Welcome and Opening Statements

• A reminder to all HC-SIG members that this meeting is being recorded
  • Videoconferencing/teleconferencing connect details are available here
    
    

• Reading of the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy

  • Hyperledger Antitrust Slide

Meeting recording/transcript

In attendance:

• Former user (Deleted) (recording)
• Brian Ahier
• Deniz Coskun
• Guillermo Diaz (VaNeMa)
• jonathan
• Erika Beerbower
• Jim Mason
• kent
• Ravesh
• tommy yamma

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

  • Consider posting your contact information in our HC-SIG Membership Directory
  • Questions? Review our HC-SIG FAQ for answers

Community Announcements

• Hyperledger Global Forum 2020
  • Join us at this annual event, happening March 3 - 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • John Walker will be representing the HC-SIG team at the SIG kiosk... thanks John!

Raveesh Dewan and Jim Mason are also planning to attend this event, and plan to meet John at the SIG kiosk

• HIMSS Conference 2020
  • Are you planning to attend this year? If so, please let us know...
  • HC-SIG is planning a social event at HIMSS... come join us and meet HC-SIG colleagues over drinks and appetizers!
    
    • HIMSS 2020 HC-SIG Meet & Greet
      • Brian Behlendorf, Hyperledger Executive Director will be our special guest
      • Tuesday, March 10, 1600-1700 Eastern 
      • Event registration is available here through Eventbrite
      • Space is limited, so please be sure to register soon!

• 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)

Deniz updated the group on their work with an e-consent solution using both Hyperledger Sawtooth and Hyperledger Fabric for their POCs. The expectation is to have aspects of the team's work represented at the upcoming Hyperledger Global Forum. As well, there are some plans to have the Patient Subgroup and the Payer Subgroup collaborate on future presentations.

• Payer Subgroup (Raveesh Dewan, Lead)

Raveesh provided an update on their work within the subgroup. The plan is to narrow down some specific use cases in the payer space as they relate to payor-patient engagement, and develop a solution from there. Erika offered her services as a pharmD to help in this effort.

• Healthcare Interoperability Subgroup (Steven Elliott, Lead)

Rich updated to the group on the work of the HIS, lead by Steven. In their most recent meeting, Guillermo Diaz presented on his work in Mexico and their proposed healthcare solutions using blockchain technologies. Details of that presentation can be found here.

HC-SIG Ad Hoc Team Updates

• Wiki Redesign Team (Rich Bloch, Lead)

  • Work continues on our SIG site design

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

• HC-SIG Use Case Development Team (Erika Beerbower, Lead)

Erika provided an update on her team's upcoming meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, February 18 at 0900 Pacific. Please contact Erika for details, or interest in attending that upcoming meeting.

Old Business

• 2020 HC-SIG Membership Survey is Live!
  • While 2019 has been a very productive year within Hyperledger and our own HC-SIG, we're hoping to make 2020 a more engaging and educational year for everyone. With a very large and diverse international membership of healthcare professionals interested in identifying and using blockchain technologies in general, and the Hyperledger greenhouse of frameworks and tools in specific, I believe we have yet to tap the true potential of what we can do collectively to shape our global healthcare community.
    
    To make full use of such great potential, we need your insight and guidance. Please take some time now to participate in our 2020 HC-SIG Membership Survey
  • Your input will set the direction for our 2020 membership year, so please consider this as critical to the ongoing growth and success of the HC-SIG.
  • The survey will remain open until 2020.02.14

• Healthcare Funding Opportunities
  

  • Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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

New Business

• Open Discussions (Rich)

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

Next Meeting

• Scheduled for Friday, 2020.02.21, 0700 Pacific Time

• Discussion: topics to add to agenda?