7 / FHIR Knowledge · Vietnam

Understanding HL7, FHIR and VN Core in the Vietnamese context

34 knowledge pages covering HL7, FHIR, and VN Core IG — from "What is HL7?" for newcomers to XML 4210 ⇄ FHIR mapping for hospital developers. Full coverage of the Vietnam context: Circular 13/2025 (EMR), BHYT (Decisions 130/4750/3176), VNeID, Law 91/2025 (Personal Data Protection), AI Law 134/2025.

Introduction

P0 · 6 pages

HL7, FHIR, history, comparisons, healthcare data standards. Read first if new to the domain.

What is HL7?

/en/knowledge/what-is-hl7/

What is FHIR?

/en/knowledge/what-is-fhir/

History of HL7

/en/knowledge/hl7-history/

HL7 v2 vs v3 vs CDA vs FHIR

/en/knowledge/hl7-v2-v3-cda-fhir-comparison/

Healthcare data standards map

/en/knowledge/healthcare-data-standards-map/

Why does Vietnam need standardization?

/en/knowledge/why-vietnam-needs-data-standardization/

FHIR Core Concepts

P0 · 5 pages

Resources, REST API, Profiles, Terminology, Versions — backbone of FHIR.

FHIR Resources (146 building blocks)

/en/knowledge/fhir-resources/

FHIR RESTful API

/en/knowledge/fhir-restful-api/

Profiling, Extensions, Implementation Guide

/en/knowledge/profiling-implementation-guide/

Terminology Binding (CodeSystem, ValueSet)

/en/knowledge/terminology-binding/

FHIR Versions: DSTU1 → R5

/en/knowledge/fhir-versions/

Related Standards

P1 · 6 pages

DICOM, IHE, openEHR, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10 — complement FHIR.

DICOM — medical imaging standard

/en/knowledge/dicom/

IHE — integration profiles

/en/knowledge/ihe-profiles/

openEHR vs FHIR

/en/knowledge/openehr-vs-fhir/

SNOMED CT in Vietnam

/en/knowledge/snomed-ct-vietnam/

LOINC in Vietnam

/en/knowledge/loinc-vietnam/

ICD-10 Vietnam edition

/en/knowledge/icd-10-vietnam/

Vietnam Context (moat content) ⭐

P0 · 5 pages

Unique content not available elsewhere. FHIR ⇄ Circular 13/2025, BHYT, VNeID, Personal Data Protection Law, AI Law.

FHIR in Electronic Medical Records (Circular 13/2025)

/en/knowledge/fhir-emr-vietnam/

FHIR and BHYT (XML 4210, Decisions 130/4750/3176)

/en/knowledge/fhir-bhyt/

FHIR and VNeID (Personal Health Record)

/en/knowledge/fhir-vneid/

FHIR and Law 91/2025 on Personal Data Protection

/en/knowledge/fhir-data-protection-law/

FHIR and AI Law 134/2025

/en/knowledge/fhir-ai-law/

By Persona

P1 · 4 pages

Same content, different lens — CIO, DEV, MD, Regulators.

FHIR for hospital CIOs

/en/knowledge/for-hospital-cio/

FHIR for developers (30-minute primer)

/en/knowledge/for-developers/

FHIR for clinicians (no code required)

/en/knowledge/for-clinicians/

FHIR for regulators

/en/knowledge/for-regulators/

Reference

P1 · 4 pages

EN-VI glossary, FAQ (50 entries), international FHIR map, VN timeline.

HL7/FHIR glossary — EN-VI

/en/knowledge/glossary/

Frequently asked questions (50 entries)

/en/knowledge/faq/

International FHIR map (US, JP, KR, CH, AU Core)

/en/knowledge/international-comparison/

FHIR timeline in Vietnam

/en/knowledge/fhir-vietnam-timeline/

End-to-end Use Cases

P2 · 4 pages

Province-commune interoperability, electronic referral, e-prescription, expanded immunization.

Province ⇄ Commune interoperability

/en/knowledge/use-case/use-case-province-commune-interop/

Electronic referral

/en/knowledge/use-case/use-case-electronic-referral/

E-prescription

/en/knowledge/use-case/use-case-eprescription/

Expanded Immunization Program

/en/knowledge/use-case/use-case-immunization/

Editorial methodology

1. Legal cross-check

Every legal citation is cross-checked against 101 documents in the Vietnam healthcare legal framework — ensuring document numbers, issuance dates, effective dates, and superseded status are accurate.

2. Multi-round verification

Each page is reviewed across multiple passes: fact-checking, language polish, narrative flow, SEO, and automated validation that legal IDs match the FHIR spec and VN Core IG CodeSystem.

3. Bilingual prose

Every article ships in canonical Vietnamese plus a parallel American English version, following the same Hero · TL;DR · TOC · Sections · Read-Next structure. Issues and pull requests are welcome from the Vietnam digital health community.