Trusted open data infrastructure to connect the health system
A shared architecture pattern to bridge fragmented public services, accelerating research breakthroughs and keeping data under community control.
Imagine a future where people are in control of their own data
Imagine a health system where trusted components and shared standards let innovation spread safely across a unified research network. Where organisations can modernise without losing control. Where public value leads, and technology follows.
Modern Architecture: The Breakthrough for Public Services
Building bridges
Modern data fabric allows us to join isolated silos into a collective capability without the risks of physical data centralisation.
Faster Access
We automate technical assurance and reduce researcher access times from months to days.
Embedded Trust & Traceability
We embed auditable provenance into the architecture, making every data interaction transparent and driving continuous improvement in public health services.
How we make systemic change together
The collaborative process:
- Contributors develop the standards, components, and safeguards.
- We shape them into dependable, production-grade building blocks.
- The Community uses them to build technology and unlock data for better services.
Decouple control from platforms
Public bodies regain control when core decisions are no longer tied to one supplier.
Turn best practices into building blocks
Reusable components reduce duplication and spread improvement.
Align around trusted principles
Shared standards accelerate and enhance collaboration across institutions.
Keep public value in public hands
Knowledge and investment stay within the health system.
Who should join the mission?
This mission is for everyone committed to ensuring the community owns its data foundations.
Public Sector Leaders
Modernise at scale while maintaining total strategic control over data, IP, and the digital roadmap.
Technology Partners
Accelerate the delivery of innovative products into the health system through a trusted, open-standard orchestration layer.
Researchers
Access data in days, not months, to drive faster life-saving breakthroughs.
Citizens
Gain the certainty that your data is protected by technical assurance, with transparent evidence of how its use directly improves better public health services.
Our Offerings
By adopting shared foundations, organisations can deliver services that are safer, quicker and easier to connect, without committing to monolithic platforms.
These open, sovereign components work with what’s already in place, evolve as priorities change and maintain lasting control across the health ecosystem.
The data
fabric
A suite of free, open-source modules that provide the connective tissue for collaborative analysis and algorithmic development
Secure multi-cloud
networks
Automated deployments that integrate global data platforms with the specific safety needs of the healthcare system.
Managed Research Environments
Secure, scalable, and regulator-ready Trusted Research Environments (TREs) that ensure auditable provenance and patient privacy across distributed clouds.
Embedded Technical Assurance
Compliance packs pre-aligned to comply with regulation, providing the evidence required to assess novel therapies.
Implementation Support
Expert guidance to help public-serving organisations and global technology partners implement, scale, and manage their digital ecosystems while maintaining total sovereignty.
Architecture
What will the community make possible?
These are just a few of the breakthroughs a shared, sovereign infrastructure can unlock. Many more will follow.
Reduce time -to-data
Researchers get secure access to approved datasets in days, not months, accelerating innovation and real-world discoveries.
Power national programmes
Infrastructure capable of supporting multi-year, multi-region initiatives from population health to precision medicine.
Enable cross organisation innovation
Shared, interoperable components allow hospitals, researchers, government bodies and vendors to solve problems together without rebuilding from scratch.
Restore public trust
Transparent, standards-led architecture ensures data is safeguarded and used responsibly, strengthening confidence in public services.
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Latest thinking from Emrys Health
Research, analysis and practical insight exploring the future of open, assured health data infrastructure.
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Why it matters
We believe that when public value leads and technology follows, innovation spreads safely across health systems. By building on open foundations, we ensure that knowledge, models, and strategic control remain in the community’s hands, fostering national resilience and building trust in better public services.