Health technology, developed in the open
Transforming deteriorating patient care with a digital and sustainable rapid response system developed in the open. DITO proved that open source, open standards and open governance can deliver safe, sustainable clinical software for the NHS.
three minutes on dito
The project, in overview
DITO overview video - hosted on Open Digital's PeerTube
what outlasts the project
The long-lasting outputs
The product legacy
Open eREACT matured into Care Precision and Care Protect; EHRTap and CakeStack carry the architecture forward - products grown from the open foundations.
what came after ->The method
The Open Digital Approach paper, the Custodian Model and the TCI eChain of Prevention - a documented, reusable method for open clinical software.
the method story ->The document library
A selection of the input documents reviewed through the project - 54 documents across guidance, policy, research and reports, searchable, browseable and open.
browse ->Open ways of working
OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 compliance automated in the pipeline, open toolchains and skills development - working methods any project can adopt.
how we worked ->the covid-19 story
Ten days in March
When the pandemic hit, the DITO foundations were put to their sharpest test - and a co-assessment workflow went from first sketch to third UX iteration in ten days. Innovate UK backed it as project 61399, and by September 2020 a working care-home screening application existed, built entirely on openEHR clinical models. It later became Care Precision. read the COVID-19 story
the genesis
Born from a decade in the open
DITO grew from years of open-source groundwork in UK public services - and from the partnership with the Apperta Foundation, formerly NHS England's open-source programme. Led by OpusVL with Open Digital, Apperta, OpenUK, Coventry University and two NHS Foundation Trusts, the project published every asset openly under the principle of public money, public code. read the genesis
the consortium
