Organizations

Selected public and private sector organizations having an impact on open source and health IT technologies and solutions.

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Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. Read More »

Homepage:

http://www.osgeo.org/home

Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA)

http://www.osia.net.au/

Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) is the national industry body for Open Source within Australia. They exist to further the cause of both Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Australia and to help their members to improve their business success in this growing sector of the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market.

Open Source Initiative

http://www.opensource.org

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community. The OSI is actively involved in Open Source community-building and promoting awareness and the importance of non-proprietary software and solutions.

Open Source Media Framework (OSMF)

http://www.osmf.org/

Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) is an 'open' software framework for building robust, feature-rich video players and applications based on the Adobe Flash® Platform. Read More »

Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF)

http://www.osrfoundation.org/

Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. The mission of OSRF is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. They are located in the San Francisco Bay area

Open Source Software Institute (OSSI)

http://www.oss-institute.org/

Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit organization comprised of corporate, government, academic and open source community representatives whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.

Open Virtualization Alliance

http://www.openvirtualizationalliance.org/

The Open Virtualization Alliance is comprised of leading virtualization, datacenter, and cloud solution providers. Goals of the Alliance are to help: Read More »

Open.Med

http://open.med.harvard.edu/display/home/Welcome

Open.Med is a relatively new organization and web site providing shared project hosting for open source medical research projects across Harvard Medical School and the affiliated teaching hospitals. It provides a way of sharing code and connecting with the community of programmers interested in open source bioinformatics. Read More »

OpenCart

Home Page:

Home Page

OpenCart is free 'open source' ecommerce platform for online merchants. OpenCart provides a professional and reliable foundation from which to build a successful online store. This foundation appeals to a wide variety of users; ranging from seasoned web developers looking for a user-friendly interface to use, to shop owners just launching their business online for the first time.

OpenClinica

OpenClinica is a leading open source clinical trials software for electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM). OpenClinica allows researchers to build studies, design electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs), and conduct a range of clinical data capture and clinical data management functions. Read More »

OpenCourseWare Consortium

http://www.ocwconsortium.org

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.

openEHR

openEHR Foundation is an international not-for-profit organization working to make the interoperable, life-long electronic health record (EHR) a reality and to improve health care in this Information Age. It does this by developing open specifications, open-source software and knowledge resources; engaging in clinical implementation projects; participating in international standa Read More »

OpenEMR

OpenEMR is an electronic health record (EHR) system that was originally developed in 2002 by physicians to help them run their practices. As an open-source project, it is maintained and supported by a vibrant community of volunteers and professionals that includes several hundred contributors and is supported by more than 40 companies.

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OpenHIE

Open Health Information Exchange (OpenHIE) is a global community working to help resource-constrained environments better leverage their healthcare data. We work to improve the health of the underserved through open, collaborative development and support of country driven, large scale health information sharing architectures. Read More »

OpenLMIS

OpenLMIS is a collaboration of domain experts in logistics management information systems (LMIS) and supply chains, eHealth information systems, software development for low-resource settings, and process improvement. Read More »