[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 49876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23440]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
Name of Committee: HIT Standards Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to
the National Coordinator on standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic
exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption,
consistent with the implementation of the Federal Health IT
Strategic Plan, and in accordance with policies developed by the HIT
Policy Committee.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 14, 2009,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: The Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC. The hotel telephone number is 202-234-0700.
Contact Person: Jonathan Ishee, Office of the National
Coordinator, HHS, 200 Independence Ave, SW., Room 729-G, Washington,
DC 20201, 202-205-8493, Fax: 202-690-6079, e-mail:
[email protected]. Please call the contact person for up-to-
date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register
about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced
advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough
to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The Committee will discuss reports from its Clinical
Operations, Clinical Quality, and Privacy and Security Workgroups.
The Committee will also take testimony from invited experts in the
field of security as it relates to health information technology.
ONC intends to make background material available to the public no
later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is
unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the
meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the
advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on ONC's Web site after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before
October 6, 2009. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Time allotted for each
presentation may be limited. If the number of speakers requesting to
comment is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the
scheduled open public hearing session, ONC will take written
comments after the meeting until close of business.
Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to
electrical outlets.
ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory
committee meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will
make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities
or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a
disability, please contact Judy Sparrow at least seven (7) days in
advance of the meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory
committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: September 24, 2009.
Jonathan Ishee,
Office of Policy and Research, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-23440 Filed 9-28-09; 8:45 am]
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