Meeting Notes - Jan 29 2019

Date

January 29th, 2019 - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Attendees

  • Raveesh Dewan

  • @Satarupa

  • @Tony Little
  • @Logan Wilding
  • @Vaibhav Patil
  • @Richard Gomes
  • @Bobbi Muscara

Goals

  • Revisit the decision to continue working on the Blockchain Decision Paper
  • Finalize the cadence for the meeting going forward 
  • Gather interest areas for future meetings  

Meeting Recording - Click Here 

Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes
5 minsBlock Chain Decision PaperRaveesh Dewan
  • There was a collective decision to explore further and take the paper to completion if possible.
  • Raveesh to check with Jeff S. to explore the interest and update the team members in next meeting.
  • Current direction - team will pick this in next few meeting to create a plan for completion.
10 mins Cadence for the meeting Raveesh Dewan
  •  Group decided to change the meeting cadence from Weekly to meet every other week.
  • Starting Feb 5th, group will start meeting every other week.
40 minsInterest areas and ideasOpen Discussion
  • Tony shared that there are a number of complex use cases and almost all use cases in healthcare includes issues that are related to legal, processes, how multiple entities can work together.
    • Blockchain adoption also faces Political and Economics challenges
    • Tools are lacking in the ecosystem
    • There are numerous areas to address, so if there are tool kits, solutions or even guidelines to help solve current problems would be of help.
  • Bobbie suggested if group can work on learning materials it would be beneficial for others who are just starting.
  • Richard supported the idea of tool kit
  • Everyone was support of exploring Payment Supply Chain for Healthcare.
    • There is complexity to be addressed in bundled payments
    • Cost of verification that care occurred and tracking for payment
    • Smart Contracts and how bundled payments can be simplified
  • Logan shared a great use case around similar problem that includes Committer, Consent and Endorsers are part of the process and plays a critical roles and can leverage blockchain for addressing a complex problem.

Action items

  • Raveesh Dewan to get in touch with Jeff S. to explore the interest on the paper completion