Welcome and Opening Statements

• A reminder to all HC-SIG members that this meeting is being recorded

• Reading of the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy

  • Hyperledger Antitrust Slide

• Discussion: request for note-taking for this meeting

Introductions

• If you’re new to the group, please…

  • Introduce yourself

  • Tell us where you're geographically located

  • Share with us your interests in healthcare in general, and blockchain technologies in specific

Community Announcements

• Do you have any announcements that you'd like to share with the HC-SIG community?
  • Feel free to make an announcement here, on our Rocket.Chat channel, or via our email listserv

HC-SIG Subgroup Updates

• Patient/Member Subgroup (Deniz Coskun, Lead)

• Payer Subgroup (Raveesh Dewan, Lead)

• Healthcare Interoperability Subgroup (Steven Elliott, Lead)

HC-SIG Ad Hoc Team Updates

• Wiki Redesign Team (Raveesh Dewan, Lead)

  • Work continues on our SIG site design

  • Discussion: are you a Confluence expert... interested in joining this team?

• Academic Research Team (Logan Wilding, Wendy Charles, Nisarg Amin, and Adrian Berg, Lead)

• HC-SIG Use Case Development Team (Wendy Charles, Lead)

  • Team kick-off meeting happened on July 11
  • Excellent use case white paper (a very good resource) now available
    • Toward More Rigorous Blockchain Research: Recommendations for Writing Blockchain Case Studies
    • Download as PDF

Old Business

• New HHS/NIH Blockchain Grant Opportunity

  • Blockchain Technology to Improve SUD Care (R41/R42 - Clinical Trial Optional)

  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
  • Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 31, 2019
  • SBIR offering of same grant is here

• • Currently working with Hyperledger community leadership to identify and establish use case templates and consistent processes

Old Business

• None

New Business

• Healthcare Funding Opportunities
  

  • Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

  • National Institute of Health (NIH)
  • UNICEF Innovation Fund

• Open Discussions (Rich)

  • Discussion: your thoughts on changes you'd like to see with the HC-SIG?

Next Meeting

• Scheduled for Friday, 2019.08.23, 0700 Pacific Time

• Discussion: topics to add to agenda?