The document discusses openEHR, an open specification for a health information model that supports an open platform ecosystem. It is vendor neutral, technology neutral, and allows both open and closed source business models. The document outlines openEHR's archetypes and templates, which allow reusable clinical concepts and datasets to be shared across applications independently of the underlying database or technology. It provides examples of openEHR's use in various NHS and clinical projects. Finally, it discusses how an openEHR-based platform could profoundly change health IT by making apps and data independent and enabling data services as a commodity.