Better Together 2025

4 Broader health data collaboration begins with strategic activation. By integrating the components outlined in Section 3, a solid foundation can be established to initiate and amplify the network effect across diverse regions. To this end, the Forum is developing an “Activator Network”, designed to demonstrate how these building blocks can be combined to accelerate the growth and adoption of health data collaboration initiatives.Activator Network: An approach for systems change The Activator model foregrounds collaboration to unleash the potential of health data. While there are many initiatives aiming to enhance health data collaboration, substantial challenges remain, largely due to misaligned incentives, protective business models and the perceived risks of data sharing. Via the DHT Initiative, the World Economic Forum and its partners are engaging the Forum’s broad and influential network of global leaders in the public and private sectors, international organizations and academia around a shared vision for a health data network economy, bridging gaps while working constructively with existing initiatives. As a global coordinator, the Forum is working to promote a shift in mindset to recognize health data as a strategic asset, encourage the adoption of best practices and raise the visibility of critical health data issues. The Forum supports several critical actions:  –Putting health data collaboration on the global agenda: Elevating health data sharing in international forums encourages a shift from siloed models to open data-driven frameworks. Promoting derisking strategies also helps underfunded or cautious health systems embrace data sharing responsibly.  –Aligning incentives and championing collaborative models: By gathering insights from public and private stakeholders, business models can be established that align financial gain with patient benefits, creating incentives that foster a collaborative approach to health data sharing.  –Inspiring responsible leadership of network models: Emphasizing the strategic benefits of a network economy encourages leaders to adopt a mindset focused on balancing innovation with patient care, sustainability and equitable value distribution.  –Facilitating cross-sector perspectives to inform policy: Acting as a neutral facilitator, private-sector insights are brought to policy- makers to guide policy development that balance data protection with responsible public health use.  –Outlining a long-term strategic vision: Laying out a strategic roadmap will support nations and organizations in evolving their health data systems over the coming years. 4.1 The DHT Initiative’s approach and role in health data Better Together: Building a Global Health Network Economy through Data Collaboration 15