[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50211-50212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23460]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology
HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Two-Day 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 Policy Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to
the National Coordinator on a policy framework for the development and
adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure
that permits the electronic exchange and use of health information as
is consistent with the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that
includes recommendations on the areas in which standards,
implementation specifications, and certification criteria are needed.
Date and Time: The two-day meeting will be held on October 27 and
October 28, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m./Eastern Time on October
27th, and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time on October 28th.
Location: The Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC. The hotel telephone number is 202-234-0700.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National Coordinator,
HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-4528, 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 hear presentations from the Meaningful
Use, Certification/Adoption, and Information Exchange Workgroups. In
addition, invited experts will provide testimony on the mapping of core
Meaningful Use objectives and existing measures to medical specialties,
small practices, and small hospitals. 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 posed 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 18, 2009. Oral comments from the pubic will be scheduled
approximately 5 p.m./Eastern Time on October 27th, and 12:30 p.m./
Eastern Time on October 28th. Time allotted for each public comment is
limited to two minutes. 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.
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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.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-23460 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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