FHA partners with Open Health Tools for CONNECT management

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Informatics

The Federal Health Architecture (FHA) is partnering with Open Health Tools (OHT) to migrate the governance and code management of CONNECT, an open source software solution that enables secure health information exchange to their open source community.

Through OHT, FHA will implement a governance structure that provides a mechanism for health information exchanges, vendors, providers and academia to expand their contributions to the CONNECT program and have a meaningful voice in its future evolution.

"This is a key milestone for the CONNECT program and the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with the open source community and FHA,” according to a notice.

FHA will continue contributing to CONNECT’s development to ensure there are versions of this program that support the unique requirements of the federal health community.

“FHA anticipates that CONNECT will continue to be a core component of the rapidly growing interoperability ecosystem, allowing organizations nationwide to support better, more cost-effective care for all U.S. citizens,” according to FHA.

 

Laura Pedulli

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