Healthcare is built on trust, relationships, and data. Every decision a caregiver, physician, or family member makes depends on access to timely and accurate information. Yet across much of the healthcare system, data remains locked in silos, hidden behind technical barriers, or trapped in legacy systems that slow innovation and limit choice.

The future of care must be open. Access to data should not be a privilege. It should be a baseline expectation.

The CareGraph: People at the Center

At Dala, we built our platform around the CareGraph, a model that places the person receiving care at the center. Every relationship, activity, and plan radiates out from that individual. This design ensures that information is not just stored but contextualized. The CareGraph makes it clear who is involved, what is happening, and how care is progressing over time.

By putting people, not processes, at the center, the CareGraph has prepared us to fully embrace the new era of openness. When the care recipient is the anchor point, data sharing is no longer about connecting systems. It becomes about connecting people with better control of their own data and making their care journey transparent across every boundary.

The Role of MCP

The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, represents a breakthrough in agent interoperability. MCP allows digital agents and tools to communicate in a shared, standardized way. Instead of forcing every system to build custom integrations, MCP makes it possible for any tool to be called when needed.

Because dala is structured as a CareGraph, it naturally fits into this new ecosystem. An AI care assistant can call dala to surface visit notes. A monitoring system can query attendance records. A research partner can ask whether a patient is eligible for a study. MCP enables dala to act as a tool in a broader agent network, while keeping the person at the center of the interaction.

QHIN and the U.S. Shift Toward Data Liquidity

In the United States, the creation of Qualified Health Information Networks under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement marks a turning point. QHINs promise nationwide exchange, enabling patients and providers to access information wherever care happens.

For home care, this is transformative. Agencies and caregivers can now be part of the same trusted network as hospitals, primary care, and specialists. The data captured in the CareGraph becomes visible, valuable, and actionable across the health system.

EHDS: Europe’s Vision for a Common Health Data Space

Europe is moving in parallel with the European Health Data Space. The goal is to give citizens control of their health information across borders while opening secondary use of data for research and innovation. The principle is simple. Healthcare data should be as easy to access as a bank account, whether someone is at home in Reykjavík or traveling across Europe.

For families, EHDS means empowerment. A single source of truth for health records, combined with open integration for care teams, ensures continuity without duplication. For agencies, it reduces complexity by aligning with national frameworks.

A Shared Direction: Openness as the Default

The CareGraph puts people at the center. MCP provides the rails for agent interoperability. QHIN makes data exchange real in the United States. EHDS sets a standard across Europe. Together they point in the same direction.

Access to data should be easy, not hard.

Openness should be the default, not the exception.

Care should be coordinated across boundaries, not confined by them.

At Dala, we are building for this future. By aligning the CareGraph with MCP, QHIN, and EHDS, we ensure that families, caregivers, and health systems all benefit from seamless and trustworthy data sharing.

The future of care is open. That openness will lead to better outcomes, less friction, and stronger connections between the people who give care, the people who receive it, and the systems that support them.