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Non Government Organization (NGO)

Non-government organizations (NGO) are usually non-profit charitable organizations or foundations supporting open source and health IT projects and activities.

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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 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 »

OpenCDS

OpenCDS is a multi-institutional, collaborative effort to develop open-source, standards-based Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools and resources that can be widely adopted to enable CDS at scale. Read More »

Homepage: 
http://www.opencds.org/

OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR is primarily a service to enhance and support the academic and research activities of the global community. OpenDOAR maintains a comprehensive and authoritative list of institutional and subject-based repositories. It also encompasses archives set up by funding agencies like the National Institutes for Health in the USA or the Wellcome Trust in the UK and Europe. Read More »

Homepage: 
http://www.opendoar.org/about.html

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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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 »

Homepage: 
http://openlmis.org/

OpenMedia Foundation

http://openmediafoundation.org/community-tools/19

Open Media Foundation believes that the Open Source software movement is a model for broad social change movements away from commercial interests and towards public good. To that end, they support a number of open source software development projects, e.g. OpenMedia, Creative Commons, CiviCRM.

OpenMRS

OpenMRS is a community of people working to apply health information technologies to solve problems, primarily in resource-poor environments.  It is  a proud community of developers, implementers, funders, and users all trying to make the world a better place by using our expertise to improve the health and wellness of the planet.

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OpenROSA Consortium

http://openrosa.org/

The OpenROSA Consortium is a group of organizations who are working together to create standards surrounding mobile data collection. With support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Rockefeller Foundation, the consortium has created JavaROSA, promoted XForms as a standard, and held several meetings in South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania. Read More »

OpenSafety.Org

http://www.opensafety.org/

OpenSafety.org is a non-profit Patient Safety Organization where scholars, practitioners, and corporations create, share, and implement community driven solutions to the safety problems in healthcare today. They provide access to information, training materials, videos, and software tools related to patient safet.

OpenStack

OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.

Homepage: 
http://www.openstack.org/

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is an initiative to create and provide free geographic data, such as street maps, to anyone. The OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) is an international not-for-profit organization supporting the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data and to providing geospatial data for anyone to use and share.

Homepage: 
http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page