Digital Health Commons Publication Library

This publication library sets out a coherent, practical case for an open, sustainable digital health ecosystem.

It combines foundational framing documents with operational playbooks, investment logic, and governance guidance. Together, these publications explain what is broken, what must change, and how organisations can act without reinventing standards, platforms, or institutions.

The library is designed to be read progressively. The first publications establish shared understanding. Later documents provide the tools to govern, fund, implement, and sustain change.

Foundational Publications

These documents establish the shared framing used throughout the library.

PUBLICATION 1: Defining the Open Digital Health Commons

Establishes what the Digital Health Commons is, why open source alone is insufficient, and how shared governance and stewardship enable sustainable, trustworthy digital health.

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PUBLICATION 2: The Digital Health Landscape What's Broken and Why

Diagnoses systemic failures in digital health, including fragmentation, lock-in, and weak governance, explaining why well-funded initiatives repeatedly fail to deliver lasting value.

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PUBLICATION 3: The Role of Custodians

Introduces custodians as the missing organisational layer, showing how accountable, locally grounded stewardship sustains open systems, standards, and public value over time.

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