Smart Health Trust

The rights.

The Smart Health Trust represents patients. It holds a fiduciary duty directly to individuals — not to the network’s operator, to payers, or to providers — and enforces patients’ rights over how their information is accessed and used. The rights the Trust upholds are set out in a Patient Bill of Rights.

What the Trust does

• Holds a fiduciary duty to patients, directly.
• Enforces consent, access, and data rights on behalf of individuals.
• Advocates for patients at the governance layer — including against the network’s operator where interests diverge.
• Mediates where patient interests and operating interests differ.

Part of a structure built so no one party is in control: the Smart Health Council sets the rules, Smart Health Network PBC operates the network, the Trust represents patients, and the Smart Health Foundation stewards shared resources.

Inquiries: governance@smarthealthnetwork.org