The Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), with the support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, has organized a three day live training on FHIR R4 Proficiency Training/Exam Preparation for 40 participants (table 1) from August 5 to 7, 2022. The training was conducted by Health Level Seven (HL7) International for two hours each day, from 10 AM IST to 12 PM IST, with a total duration of six hours. The training outlined the FHIR principles, FHIR resource concepts, FHIR Rest API & Query, FHIR profiling & conformance, and also guidance on the format and coverage of the FHIR R(4) Proficiency Certification Exam.
Table 1: List of AeHIN participants at the FHIR R4 Proficiency Training/Exam Preparation by country and sector
| Country | Academe | Government | Non Government Organization | Private | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1 | |||
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lao PDR | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Malaysia | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Maldives | 1 | 1 | |||
| Myanmar | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nepal | 1 | 1 | |||
| Philippines | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | |||
| Viet Nam | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 11 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 40 |
In preparation of the training, the participants attended at least one of the following AeHIN-Community of Interoperable Labs (COIL) webinars on related FHIR content:
- Technical demonstration: process flow from paper forms to FHIR profiles (Part 1) on May 18, 2022 by Mr. Jose Costa Texeira
- Technical demonstration: process flow from paper forms to FHIR profiles (Part 2) on May 30, 2022 by Mr. Jose Costa Texeira
- SIL-TH journey with FHIR in Thailand on June 28, 2022 by Standard and Interoperability Lab – Thailand
- Introducing the FHIR Projects in Thailand on June 30, 2022 by Standard and Interoperability Lab – Thailand
The list of participants who completed the training and consented to publish their names in this announcement are as follows:
- MAYANK AGARWAL, INDIA
- ALDILAS ACHMAD NURSETYO, INDONESIA
- KEVIN BILAVERN, LAO PDR
- ERWYN OOI CHIN WEI, MALAYSIA
- ZARNI LYNN KYAW, MYANMAR
- BINJI HUSSIEN C PANGAIBAT, PHILIPPINES
- JOVITA V. ARAGONA, PHILIPPINES
- MIKAEL NAZAL MATUNOG, PHILIPPINES
- CHAMIKA SENANAYAKE, SRI LANKA
- CHAMINDA WEERABADDANA, SRI LANKA
- GOBICA PIRIYANANTH, SRI LANKA
- PRABATH JAYATISSA, SRI LANKA
- SHAKIRA IRFAAN, SRI LANKA
- SONALI LUNUWILA, SRI LANKA
- NAT TANGCHITNOB, THAILAND
- NATDANAI THAIPIPAT, THAILAND
- RATCHATA UNLAMARN, THAILAND
- TEERAPAT SAENGTHONGPITAG, THAILAND
- THANAPHOP NA NAKHONPHANOM, THAILAND
- LAITON NAMUTEBI, UGANDA
- NGO TUAN, VIETNAM