OHIE Blog

  • #OHIE24 – On Our Way to Sri Lanka!

    The OpenHIE community is preparing to convene in-person in just a few months! The 2024 OpenHIE Community Meeting will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 12-16 November 2024. Join us to network and connect around health information exchange topics …

    By: Kasey Upchurch
    Posted On: July 1, 2024
  • Introducing OpenHIE’s Newest Partner Organizations!

    The OpenHIE community is very excited to announce we have recently formalized partnership agreements with Population Services International (PSI), TerraFrame, EGPAF and IntelliSOFT Consulting Limited. We look forward to collaborating with these organizations going forward on ways to improve global …

    By: Shelby Guthrie
    Posted On: June 14, 2024
  • How to Host the 2025 OpenHIE Community Meeting!

    Please fill out the following interest form to submit your country as a potential host for the OHIE25 event! https://forms.gle/2dzkwUmPN5cAiEgK7  Please note, this form will be open until the end of March 2024. Please submit applications by this time. Over …

    By: Kasey Upchurch
    Posted On: February 8, 2024
  • Let’s Deep Dive with Instant OHIE 2.0!

    What’s new with Instant OHIE? Instant OHIE has recently released a version 2.0 of the project with many new features to help in setting up data exchanges. In this blog, we’ll outline what exactly Instant OHIE is, what you can …

    By: Ryan Crichton
    Posted On: January 25, 2024
  • Call to Provide Feedback on the OpenHIE Architecture Specification – Test Harness & Framework

    OpenHIE is working with Arugsoft India Limited on a test harness that will enable us to evaluate how architecture components align with the architecture specification. Your help is needed to make sure we are testing the things that matter to …

    By: Shelby Guthrie & Chris Bell
    Posted On: October 24, 2023
  • The Role of Patient Identity Management in HIE

    In the OpenHIE community, everyone has the opportunity to form unique connections with other implementers and HIE professionals. There are also opportunities to engage deeper in the community and collaborate across other organizations in digital health. The Patient Identity Management …

    By: Melissa Thomas
    Posted On: August 29, 2023
  • Building Better Digital Health in the Warm Heart of Africa: What Happened at #OHIE23

    On the first through the fifth of May, around 280 members of the OpenHIE community came together in Lilongwe, Malawi, the “Warm Heart of Africa” for our third Annual Community Meeting and the ten year anniversary of the community.  Government …

    By: Kasey Upchurch
    Posted On: May 30, 2023
  • Supporting a Worldwide Culture of Solidarity

    The African proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone – if you want to go far, go together,” may be translated into a single working concept: solidarity. As a community, OpenHIE chooses to step in with the meaningful …

    By: Melissa Thomas
    Posted On: April 17, 2023
  • OHIE23: Returning to an In-Person Community Meeting Experience

    2023 OpenHIE Community Meeting 1-5 May 2023 Lilongwe, Malawi In 2023—the 10 year anniversary of OpenHIE— the community meeting will take place in Lilongwe, Malawi on the 1st through 5th of May! This year’s theme is OHIE23: A Decade Journey …

    By: Kasey Upchurch
    Posted On: February 14, 2023
  • Two Years of the OpenHIE Academy

    In January of 2021, the OpenHIE Academy website was launched with two courses. The Academy grew out of the need to support in-person training at the 2019 OpenHIE Community meeting in Addis, Ethiopia. As the team began planning for the …

    By: Jennifer Shivers
    Posted On: January 31, 2023
  • OpenHIE Community Structure Updates for 2023: Architecture & Standards

    In an effort to improve support for the growing OpenHIE Community, refinements are being made to the community structure in 2023. This will include changes to Architecture & Standards calls. These changes are designed to get input from various community …

    By: Jamie Thomas
    Posted On: January 23, 2023
  • Who is an Implementer?

    Over the past decade, the term ”implementer” has been used frequently, especially in communities of practice where members can contribute to the mission or a technical solution. “Implementer” is a term that is widely used outside of OpenHIE, and is …

    By: Brianna Heron
    Posted On: November 16, 2022