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Open Health Information Organization BETA

Open Health Information Organization (OpenHIO) is an initiative focused on accelerating the development, implementation and adoption of health information technology. OpenHIO seeks modernization and transformation of health systems through interoperability infrastructure. We are applying the power of social networking to enable better continuity of care spanning integrated regional interoperability infrastructure.

• Executive Summary
• Audience

Contents 1 Knowledge Base 2 Research Project Portfolio 2.1 Infrastructure Architecture 2.2 Integration Architecture 2.3 Business Architecture 2.4 Social Network Architecture 2.5 Information Architecture 2.6 Sponsors

Knowledge Base

OpenHIO offers a public Knowledge Base of information to stakeholders. We welcome contributions from interested parties and collaborators working in this field.

We are actively working to articulate Strategies for health system transformation:

• Patient-Centered
• Team-Based
• Stable
• Quantitatively Driven
• Evidence-Based
• Transparent
• Planned
• Personalized
• Appropriate
• Empowering
• Continuously Learning
• Secure and Trusted
• Available

Research Project Portfolio

OpenHIO is undertaking a portfolio of research projects spanning key architectural concerns of health systems. The portfolio is supported by a foundational set of Architectural Principles that serve to unify the research strategies and align efforts towards refining a reference architecture for health systems.

Infrastructure Architecture

The Infrastructure Architecture Program is focused on strengthening the health IT infrastructure to better support higher quality of service in terms of safety, security and reliability. Research projects are focused on dimensions of quality of service that are applicable to care delivery organizations, with a heavy emphasis on developing robust quantitative models.

Projects include:

• Trusted Infrastructure
• Reliable Infrastructure
• Ambient Infrastructure

Integration Architecture

The Integration Architecture Program is focused on solving key interoperability challenges related to accelerated adoption and meaningful use of health IT. A primary objective involves automating the implementation of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) in order to enable rapid scale-out of regional initiatives.

Projects include:

• HIE Accelerator

Business Architecture

The Business Architecture Program is focused on accelerating the adoption of a services-oriented architectural paradigm. A key priority is providing automation support for conformance testing and certification processes tailored to the service level rather than based on monolithic applications. Projects include:

• Meaningful Use Cases

Social Network Architecture

The Social Network Architecture Program is focused on accelerating the adoption of a post-enterprise, patient-centered healthcare delivery model. Recognizing the breakthrough nature of the social networking model of collaboration, this program is focused developing interoperability standards and protocols for health and human services capable of supporting a rich set of care team roles, relationships, affiliations, interactions and workflows. Projects include:

• Social Networking for Health

Information Architecture

The Information Architecture Program supports evolution of the health record from a document-centric concept into a real-time information entity, focusing on computable and interoperable models for rendering health knowledge. A key goal involves decoupling health information and knowledge from the underlying systems and organizations to support better continuity of care through information liquidity. Projects include:

• Health-e-People
• Agent-Oriented Care Coordination

Sponsors

Dimagi is a founding sponsor of OpenHIO.