IntraHealth International will lead the overall solution development process with consortium partners Regenstrief Institute (an affiliate of Indiana University), Ona, and IntelliSOFT. 

IntraHealth is a global health NGO with a 40-year history in developing successful data tools and digital health applications for health workers and managers, including OpenCR, a prototypical open source, standards-based client registry. We develop solutions that are open source, data-driven, sustainable, and collaborative. As a pioneer in the field of health workforce informatics, we’re committed to using technology, information, and analytical approaches to support the people at the center of our health systems. IntraHealth’s experienced Digital Health team will lead rapid expansion of OpenCR to meet the community’s unmet need: Luke Duncan has over 20 years of experience in software development, including leading the development of multiple data interoperability standards and reference designs. Richard Stanley, PhD, has 24 years of experience in information and communications technology. Finally, Dana Acciavatti has 19 years of experience strengthening health systems, including leading project management for IntraHealth’s portfolio of digital health projects.

The Regenstrief Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics, including the Global Health Informatics program, has 40 years of experience in the design, deployment, implementation and utilization of health information technology, with particular strength in supporting the use of standard terminology and standardized metadata, patient record-keeping systems, and standards-based health information exchange (HIE). Regenstrief is the creator of OpenMRS, an open-source electronic medical record system, and leader of the global OpenHIE community, which includes coordinating the OpenHIE Implementers Network, leading the OpenHIE Architecture Community and Review Board, and leading the Client Registry subcommunity. Regenstrief will support Work Package One with high-level solution design, will bring forth feedback from the OpenHIE community, and will contribute to Work Package Four. Regenstrief and Indiana University’s key team members are Dr. Shaun Grannis (IU) and Jennifer Shivers (Regenstrief). Shaun Grannis, MD, MS, FAAFP, FACMI, FAMIA and an Indiana University faculty member, has contributed to ensuring patient identity in a wide range of settings, including overseeing the development of the architecture for Rwanda’s first HIE client registry Jennifer Shivers, MFA, is a health information technology integration and process design specialist within the Regenstrief Institute with over 25 years of experience.

Established in early 2014, Ona (which means “to see” in KiSwahili) is a design and engineering social enterprise with offices in Burlington, Vermont, and Nairobi, Kenya whose mission is to help ensure equitable access to services to those who need them most. Ona builds technology that affords new opportunities for governments, international organizations, development organizations, and related actors to be increasingly collaborative, data-driven, and accountable to the people they serve. Ona is the lead technology partner for the open-source global good OpenSRP, currently deployed in more than 12 countries globally. Ona will contribute to Work Package One and deliver Work Package Three. Contributions will be led by Peter Lubelle-Doughtie, MS (CTO), Jason Rogena (Site Reliability Engineering Lead), Samuel Githengi (Senior Engineer), Emmanuel Tarus (Senior Engineer), and Craig Appl, MPH (Health Technical Lead).

IntelliSOFT Consulting ltd. is a Kenyan-based company that has been implementing health information systems in East Africa since 2009. IntelliSOFT will use its national client registry and unique patient identifier experience in Tanzania and Kenya to undertake Work Package Two, leveraging its strong relationships with MOHs and their partners to ensure effective field testing of OpenCR. IntelliSOFT’s contributions will be led by Steven Wanyee, an accomplished digital health expert with more than 18 years of experience implementing digital health solutions across Africa with support from Peter Anampiu, Kenneth Ochieng, and Susan Gath. Peter Anampiu is an experienced business analyst with over 10 years of experience, including implementing enterprise-level systems. Kenneth Ochieng is a senior software developer with over 10 years of experience developing large scale digital health solutions. Susan Gath is a certified Project Management Professional with more than 5 years of experience managing large digital health projects in East and Southern Africa.