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.
what the project produced
Outputs that outlast the project
Open eREACT
An open-source NEWS2 electronic observations application for deteriorating patient care, held under the Apperta Custodian Model for the whole NHS.
product ->The Open Digital Approach
The flagship paper connecting government open policy to day-to-day digital practice in the NHS - policies, principles and practices.
read the paper ->The document library
The curated industry reference corpus behind the project - 50 documents across guidance, policy, research and reports, searchable and browseable.
browse ->Open ways of working
OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 compliance, open toolchains, skills development and the Custodian Model - the working methods, documented.
how we worked ->about dito
A consortium that developed in the open
Led by OpusVL with the Apperta Foundation, OpenUK, Coventry University, and two NHS Foundation Trusts (South London and Maudsley, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership), DITO ran from April 2019 to March 2021. Every asset - software, documentation, working-out, designs and strategy - was published openly under the principle of public money, public code. about the project
the consortium
