Hyperledger Project
Healthcare Working Group (HCWG) Payer Subgroup Meeting
July 3, 2018
Resources:
Chat: https://chat.hyperledger.org/channel/healthcare-wg (you can use your LFID to login)
Github: https://github.com/hyperledger
Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org
HCWG Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/groups/healthcare/healthcare-wg
Public lists: https://lists.hyperledger.org
Meetings: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/community/calendar-public-meetings
Hyperledger class: Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies
Linux Foundation Antitrust reminder: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/antitrust-policy
Meeting Notes
Introductions
Timeline for a product 3-5 years
We need to be keeping meeting notes so we can keep up when we can’t attend
Think through whether to get into a use case now or whether to create a framework for use cases
Tony Little Optim working on provider solution for credential - use case the farthest along
When is blockchain effective? A paper on the conditions where blockchain is useful would be very good
Eligibility for Medicaid, we had to figure out a way to change eligibility on a daily basis, complex problem
posting all vital signs to the blockchain and figured out that was not useful, we only needed to post outlying vitals to the blockchain
Is blockchain HIPAA compliant? Can we store any patient information in the hyperledger blockchain without getting into trouble?
That’s why we should start with a whitepaper so we understand the landscape
VA is going to let vets start seeing doctors outside the VA, that’s a use case that’s manageable. Self contained. It’s a lot of people with identifiers and a lot of moving parts, but they all have identifiers that are well defined. Blockchain between enterprises.