Data Lake - A Crucial AI Solution For Healthcare Data Management In Vietnam

The challenge of distributed healthcare data across multiple systems

In the report "Overview of Open Innovation Landscape in Vietnam," the vast and diverse amount of healthcare data has been revealed, and managing and integrating this data remains a significant challenge. 

Healthcare data stored across various systems such as HIS, RIS, LIS... not only increases dispersion but also creates difficulties in linking information and managing efficiently. Moreover, data (from texts to medical images) from many sources are inconsistent in format, complicating data integration and analysis when needed. 

Mr. Truong Quoc Hung, CEO and founder of VinBrain, emphasized, “Fragmented medical data exists not only at the regional level but also within a hospital." 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the key

The content of the " Digital Transformation Program until 2025, with a vision towards 2030" of the Ministry of Health also outlines the vision of forming a healthcare system with three main contents: smart disease prevention, smart healthcare, and smart healthcare management. Experts believe that building a centralized healthcare data foundation can be considered the "backbone" for the success of smart healthcare management, in which applying artificial intelligence (AI) is considered a breakthrough solution and the key to assisting. 

DrAid™ Enterprise Data Solution - an advanced AI solution for storing, analyzing, and managing healthcare data based on Big Data, using AI and computer vision technology developed by VinBrain - A leading AI healthtech company funded by Vingroup, shines in this journey to realize the vision. 

The Data Lake plays a central role in DrAid™ Enterprise Data Solution, a platform that helps store, connect, filter, and standardize healthcare data from various systems such as HIS, RIS, PACS... Consequently, DrAid™ can build lifelong healthcare data infrastructure for hospitals and healthcare facilities, enhancing the efficiency of healthcare management and provision. The Data Lake brings numerous practical benefits to Vietnam's healthcare management system by facilitating multi-level data interoperability. It enables seamless data connectivity between departments or centers within the same hospital and between hospitals at the central, provincial, and district levels. The data infrastructure also connects upper and lower-tier facilities, including satellite hospital chains. As a result, patients can receive seamless and more effective healthcare, no matter where they are. 

DrAid™ focuses on optimizing data management and ensuring safety and security through advanced measures. The system integrates appropriate security solutions, including encryption and access control, to protect sensitive healthcare data optimally. This AI platform strictly adheres to legal regulations on personal data protection, ensuring patient information is safely protected and only used for legitimate purposes. The system is also equipped with specific incident handling measures suitable for healthcare systems at all levels, ensuring effective response to potential incidents. 

The DrAid™ Data Lake platform - the central infrastructure of DrAid™ Enterprise Data Solution

DrAid™ complies with the most advanced global healthcare standards, including implementing the HL7 FHIR international data standard. Adhering to HL7 FHIR enables DrAid™ to deliver many practical benefits, such as enhancing interoperability, increasing data accuracy and security, supporting real-time care, and improving patient experience. HL7 FHIR is currently being implemented in developed countries. 

Recently, DrAid™ Enterprise Data Solution was one of the three technology solutions of VinBrain honored with the Sao Khue Award 2024 in Digital Transformation category. This award is a stepping stone for DrAid™ Enterprise Data Solution to reach more nationwide hospitals and to drive comprehensive digital transformation in healthcare, meeting the increasing demand for data ownership. It also enhances the efficiency of healthcare service delivery and management, and research and training activities. 

Managing healthcare data through AI technology promises positive changes. This is an unmissable step for Vietnam, especially when other countries in the region, such as South Korea and Singapore, have successfully implemented it.