<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>I'll be at IIW. On Monday April 2, I will be at VRM Day <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vrm-day-2018a-tickets-43870689413">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vrm-day-2018a-tickets-43870689413</a> It's held at the same venue as IIW and it's free. <br><br></div>VRM stands for Vendor Relationship Management which goes hand-in-hand with Health Relationship Trust. To the extent HEART is about the patient relationship with hospitals as the "vendor" our mission is much more closely aligned with VRM than with the OIDF. Although I do appreciate the support of OIDF for our work in HEART, there's a significant example of regulatory capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture</a> at work here. Let me stop here before I say too much on an open list.<br><br></div>This week has seen a number of high-profile announcements from the Trump HHS including Secretary Azar <a href="http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2018/03/09/a-four-step-plan-for-the-value-based-transformation-of-the-health-care-system/">http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2018/03/09/a-four-step-plan-for-the-value-based-transformation-of-the-health-care-system/</a> and CMS Administrator Verma <a href="http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2018/03/08/the-trump-administration-patient-data-rights-value-based-care/">http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2018/03/08/the-trump-administration-patient-data-rights-value-based-care/</a> about patient empowerment. Azar's anecdote about OpenTable vs having to call around restaurant-by-restaurant to find a table is very close to HEART. We want our health "vendors" to come to us rather that us having to chase them portal-by-portal.<br><br></div>I'm encouraged by the public statements of the new HHS but I also know that HEART does not yet figure in CMS BlueButton on FHIR or the VA Cerner interoperability discussions, or in the draft TEFCA regulations.<br><br></div><b>It's time for HHS to recognize HEART as part of TEFCA, CMS, and VA policy, and plan to enforce HEART along with every FHIR API.</b> <br><br></div>Adrian<br><div><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 8:05 PM, Eve Maler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eve.maler@forgerock.com" target="_blank">eve.maler@forgerock.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Please note that we won't have a call next Monday. (Some people need time to digest all that happened at HIMSS!)</div><div><br></div><div>We're trying to figure out the right schedule for the next few weeks. To that end, it would be helpful to know: Who among us is attending <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-identity-workshop-iiwxxvi-26-2018a-tickets-39785360083" target="_blank">IIW</a> (Apr 3-5)? There are also some workshops traditionally associated with the day previous (Apr 2), including an <a href="http://openid.net/foundation/calendar-of-events/" target="_blank">OpenID Foundation workshop</a> 11:30am-4:30pm at Oracle in Redwood Shores. IIW attendees may be interested in what's going on generally at OIDF.</div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-1083423387200629778gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">







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