IHE International Principles of Governance
The IHE International, Incorporated Principles of Governance describes
the organization, policies and procedures of IHE International, Inc. It was
officially adopted by the Board of IHE International on October 5, 2007. The
current amended version was adopted July 15, 2016.
Changes to the Principles of Governance and
other governance documents of IHE International can be proposed through the
document change request process described here. General
comments can be submitted to the Secretariat of IHE International:
Christopher Carr
Director of Informatics
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Board Secretary, IHE International, Inc.
secretary@ihe.net
Intellectual Property
The intellectual property policies of IHE International are described fully in
Appendix A of the IHE International Principles of Governance. These policies
include a Patent Disclosure duty
for IHE Member Organizations (section A.3).
Membership
IHE International is composed of Member Organizations interested in improving the interoperability of healthcare information systems. An organization that becomes a member of IHE International may designate representatives to participate in Domain Committees and National/Regional Deployment Committees
relevant to its interests.
Organizations interested in applying to become members of IHE should complete the online form linked below. The application process requires submitting a copy of the Declaration, which binds the organization to the IHE Principles of Governance, including its intellectual property provisions, signed by a duly authorized representative of the applicant organization.
Member organization applications will be reviewed for approval at the next meeting of the IHE International Board following their submission.
Domain Committees
These committees develop and maintain the IHE Technical Frameworks addressing
interoperability in their respective clinical and operational areas of
healthcare. Currently, the active IHE domains are:
IHE member organizations may propose new IHE domains for consideration by the IHE International Board:
National/Regional Deployment Committees
Deployment committees based in a given country or group of countries promote
the appropriate use within their respective geographic areas of the
specifications defined in the IHE Technical Frameworks. The active IHE National
and Regional Deployment Committees include:
IHE member organizations may propose new IHE national or regional deployment committees for consideration by the IHE
International Board.
IHE International Board
The IHE International Board is the primary governing committee for all IHE development activities. It is composed of representatives from each of the IHE Domains, National and Regional IHE Initiatives, and IHE Sponsor Organizations.