The openEHR Architecture Review Board (ARB)

Introduction

The ARB is openEHR's Architecture Review Board, which was formed in March 2004 (announcement) by David Ingram, Professor of Health Informatics and Director of the Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-disciplinary Education (CHIME), UCL; (home page).

It is tasked with managing the change control process of the products. board currently has 7 members, is chaired by Thomas Beale, and operates according to the governance processes of the openEHR Specification Project. The voting procedures are described in the Terms of Reference , and the rules for change control are described in detail in the openEHR Change Management Plan.

Members

John Arnett Connecting for Health, UK National Health Service Member ARB since Mar 2008. more...	Thomas Beale CTO, Ocean Informatics UK Chair, openEHR ARB. more...	Eric Browne Former head of Clinical Information at National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), Australia Member ARB since Feb 2006. more...	Rong Chen, MD Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Cambio Healthcare Systems Member ARB since Mar 2008. more...
Tim Cook United States Member ARB since Mar 2004. more...	Sam Heard, MD CEO Ocean Informatics Australia Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University College London Member ARB since Mar 2004. Chair CRB since Jun 2006. more...	Dipak Kalra, MD Senior Lecturer, Centre for Health Informatics and Multi- professional Education (CHIME) University College London Member ARB since Mar 2004. Member CRB since Jun 2006. more...