Membership and Partnership
As a non-profit, we plough 100% of the income generated by membership and partnership fees back into the organisation, helping us to:
- develop the openEHR specifications and clinical models
- support open source software development
- sustain the organisational infrastructure and maintain professional accreditations and memberships
- provide educational initiatives such as the openEHR Fellowship Program
- increase awareness of openEHR and promote the standard to a global audience
Become a member
You can join openEHR as either an Individual or Professional member. Use this table to find out which membership option is right for you:
| Membership | Benefits | Annual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Individual member (this includes individuals who want to participate in formal process of openEHR, including elections) | • Right to vote in openEHR board elections • Right to nominate/be nominated for a board position • Right to nominate/be nominated as a member of program committees • Right to vote in open meetings | €22 |
| Professional member (this includes individuals providing openEHR consulting, training or other expertise-related services) | All individual member benefits listed above, as well as: • Listing on the openEHR website • Contribution to industry news on the openEHR website/social channels • Right to apply for recognition as an openEHR educator | €132 |
Become an industry partner
If you would like to partner with openEHR at an organisational level, you can apply to become a member of our Industry Partner programme. Industry Partnership is recommended for vendor companies, integrators or consulting companies using openEHR.
Benefits
- Employees can apply for education provider recognition
- Right to nominate/be nominated for openEHR Board office-holder positions
- Right to collectively elect two openEHR Board members
- Right to contribute to development of product conformance & certification process
- Priority for Clinical Model change requests
- Listing on the openEHR website
- Contribution to industry news on the openEHR website/social channels
- Employees are entitled to join Program Committees
- Right to vote in open meetings
| Organisation size* | Level | Annual cost |
|---|---|---|
| <3 | Micro startup** | €860 |
| 2-9 | Bronze | €1386 |
| 10-24 | Silver | €3465 |
| 25-49 | Gold | €7970 |
| 50-10 | Platinum | €11592 |
| >100 | Diamond | €19562 |
*no. of full-time equivalent staff members.
**micro startup: applies only to companies new to the e-health sector with <3 FTE staff working on eHealth projects. Valid for a maximum of 2 years.
Industry Partner Global membership is for global health IT organisations.
Become an industry partner – global
Become an organisational member
Organisational membership is for government bodies, public healthcare providers, public sector organisations, jurisdictional organisations (such as ministries of health and regional health authorities), non-profit non-governmental organisations providing public services, recognised membership organisations whose members work in healthcare or health IT, and recognised educational and research institutions using openEHR.
Membership is charged annually in accordance with the type of organisation.
Benefits
- Right to nominate/be nominated for an openEHR Board position
- Right to collectively elect organisational board member representatives for a period of two years
- Visibility on the openEHR website*
- Right to contribute to openEHR industry news and events (fair usage applies)
- Right to contribute to development of the training accreditation/certification process
- Priority over individual members or non-members re: clinical model change requests, as directed by the clinical program board
- Employees can become members of programme committees
- Up to 70% of the fees will be directed to the openEHR clinical modelling program, as determined by the openEHR International board and subject to the advice of the clinical programme board. Likely use of such funding to include:
- support for protected time for a Chief Clinical Information Officer to lead development
- project management support for the clinical modelling programme for change requests, translation requests, and to facilitate communication between editorial team members
- support for protected time for new Editorial Team members
- Right to vote in open meetings
- Employees can apply for education provider recognition
*Visibility does not indicate endorsement by openEHR International
Participation in the openEHR community, and access to the openEHR specifications, discussion forums, wiki, clinical models and other IP is free to all.