About Digital Medicine Vietnam

WHO WE ARE

A multidisciplinary platform for responsible Digital Medicine

Digital Medicine Vietnam was established to help bridge the gap between rapid digital innovation and the practical requirements of healthcare implementation in Viet Nam.

Responsible Digital Medicine requires more than technology alone. It depends on clearly defined healthcare needs, appropriate evidence, proportionate governance, patient safety, responsible data use, capable people, effective workflow integration and ongoing monitoring.

Digital Medicine Vietnam provides a platform for professional education, evidence translation, governance and implementation support, research, knowledge exchange and cross-sector collaboration.

Through these activities, we aim to contribute to a safer, more evidence-informed and implementation-ready ecosystem for Digital Medicine and health AI in Viet Nam.

OUR MISSION

To advance responsible, evidence-based Digital Medicine in Viet Nam by strengthening knowledge, evidence evaluation, governance, patient safety, implementation capability, monitoring and multidisciplinary collaboration.

A future in which digital technologies and health AI are selected, evaluated, governed, implemented and monitored according to real healthcare needs, appropriate evidence, patient safety and clearly defined accountability, contributing to more accessible, equitable, personalized and effective healthcare.

OUR VISION

WHY WE EXIST

Bridging the gap between innovation and implementation

Viet Nam is seeing continued development and adoption of electronic health records, telemedicine, artificial intelligence, connected medical technologies, medical software, health applications and digitally enabled models of care.

These developments create important opportunities to improve access, continuity, measurement, decision support and personalization. But technology adoption does not automatically create healthcare value.

Responsible implementation requires healthcare organizations and technology developers to ask whether a technology:

• Addresses a clearly defined health or healthcare need

• Has an intended use and context of use that are clearly understood

• Is supported by evidence appropriate to its purpose, claims and level of risk

• Has relevant clinical, operational and patient-safety risks identified and managed

• Has clear governance, accountability and appropriate human oversight

• Can be integrated safely and effectively into clinical and operational workflows

• Can exchange and use information appropriately within relevant healthcare systems

• Protects personal data, privacy, cybersecurity and technical integrity

• Is usable, accessible and equitable for its intended users

• Can be monitored after implementation for performance, safety, incidents and meaningful outcomes

• Is appropriate to the Vietnamese healthcare context and creates meaningful value for patients, healthcare professionals and organizations

Digital Medicine Vietnam helps bring these questions into the healthcare innovation process before adoption, during implementation and throughout ongoing use.

OUR APPROACH

From healthcare need to continuous improvement

We view responsible Digital Medicine implementation as a continuous lifecycle rather than a one-time technology decision.

Healthcare Need → Evidence → Risk → Governance → Implementation → Monitoring → Improvement

Healthcare Need
Start with a clearly defined healthcare problem, population and intended purpose.

Evidence
Consider whether available evidence is appropriate to the intended use, claims and healthcare context.

Risk
Identify potential clinical, patient-safety, operational, data, technical and organizational risks.

Governance
Establish appropriate accountability, decision-making, human oversight and organizational controls.

Implementation
Integrate technology into real workflows with appropriate people, processes, competencies and change management.

Monitoring
Measure performance, safety, usability, incidents, outcomes and emerging risks during real-world use.

Improvement
Use evidence and experience from implementation to refine governance, workflows, technology use and organizational practice.

This lifecycle provides a practical foundation for our work across Digital Medicine and is particularly relevant to the responsible implementation of health AI and other technologies whose performance and risks may evolve over time.

FOUNDER & INITIATIVE LEAD

Dr. Binh Phuong Le is a physician-executive and healthcare quality leader with more than two decades of experience in healthcare leadership, quality improvement, patient safety, international accreditation, clinical governance, and professional education. His work focuses on translating quality, governance, and patient-safety principles into practical organizational implementation. He founded Digital Medicine Vietnam to help connect digital innovation with the evidence, governance, patient-safety, and implementation capabilities needed for responsible use in real healthcare settings. As Founder & Initiative Lead, he guides the platform’s strategic development, with a focus on the responsible evaluation, governance, implementation, and monitoring of Digital Medicine and health AI in Viet Nam.

Dr. Binh Phuong Le, MD, PhD, FISQua

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