Open eHealth Foundation Defines Development Priorities
- Filed under: Health News
- Date: Jul 25,2008
Open eHealth Foundation Now an Official Nonprofit Organization – Board of Directors and President Elected – Development Priorities Defined
The Open eHealth Foundation (OeHF), an open source initiative for the efficient exchange of medical information based on existing standards, is officially registered as a nonprofit organization in Delaware. This milestone enables the foundation (which was launched at HIMSS 2008 by Agfa HealthCare, InterComponentWare and Sun Microsystems) to begin operations.
Board of Directors and President Elected
As the OeHF’s first Chairman of the Board, the foundation members elected Lindsy Strait from Sun Microsystems. Additional board members include Thomas Liebscher, InterComponentWare, and Evgueni Loukipoudis, Agfa HealthCare. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Loukipoudis will be responsible for the architecture as well as the interoperability of software components developed by the OeHF.
Alexander Ihls was appointed OEHF’s President and also acts as Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO). In this function, he is directing the foundation’s orientation and is responsible for the acquisition of new partners and members. Richard Golden assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the foundation and will be responsible for setting up the infrastructure and the organization of development projects.
Development Priorities Defined
The OeHF will use existing IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) profiles as a guideline for its development activities. All the OeHF service components will be designed flexibly, will offer IHE compliant functionality, and will be usable in national initiatives such as the Canada Health Infoway or the Fraunhofer electronic case record in Germany.
The OeHF has prioritized the initial IHE profiles, which will be given priority for being implemented as open source components. Initially, actors from the IHE PIX/PDQ (Patient Identifier Cross Referencing / Patient Demographics Query) profile (and related profiles) will be implemented. The development work for these components has already started. The results will be presented at HIMSS 2009 in Chicago to the general public.
Open Membership
The OeHF is open for additional members interested in participating in the community. Visit www.openehealth.org for additional information.
Source: Open eHealth Foundation
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