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- Organizational Principles: Identify generally applicable approaches for good self-governance;
- Trust Principles: Guide HIE governance entities on patient privacy, meaningful choice, and data management in HIE;
- Business Principles: Focus on responsible financial and operational policies for governance entities, with emphasis on transparency and HIE with the patients best interests in mind;
- Technical Principles: Express priorities for the use of standards in order to support the Trust and Business Principles as well as furthering the execution of interoperability.
It is thought that Principles and 'actions' above could be adopted as adapted and combined with the OpenHIE Governance and Principles as a starting place for determining the appropriate governance model or models needed within the context of low-resource settings, or the needs of a particular country or Domain setting. Bearing in mind that varying degrees of design and implementation may need to be considered due to the potential needs of less or more complex scenarios. Not all countries are equal in their need to implement all the features of an HIE and connected systems strategy.
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