Open Health 

Open Health refers to the idea of improving access to health information, tools, and resources by making them more transparent, collaborative, and accessible.

This approach encourages the sharing of health data in a way that benefits individuals, healthcare providers, and organisations within the health sector, all while safeguarding privacy and ensuring security.

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Open Health empowers individuals by giving them control over their health information, enabling them to manage their care more effectively. It also drives innovation in digital health care solutions, making it easier for people to engage with their health and enhance their overall wellbeing.

The aim of Open Health is to ensure safe and equitable access to healthcare services, helping patients receive the care they need before hospitalisation is required. Imagine having control over your health records, sharing them with specialists, and even contributing to research. Open Health also embraces open-source health software, allowing anyone to use, enhance, or contribute to it, free from the limitations of proprietary systems.

Open Health strives to make healthcare more inclusive, efficient, and innovative by promoting collaboration between individuals, institutions, and even nations. It empowers patients to take control of their health data and how it's used, while fostering global improvements in healthcare systems through shared knowledge and solutions. It's similar to the 'open-source' movement in technology, but applied to health!"

The introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) for the banking and electricity sectors establishes a legal framework for Open Health and, as the Consumer Data Right is extended beyond these sectors, will unlock incredible potential within and across different industry sectors - this is Open Everything. The vision is to, literally, open everything, spanning both private to public sector organisations, such as energy, health and government services.