What is an OpenHIE Endorsing Organization (OPO)?
The term “OpenHIE Partner Organization” (OPO) is an organization actively participating in the OpenHIE Community and has a demonstrated interest in driving the OpenHIE mission, vision, and values. OPOs actively invest their time into helping the OpenHIE Community sustainably achieve its goals in solidarity with our focus populations. For example, organizations in the community may take on roles around capacity strengthening, standards development, implementation support, software application support, etc. In return, the community serves as a milieu that advances the OPO organization’s knowledge/experience, collaboration opportunities, and reputation within the global health informatics community.
Why does OpenHIE have an OEO program?
To empower a consortium of organizations to advance OpenHIE’s core mission within a rapidly growing community of practice. By becoming an OPO, any organization can contribute to the digital transformation of health systems as part of a community mission that hopefully aligns with the mission of your organization.
What are the benefits of serving as an OEO?
Those organizations that are successful participants within the community describe many benefits of participation:
Influence
- Opportunity to identify new collaborators within the community and through partner connections achieve global impact in digital health and use of health data to achieve country health goals.
- Help advance the direction of the OpenHIE community by helping iterate the OpenHIE community strategic plan.
- Influence specific reference technology considerations and help address issues within the OpenHIE Architecture, through commitment to OpenHIE Architecture Principles
Exposure
- Your organization can directly contribute to the OpenHIE mission by helping support the community and its members.
- Learn about and support emerging country/stakeholder HIE initiatives through participation
- Identify and team up with other OPOs (where appropriate) on business development and implementation opportunities
Promotion
- Listed on landing and OpenHIE Partnering Organizations page, with an opportunity to create a profile of organizational capabilities
- Showcasing the work of OPOs and the country stakeholders they support through OpenHIE community communications channels
- Featured blogs, thought-pieces, and cross-promotion of your organization’s work through OpenHIE communications platforms (website, wiki, discourse, webinars, social media)
- Present/participate at conferences, webinars, and other public-facing events
Become an OpenHIE Endorsing Organization (OEO)
You will:
... serve as exemplars of OpenHIE’s mission, vision and values
... share or encourage sharing of country implementation activities
... serve as community ambassadors through the digital health ecosystem and encourage a broader representation in OpenHIE processes
Process
- Conversation with OHIE Secretariat or Working Committee Member(s).
- Submit (vial form)
- Your statement of support with be shared with the Working Committee for approval (?)
Your Experience. Check-ins:
- You will touch base with the OHIE Secretariat or Operational Committee Member(s)on an annual basis to discuss your experience and commitment.
- You will resign your endorsement agreement every five years.