specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Photon Health
providerId: photon-health
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Health
- e-Prescribing
- eRx
- Prescriptions
- Pharmacy
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Photon Health spend. Photon is a sales-led B2B e-prescribing
  platform with negotiated commercial agreements rather than published
  usage-based rates. Cost drivers are most plausibly tied to prescription /
  order volume and the production organizations under contract, but specific
  metering and pricing are not publicly documented and are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  Photon does not publish a usage-based price list; commercial terms are
  negotiated. Treat the meters below as a modeling hypothesis to confirm with
  Photon Health during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.photon.health
- https://docs.photon.health
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
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/
publisherName: Photon Health
serviceCategory: Healthcare and Life Sciences
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Commitment-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
  - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Photon Health Clinical API
  ServiceCategory: Healthcare and Life Sciences
  ProviderName: Photon Health
  PublisherName: Photon Health
  InvoiceIssuerName: Photon Health
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  PricingCategory: Commitment-Based
meters:
- name: prescriptions
  description: Prescriptions written through the Clinical API (modeling hypothesis - confirm with Photon).
  unit: prescriptions
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - prescriber
- name: orders
  description: Orders routed to pharmacies (modeling hypothesis - confirm with Photon).
  unit: orders
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
  - pharmacy
- name: patients
  description: Patients created and managed in Photon (modeling hypothesis - confirm with Photon).
  unit: patients
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - organization
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track prescription, order, and patient volume per organization against the negotiated contract.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag OAuth2 clients per workload/team and map Photon usage to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Develop and test against the free Neutron sandbox before consuming production capacity.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign an owner for the Photon commercial relationship and review volume against contract terms.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com