The OpenCare Foundation
The OpenCare Foundation governs the entire CareAgent open-source ecosystem — including the Axon network, all core components, and the protocols that connect them — ensuring that clinical AI infrastructure remains transparent, community-governed, and accountable to the providers and patients it serves.
Our Principles
The charter principles that guide every Foundation decision.
Decisions are made transparently with community input. Meeting minutes, financial records, and policy changes are published publicly.
Every action the Foundation takes is documented and accessible. Financial summaries, board decisions, and protocol changes are open for inspection.
The network belongs to its community. Member organizations, providers, and patients share governance responsibility and shape the Foundation's direction.
Clinical AI carries real consequences. The Foundation ensures that every protocol and standard prioritizes patient safety and provider accountability.
Open-source infrastructure demands rigorous engineering. The Foundation maintains high standards for code quality, security audits, and protocol reliability.
Patients own their data and control who accesses it. The Foundation upholds data sovereignty as a non-negotiable principle of the network.
Governance Structure
Three tiers of governance ensure balanced decision-making across strategy, technology, and community.
Sets strategic direction, approves budgets, and ensures mission alignment. The Board meets quarterly and publishes minutes from every session.
Oversees protocol development, reviews technical proposals, and maintains standards across all CareAgent ecosystem components. Composed of active contributors and domain experts.
Represents member organizations, facilitates community input, and coordinates working groups. Open to all Foundation members.
Board of Directors
The people responsible for the Foundation's strategic direction and mission alignment.
Physician, healthcare informaticist, and author of the Irreducible Risk Hypothesis. Founded OpenCare.ai to put clinical AI governance in the hands of providers and patients.