3. Advancing digital health developer skills through immersive workshops
We’ve conducted several OHS workshops globally for hundreds of developers. For one, we collaborated with Kabarak University in Kenya to run bootcamps for IT students and budding innovators to learn about key concepts and tools required to build digital health applications. And in India, we conducted a developer-focused workshop in the country’s largest digital health conference to provide hands-on coding and building sessions on OHS components.
4. Exploring new AI capabilities
While OHS provides foundational technical infrastructure for digital health solutions, there’s also potential in AI-based capabilities for developers. Google has already made available a suite of open weight models, Health AI Developer Foundations, to help developers more easily build AI models for healthcare applications. The OHS team is further working with the developer community to understand their needs with the goal of creating the enabling infrastructure to make it easier for them to build AI powered solutions in the near future.
5. Cultivating an OHS community
Based on feedback from a thriving global community of developers about their requirements, we’ve introduced new technical features to OHS to help developers build faster and more securely. We’ve also recently launched resources like an educational video series for developers to easily get started building on OHS. Since its inception, OHS has been a community initiative and we are excited to recognize the contributions of the many developers who continue to make OHS successful. In the words of OHS contributor Khyati Vyas from ArguSoft India, “Working on Open Health Stack has been an eye-opening experience for me. It’s inspiring to collaborate on an open-source platform that empowers innovation and improves health data accessibility for better patient outcomes.”
As we look towards 2025, we’re excited about continuing to work with partners and the global digital health ecosystem to expand the OHS footprint globally. Ultimately, our goal with OHS is to reduce the barrier for developers and innovators to build next-gen digital health solutions and improve care for people everywhere. To get involved with OHS, learn more here.