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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Human Genome Organization (HUGO)

Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is the international organisation of scientists involved in human genetics. Over the years, HUGO has played an essential role behind the scenes of the Human Genome Project, helping to promote international collaborative efforts to study the human genome and the myriad issues raised by knowledge of the genome. Read More »

IHE International

IHE [Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise] is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE International promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical need in support of optimal patient care. Read More »

iMAXi Co-Op

The mission of the IMAXI Cooperative is to maximize access and increase stakeholding in public health issues and institutions by facilitating the innovative use of new open source IT and mobile (mHealth) tools. Following trials of combining different existing products and writing open source code to create new ones, the IMAXI team has forged a package of 'i-solutions' for institutions, organizations and individuals working in the field of health. Read More »

Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE)

The Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) is a non-profit organization formed by the Regenstrief Institute, private hospitals, local and state health departments, BioCrossroads and other healthcare and community organizations in Indiana. Read More »

Infoasaid.Org

The overall goal of the Infoasaid organization and project is to improve the quality of humanitarian responses by maximising the amount of accurate and timely information available to both humanitarian responders and crisis-affected populations through enhanced information exchange between them in an emergency. The project has two main objectives: Read More »

InSTEDD

Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases, and Disasters (InSTEDD) is a non-profit collaborative organization focused on the design and use of open source technology tools to help partners enhance collaboration and improve information flow to better deliver critical services to vulnerable populations. Read More »

Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) is the global leader in Functional Medicine. The mission of IFM is to serve the highest expression of individual health through the widespread adoption of Functional Medicine.  Read More »

International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)

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India

The vision of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) in Kerala, India, is to become a leading research organisation in Free and Open Source model of knowledge development thereby contributing towards sustainable development of society and to stimulate economic development in the region. Read More »

International Federation of Health Information Management (IFHIMA)

The International Federation of Health Information Management (IFHIMA) was established in 1968 as a forum to bring together national organizations committed to improvement in the use of health records in their countries. Their Resource Center provides information and links related to health records/health information practices of nations around the world.

International Free & Open Source Science Foundation

The International Free and Open Source Science Foundation (iFOSSF) is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the U.S.   Its mission is to accelerate the development and usage of Open Technologies and Open Standards for sustained economic and social development, especially for the socially disadvantaged.

International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO)

International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) is a not-for-profit association that seeks to improve the health of humankind by fostering the development and use of suitable standardized clinical terminologies, notably SNOMED CT, in order to support safe, accurate, and effective exchange of clinical and related health information. Read More »

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Open Source Working Group was formed in 2002 and is focused on raising awareness about 'open source' health IT software solutions and the growing global community supporting them.

International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) seeks to measurably advance the worldwide awareness and understanding of the science of computational biology. As an authoritative society that represents the bioinformatics and computational biology communities, the ISCB is one of the most respected and reliable international non-profit organization representing this community. Read More »

International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS)

The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 dedicated to the improvement of population health by advancing the science and practice of disease surveillance.

International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISFTEH)

The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISFTEH) exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience Telemedicine and eHealth and to provide access to recognized experts in the field from around the world.