[Federal Register: October 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 200)]
[Notices]
[Page 53505]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Standards Committee's Implementation Workgroup 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
subcommittee 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's Implementation
Workgroup.
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. The
Implementation Workgroup is charged with benchmarking adoption rates
for proposed standards across diverse settings; soliciting public input
on what stakeholders need to lower the barriers to standards adoption;
evaluating the degree to which proposed standards achieve policy
objectives; and establishing an ongoing process to gather public input
to inform future standards development, revisions to existing
standards, or guidance on tools to minimize the cost of adoption.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 29, 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: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National Coordinator,
HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-4528, Fax: 202-
690-6079, e-mail: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. 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 Implementation Workgroup will be hearing testimony from
stakeholder groups, such as purchasers, vendors, and users, on health
information technology adoption experiences with the proposed
standards. The Workgroup intends to monitor the adoption rate of
proposed standards, identify opportunities to accelerate
implementation, and establish a continuous feedback loop on the
development of new or revised standards.
In addition to soliciting verbal and formal written comments at the
hearing, the Workgroup will use a Web-based tool to engage the public.
The ONC is setting up a Web-based tool to engage the public in the
topic; please visit the ONC Web site closer to the meeting date for
additional information.
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
subcommittee meeting, and the background material will be posted on
ONC's Web site after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov. The
meeting will be available via Webcast; visit http://healthit.hhs.gov
for instructions on how to listen via telephone or Web.
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 from October 29th
until November 12, 2009. Oral comments from the pubic will be scheduled
at the close of the meeting on October 29, 2009. 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 on that day.
Persons attending 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: October 13, 2009.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-25051 Filed 10-14-09; 4:15 pm]
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