Conversation on Cloud, Privacy, and Healthcare with OASIS and WEDI

OASIS and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (  WEDI  )  are exploring the possibility of collaborating on standards and/or  profiles related to the use of cloud technology and U.S. HIPAA/HITECH  Privacy and Security requirements. (See details on  WEDI  below.)
As a first step, we'd like to
?set up an informal call open to anyone interested in the topic  . The call would be an opportunity for:
WEDI  to provide an overview of  their white paper, "Using PHI & Cloud Computing: A Focus on the  Intersection of Cloud Technology and Privacy/Security" (attached);  ?
Representatives from relevant OASIS TCs to provide
?brief ? updates on their work in relation to the topic?;  ?
WEDI  and OASIS members to discuss possible areas of collaboration  ?(if any) ? and next steps
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?If you're interested in being part of this conversation, please let me know. We'd like to schedule the call for mid-Sept at a time convenient for as many people as possible.
~Carol
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?etails on  WEDI :  ?
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (  WEDI  )
http://www.  wedi  .org/  advances the use of Health IT to improve healthcare information  exchange in order to enhance the quality of care, improve efficiency and  to reduce costs of the American healthcare system. Formed in 1991 by  the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),
WEDI
was named in the  1996 HIPAA legislation as an advisor to HHS and continues to fulfill  that role today. Serving as a private and public industry solution to  critical healthcare problems,
WEDI
is a coalition comprised of a  cross-section of the healthcare industry: doctors, hospitals, health  plans, laboratories, pharmacies, clearinghouses, dentists, vendors,  government regulators and other industry stakeholders.
WEDI
has a Security & Privacy WG with Subgroups for Cloud Computing and  Security & Privacy HIE.
Joint  WEDI -OASIS  members include Deloitte, HL7, HP, IBM, Oracle, PwC, Siemens, and TIBCO.

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Carol Geyer Senior Director of Communications and Development  OASIS
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