Friends of eHealth: An Overview

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Friends of eHealthAn Overview

• Richard Sears, Executive Director

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What is Friends of eHealth

• A public benefit corporation
• Incorporated in the US state of Oregon
• Operating under US law as a non-profit
  corporation 501(c)(3) under US internal revenue
  code
• Governed and regulated for the benefit of the
  public
• A legal entity that can receive grant funds
  directly from foundations and government entities
  and provide federal income tax deductions to
  donors

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Relationship to Open Health Tools

• Friends of eHealth is the strategic
  public-benefit funding partner
• Establishing a formal process for grant funding
  of OHT-approved projects
• Establishing a contractual relationship with OHT
  as the fiscal agent for the grant funds
• Serving as a sponsor for OHT projects to funding
  sources where OHT is legally or financially
  unable to attract
• Packaging the OHT projects for a targeted
  foundation market
• Packaging OHT GA expenses for specialized
  foundations and government agencies

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Friends of eHealth Funding Model

• Open Health Tools common solutions, standards and
  projects based on self-interest

• We align investments in Healthcare
  interoperability technologies that benefit the
  public and provide a measureable public good

Healthcare Entities
SDO SSO Orgs
Software Vendors
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Advantages to Open Health Tools

• Increased availability of otherwise restricted
  funds
• Access to a wide range of institutional programs
  and funds
• Reduction of administrative, financial and legal
  requirements
• Project grant money will help spread OHT's
  overhead expenses and defray OHT indirect costs

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Potential Projects for Funding

• OHT's General Administrative Expenses
• OHT HL7 Tooling -- HL7 NHS
• OHT Academic Outreach -- Mohawk College Canada
• OHT PASS Inpriva
• OHT Conformance Services -- Canada Health Infoway
• IHSTDO Terminology Tools
• Technical Documentation of NEXTj's code donation