Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International is an organization that enables users and developers of information technology for healthcare to achieve interoperability of systems through the precise definition of healthcare tasks, the specification of standards-based communication between systems required to support those tasks and the testing of systems to determine that they conform to the specifications. The work is managed by IHE committees and sponsored by various national and international bodies.
IHE International Principles of Governance
The IHE International Principles of Governance document describes the organization, policies and procedures of IHE International. It was officially adopted by the Board of IHE International on October 5, 2007. Currently, IHE International is an unincorporated association composed of many member organizations. The IHE International Board has expressed the intention to undertake the legal steps necessary to form a non-profit corporation by March 2008. The current document will govern IHE International activities until the process of incorporation is complete, at which time it will be superseded by the articles of incorporation and a policies and procedures manual for IHE International, Inc. Comments on this document can be submitted to the Secretariat of IHE International:
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Lisa Spellman, MBA, CPHIMS
Senior Director, Informatics
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
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Christopher Carr
Director of Informatics
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
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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. Click here to view a list of approved IHE Member Organizations.
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 Asia-Oceania
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- Australia
- China
- Japan
- Korea
IHE member organizations may propose new IHE national or regional deployment committees for consideration by the IHE International Board.
IHE committees are supported by sponsoring organizations that provide administrative and secretarial services, support the testing process and test tools development, organize demonstrations and educational events, promote IHE's mission and activities and perform a variety of related tasks. IHE sponsors play an active role in improving patient care by advancing interoperability and efficient exchange of relevant information. Organizations interested in sponsoring IHE activities should consult the application below, which provides more detailed on the categories of IHE sponsorship and the responsibilities and benefits associated with each.
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. The membership roster of the Board and many of its working documents are maintained on the IHE Wiki,
http://wiki.ihe.net.
