Open Access

OA in Health and Medicine

While open access is important to all fields, it has particular urgency in the health sciences, where research has important and potentially life-saving clinical applications. By removing barriers to access and increasing the dissemination of research findings, OA has many benefits in medicine, including: 

• Accelerating the speed of research, turning research into actionable clinician guidelines quicker
• Giving clinicians access to research needed at the point-of-care
• Increasing opportunities for patient education

Through open access, patients and practitioners benefit, leading to better healthcare outcomes for patients.