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Open Health Tools Takes on Governance and Code Management of CONNECT

Press Release | CONNECT, Federal Health Architecture (FHA), Open Health Tools (OHT) | April 2, 2014
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Note: The following is from an email announcement sent by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC).

The CONNECT Team and the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) are proud to say that we have reached a critical milestone in the CONNECT program. As part of the program’s development, CONNECT is no longer a federated program. Open Health Tools (OHT), a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that governs open source communities and provides a framework for individuals, vendors, and government to collaborate on health IT projects, has taken on the responsibility of governance and code management of CONNECT.

This is a key milestone for the CONNECT program that does not signal an end to FHA’s involvement with CONNECT, but a beginning to a fruitful collaboration with OHT. We could not have reached this point without your support and contributions. We hope that you join us in supporting OHT’s efforts to implement a governance structure that provides a mechanism for other organizations – including health information exchanges, vendors, providers, and academia – to expand their contributions to CONNECT and have a meaningful voice in its future evolution.

FHA will continue to contribute to the development of CONNECT to ensure that there are versions of this program that support the unique requirements of the federal health community. We urge you all to join OHT’s CONNECT community to lend your experience and desire to continue the growth of CONNECT.

CONNECT is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause (Modified BSD) License. See opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for further license details.

Some Changes To Note:
Although OHT will be managing the governance and code management of CONNECT, you can still view how FHA is contributing to the development of CONNECT online at wiki.connectopensource.org

Join the OHT CONNECT Community today:
http://www.openhealthtools.org/connect-project-information/

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.