Bangladesh Core FHIR Implementation Guide
0.5.0 - Published by DGHS, MoHFW Bangladesh flag

Bangladesh Core FHIR Implementation Guide - Published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. See the Directory of published versions

BD-Core-FHIR-IG Home Page

Official URL: https://fhir.dghs.gov.bd/core/ImplementationGuide/bd.fhir.core Version: 0.5.0
IG Standards status: Informative Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: BangladeshCoreFHIRIG

Contents:

Introduction

The Bangladesh Core FHIR Implementation Guide (BD-Core-FHIR-IG) is part of the Bangladesh Digital Health Blueprint. It defines how health information should be exchanged across systems in Bangladesh in a safe, standardized, and interoperable way.

By adopting international FHIR standards, this guide helps ensure that patient data can flow smoothly between hospitals, clinics, and national programs, while also enabling future cross-border health information exchange.

FHIR Sandbox Server

A live sandbox environment is available for testing and development based on this implementation guide.

Base URL:
 https://sandbox.fhir.dghs.gov.bd/fhir

This sandbox supports HL7 FHIR R4 and implements the Bangladesh Core FHIR profiles and terminology bindings. It is intended for testing, validation, and system integration only.

Developers are encouraged to validate their implementations against this sandbox before moving to production environments.

Implementation Assistant

The Implementation Assistant (also in the menu above) helps implementers learn FHIR basics, find their way around this guide, and check whether a pasted FHIR resource appears compatible with the BD Core profiles. It is powered by a large language model and can make mistakes, so always confirm its answers against this guide.

Technical Overview

This guide provides national FHIR profiles, value sets, and terminology bindings that software developers and system implementers must use when designing digital health applications for Bangladesh. Using these standards ensures consistency, reduces duplication, and supports patient-centered care.

The main sections of this IG are:

  • Background - Context and rationale for the IG
  • Detailed Specification - Profiles, value sets, and conformance requirements
  • ICD-11 Implementation - ICD-11 coding, terminology infrastructure and conformance statements
  • Downloads - Allows downloading a copy of this implementation guide and other useful information