[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 247 (Monday, December 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68625-68626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30673]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology HIT Policy Committee's NHIN 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 subcommittee meeting of a
federal 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's Nationwide Health
Information Network (NHIN) Workgroup.
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.
The NHIN Workgroup is charged with creating a policy and technical
framework that allows the internet to be used for the secure and
standards-based exchange of health information, in a way that is open
to all and fosters innovation.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on January 7, 2010, from 9
a.m. to 12:30 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: To be determined. Please check the ONC Web site for
additional information as it becomes available. The meeting will be
available via webcast; visit http://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions
on how to listen via telephone or Web.
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 workgroup will be discussing the nationwide health
information network (NHIN), with a primary emphasis on authentication
mechanisms used by the NHIN and the private sector. The workgroup will
be hearing testimony from stakeholder groups. 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. 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 on or before
January 4, 2010. Oral comments from the pubic will be scheduled between
approximately 11 a.m. and noon/Eastern Time. Time allotted for each
presentation will be limited to three minutes. If the number of
speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled
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open public hearing session, ONC will take written comments after the
meeting until close of business on that day.
Persons attending Workgroup 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: December 18, 2009.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-30673 Filed 12-24-09; 8:45 am]
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