# Introduction to Open Health Stack

*Open Health Stack* (OHS) is a suite of open source components and developer
resources designed to help accelerate development of interoperable digital
health solutions with a focus on standards, security, and advanced analytics.

By using OHS components developers can spend less time solving common technical
problems and more time building next-gen digital health solutions.

OHS is designed to meet the specific needs of developers and implementers
building and deploying [FHIR](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/index.html)-
based solutions for healthcare workers.

With OHS developers can:

- *Build faster*: Build FHIR-native Android apps that are secure, offline-capable, and configurable
- *Enhance privacy*: Control access to sensitive data, enhancing privacy for patients and healthcare workers
- *Unlock insights*: Query FHIR Resources to generate insights that can be used to populate dashboards, and enable better care decisions

## OHS Components

OHS is a set of modular components that you can use individually or together.
Individually, each of the components addresses a common set of problems for
developers, provides a rich set of features, and is designed for the global
health context. Together, the components provide the foundation for developers
to build end-to-end FHIR-enabled solutions.

[Read](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/use-cases) about how OHS components support common use
cases.

Learn more about the OHS components and resources for developers:

- [Android FHIR SDK](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/android-fhir)
- [FHIR Info Gateway](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/fhir-info-gateway)
- [FHIR Analytics](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/fhir-analytics)
- [Design Guidelines](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/design)
- [Developer Resources](https://developers.google.com/open-health-stack/learn)