The 90-day campaign to review and standardize electronic health record data has been simultaneously deployed across Hanoi City, starting from January 15, 2026. This is a key task to concretize the Party’s Resolutions on protecting and caring for people’s health and national digital transformation, creating a solid foundation for the capital’s digital healthcare system.

Principles and objectives of data standardization

The process of cleaning electronic health record data is not merely a technical operation but a comprehensive information “renewal” process. The core objective is to ensure that each record is a “living record,” fully and accurately reflecting the medical condition of each individual. Information fields that need to be standardized include administrative data and vital health indicators such as height, weight, blood pressure, medical history, vaccination history, and chronic diseases.

Implementation process at grassroots healthcare facilities

At Medical Stations, the review process is carried out by connecting and sharing information from specialized software to the centralized system. Medical staff perform daily cross-checking and supplementing of missing information. Besides, inter-sectoral coordination with the police, youth union, and residential groups to directly review in the community is a strategic step, helping to verify information transparently and raise public awareness. Practical implementation in Phu Xuyen commune shows that organizing systematic training and regular urging has helped the record standardization rate in the area reach over 99%.

Integrating and enriching healthcare data

Alongside “cleaning,” healthcare facilities focus on “enriching” the big data repository by interlinking the electronic health record system with medical examination, treatment, and vaccination software. Data from targeted health programs such as non-communicable disease management, reproductive health care, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS prevention and control are synchronously integrated. This is to ensure health information is updated continuously, completely, and most accurately.

Overcoming barriers, moving towards proactive healthcare management

The practical implementation process faces a number of challenges related to dual-tasking personnel and technological infrastructure (slow software speed, lack of automatic deduplication features). However, under the drastic direction of authorities at all levels, the review work is gradually getting into the groove. When the large health data system is perfected and synchronously connected, each citizen will possess a lifelong “digital health record.” This creates a major turning point for the healthcare sector to transition from a “disease treatment” model to “healthcare,” proactively preventing diseases and improving the efficiency of community health management.

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