DECISION

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LISTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH CARE

MINISTER OF HEALTH

Pursuant to the Law on Information technology dated June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 64/2007/ND-CP dated April 10, 2007 on application of information technology to operation of state authorities;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 63/2012/ND-CP dated April 18, 2012 on functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;

At the request of the Director of the Information Technology Department (hereinafter referred to as ITD) - the Ministry of Health,

DECIDES:

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1. The lists compiled by the Ministry of Health;

2. The lists compiled by other bodies;

3. Lists of protocols of technical standards for IT applications in health care intelligence systems.

Article 2. The lists are used as the basis for application of information technology to health care. The intelligence systems that have been working or have been established before this Decision takes effect must be checked and upgraded to suit the standards for application of information technology to health care.

Article 3. This Decision takes effect from the day on which it is signed.

Article 4. The Chief of the Ministry Office, the Director of ITD, the Director of Medical Service Administration affiliated to the Ministry of Health; Directors of hospitals and the institutes having sickbeds affiliated to the Ministry of Health, Directors of Services of Health; heads of health authorities and heads of relevant units are responsible for the implementation of this Decision./.

PP THE MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Le Quang Cuong

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LISTS

OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH CARE
(Enclosed with the Decision No. 2035/QD-BYT dated June 12, 2013 of the Minister of Health)

1. The lists compiled by the Ministry of Health:

No.

Category

Symbol

Full name

Type

Notes

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1

List of hematological, biochemical, and microbiological tests

Coding system for hematological, biochemical, and microbiological tests

Compulsory

Enclosed with Decision No. 4069/2001/QD-BYT dated September 28, 2001 of the Minister of Health

http://www.kcb.vn

http://www.moh.gov.vn

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 Coding system for medical imaging and endoscopy techniques

Compulsory

Enclosed with Decision No. 4069/2001/QD-BYT dated September 28, 2001 of the Minister of Health

http://www.kcb.vn

http://www.moh.gov.vn

2. The lists compiled by other bodies:

No.

Category

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Full name

Type

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Reference

1

List of technical standards for IT applications in state authorities

List of technical standards for IT applications in state authorities

Subject to decisions of the Ministry of Information and Communications

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http://www.mic.gov.vn

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List of administrative units

List of administrative units of Vietnam

Compulsory

Enclosed with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 124/2004/QD-TTg dated July 08, 2004 and its amendments

http://moj.gov.vn

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List of ethnic groups of Vietnam

Compulsory

Enclosed with the Decision No. 121-TCTK/PPCD dated March 02, 1979 of the Director of General Statistics Office and its amendments

http://www.srem.com.vn

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Classification of jobs

Job coding system

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Enclosed with the Decision No. 114/1998/QD-TCTK dated March 29, 1998 of the Director of General Statistics Office and its amendments

http://www.gso.gov.vn

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Classification of of Diseases for Oncology

ICD-O-3 (newest version)

ICD-O-3 (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology Third Edition)

Recommended

By WHO

http://www.who.int

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Classification of diseases and procedures by WHO

ICD-10-PCS

International Classification of Disease - Procedure Coding System

Recommended

By WHO

http://www.icd10data.com/

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Classification of diseases by WHO

ICD-10-CM

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Compulsory

By WHO

http://www.cdc.gov

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Anatomical, therapeutic, and chemical classification of active ingredients by WHO

ATC

The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

Recommended

By WHO

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List of clinical and laboratory observation identifiers

LOINC

Logical Observation Indetifiers Names and Codes

Recommended

By Regenstrief Institute

http://loinc.org

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3. Lists of protocols of technical standards and IT applications in health care intelligence systems

No.

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Symbol, version

Full name

Type

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Reference

1

HL7 data transmission protocol

HL7 messages version 2.x, 3.0

Health Level Seven messages version 2.x, 3.0

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By HL7

http://www.hl7.org

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Clinic document architecture

HL7 CDA

Clinic Document Architecture

Recommended

By HL7

http://www.hl7.org

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Continuity of care document

HL7 CCD

Continuity of Care Document

Recommended

By HL7

http://www.hl7.org

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Standards for digital imaging and communications in medicine

DICOM

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Compulsory

By National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) - USA

http://medical.nema.org

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Statistical data and metadata exchange format for the health domain

SDMX-HD

Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX)-based data exchange format for the Health Domain (HD)

Compulsory

By WHO

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Lab interoperability and connectivity specification

ELINCS

EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Specification

Recommended

By California HealthCare Foundation - USA

http://elincs.chcf.org

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