HC-SIG Charter

Hyperledger, as part of the Linux Foundation, provides technology leaders a uniquely open and collaborative international community from which to develop, validate, and field enterprise-grade blockchain technology solutions. It is the mandate of this Special Interest Group, the Hyperledger Healthcare Special Interest Group (HC-SIG), to represent healthcare professionals and technologists, and globally unite in advancing the state of the healthcare industry through the implementation of technology solutions using blockchain technologies in general, and the umbrella of Hyperledger frameworks and toolsets in specific.

Full Text of HC-SIG Charter

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Mission & Scope

The mission of the HC-SIG shall be to:

• Identify specific opportunities where the application of blockchain technologies can meaningfully advance the state of the healthcare industry

• Provide a foundation for real world use case identification, blockchain technology alignment, and operational validation of technology fit for purpose

• Provide recommendations for the ethical use and implications of blockchain technologies

• Promote the community education of, and participation in blockchain technologies, policies, and protocols

• Serve as an open channel of communication between the membership of this Special Interest Group and the leadership of Hyperledger to inform leadership on prospective improvements of Hyperledger frameworks and toolsets, within the context of the healthcare industry

The scope of the HC-SIG shall include:

• The identification, development, and promotion of use cases, pilots, proofs of concept (POCs), proofs of value (POVs), and in certain cases, minimum viable products (MVPs) to educate and demonstrate the value of applicable blockchain technologies solutions in healthcare. Some examples of in-scope capability areas include, but are not limited to:

• Distributed patient trust tools using self-sovereign identity (SSI)

• Incentivization using tokenization and/or cryptocurrency technologies to encourage member participation within a blockchain technologies-enabled solution

• Interoperability solutions using distributed ledger technologies (DLT) to interconnect with datasets longitudinally across disparate healthcare systems

• The identification, documentation, and promotion of blockchain technologies solutions best practices, as applied in a healthcare industry context

• The sharing of stories within and across membership boundaries: successes, failures, lessons learned, opportunities and challenges

• The identification of existing or needed common critical software components as they relate to blockchain solutions that would address the particular needs of the healthcare industry

• The identification and promotion of conferences or related social networking opportunities (e.g., speaking engagements) to gain experiences outside of this Special Interest Group

• The identification and promotion of healthcare industry and related challenges and competitions designed to convene team(s) internal to this Special Interest Group for the purposes of driving focus and common purpose to a goal(s) recognized as beneficial to the whole of the Special Interest Group

• The education of both membership and the community on blockchain technologies, policies, and protocols as they relate to the healthcare industry

Meetings

All Hyperledger meetings are run covered by the following Antitrust Policy.

Meeting Agendas

Meeting Notes