How Much Will Companies And Others Pay For Access?

The simple answer to this complex question is that we don’t know.  It is not our primary goal to develop data for sale.  We know that to get off the ground, ATHN requires capital to build its infrastructure. In fulfilling its mission, ATHN’s funding requirements will be a function of the specific projects that are undertaken and the extent to which those projects will assist ATHN in developing and leveraging core infrastructure.  ATHN is in the stage of building its infrastructure; i.e., defining the relationships with the HTCs and the CDC, creating the tools and processes that will be required for the smooth functioning of the network for the collection of data, etc.  Today, ATHN has no data available for others to use.  From a broader, future perspective, “what might be accessible” must be more fully articulated.  For example, access can have multiple dimensions: access to the practitioners in the network for studies, access to standard analyses which could be developed, access to custom analyses of data in the database, access to unique data collected for specific purposes.  Each of these uses will require funding through ATHN and have different cost implications and work load requirements.  How those costs are supported by ATHN will vary depending upon the specific project.