Hi @ggstuart
I’m a medical doctor GP-turned-developer based in the UK and run a variety of Discourse forums, primarily in the Health/Health Tech sector, so I’d be very interested in seeing if I could help you out. The main publicly open instance that I run is here: www.openhealthhub.org if you want to check it out. It’s mainly for open community discussion of health technology standards and development, so it’s quite techy.
I can do what you need and have integrated Discourse with other platforms, and can do Discourse plugin development if it’s needed.
Most of my other communities are private due to the customer’s wishes, but to give you an idea of who I work for: The UK Digital Health Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) Network (discourse.digitalhealth.net), the CCIO equivalent in the Republic of Ireland (forum.ehealthireland.ie), the Doxy.me telehealth platform (discuss.doxy.me) and the Great North Care Record (forum.greatnorthcarerecord.org.uk) among others.
More details of the full service, managed Discourse service I provide are here: www.bawmedical.co.uk/discourse
As a matter of course, I always recommend you consider getting your forum from Discourse.org themselves because it’s important to support the business behind the open source project. I’m aware I charge more than other Discourse providers, but I provide a very specific complete solution, UK hosted, full maintenance, with 24/7 support and community development advice.
If you’re interested please PM me for more information.
Marcus