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The District of Columbia’s community of health, human, and social service providers are struggling with a familiar challenge: they want to be able to more effectively coordinate care among their patients and clients, yet their systems can’t currently ‘talk’ to…
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Not another directory of services! Adopting Open Referral in the UK
Today we welcome to the blog Mike Thacker of Porism Limited. Porism is a technical partner of the Local Government Association (LGA), a membership organisation of English local authorities, which owns the Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA).…
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Sunlight Foundation on local governments and the opening of social service data
Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services has long been known as one of the most innovative government agencies of its kind: their data infrastructure famously enables sharing of client information across a complex array of programs and powers analytic capabilities.…
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Link2Feed leveraging Open Referral to provide resource directory information to food pantries
This post is by Emily Branton, President of Link2Feed. Welcome, Emily! Link2Feed believes that food pantries don’t just play a key role in mitigating hunger – they also a catalyst for change for broader poverty issues. Our client-intake software…
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New research finds urgent needs for interoperability across health, human, and social service sectors
It often doesn’t matter how clever or well-designed a new technology is – if it can’t easily work with other technologies (and other organizations and people) then it may not accomplish much good at all. In the last month, three…
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WellSky strengthens human service sector interoperability by supporting Open Referral
[Gabe Cate is VP of Business Development at WellSky. This is reposted from WellSky’s blog. Welcome, Gabe!] At WellSky, we envision a future of truly interoperable health and community care. We envision a future where care providers can seamlessly ensure…
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Introducing Arrival Advisor, from PeaceGeeks
[This post is from Grady Mitchell for PeaceGeeks. Welcome, Grady!] PeaceGeeks is a nonprofit organization based in Vancouver that builds digital tools to empower communities in the pursuit of peace. Our newest project, Arrival Advisor, is dedicated to making it…
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VisionLink adopts Open Referral for resource data interoperability
This post is adapted from VisionLink’s blog. Welcome to Doug Zimmerman, CEO of VisionLink! VisionLink’s software, CommunityOS, supports a wide range of institutions that serve communities – from 2-1-1 hotlines and information-and-referral providers, to volunteer coordination systems, to disaster response…
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Open Referral Powers Two New Tools for Minnesotans Seeking Legal Aid
Minnesota’s Legal Services State Support project seeks to improve access to justice for all Minnesotans. An integral part of “State Support’s” work is managing LawHelpMN.org, a comprehensive website that provides free information about legal resources and services. Throughout 2018, State…