specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
provider: Particle Health
providerId: particle-health
publisherName: Particle Health
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
tags:
  - Carequality
  - CommonWell
  - FHIR
  - Health Data
  - HIE
  - Interoperability
  - Patients
  - QHIN
  - TEFCA
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps framework definition for the Particle Health API surface. Provides a FOCUS-aligned
  mapping for cost allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting across patient queries,
  Signal subscriptions, Snapshot AI outputs, and data egress. Particle's commercial model is custom
  contract-based; meters reflect the chargeable surface customers should instrument internally.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make Particle Health consumption (queries, subscribed patients, Snapshot generations)
      visible to engineering, product, clinical operations, and finance teams.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable call with the consuming team, environment, application, line
      of business, and purpose of use so cost can be allocated by clinical or product workflow.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Evaluate query patterns (one-time vs Deltas), batch vs streaming, cohort sizing, and
      Signal subscription churn to reduce cost per useful clinical event.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming clinical
      program (e.g., value-based care, readmission reduction, referral management).
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription + Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Particle Health API
  ServiceCategory: Healthcare Interoperability / API
  ProviderName: Particle Health
  PublisherName: Particle Health
  InvoiceIssuerName: Particle Health
  PricingCategory: Subscription + Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: query
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: patient_queries
    description: Count of network queries executed against connected HIEs and TEFCA partners.
    unit: query
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - project
      - purpose_of_use
      - format
      - network
      - consumer
  - name: signal_subscriptions
    description: Patients actively subscribed to Signal monitoring for ADT and encounter alerts.
    unit: patient_month
    aggregation: average
    dimensions:
      - project
      - alert_type
      - consumer
  - name: snapshot_generations
    description: AI-generated clinical summaries produced by Particle Snapshot.
    unit: summary
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - project
      - patient_cohort
      - consumer
  - name: data_egress
    description: Bytes returned over the network in API responses (CCDA bundles, FHIR Bundles, Flat
      datasets, zip archives).
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - project
      - format
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: batch_jobs
    description: Batch query jobs executed across patient cohorts.
    unit: batch
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - project
      - batch_type
      - cohort_size
apis:
  - name: Particle Health API
    baseURL: https://api.particlehealth.com
    tags:
      - Carequality
      - CommonWell
      - FHIR
      - HIE
      - Interoperability
      - QHIN
      - TEFCA
    serviceName: Particle Health API
    serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per Successful Patient Query
    metric: billed_cost / successful_patient_queries
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Subscribed Patient Month
    metric: billed_cost / signal_subscriptions
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Snapshot Summary
    metric: billed_cost / snapshot_generations
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Care Gap Closed
    metric: billed_cost / care_gaps_closed
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com