[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51819-51820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20828]
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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 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
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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 meeting will be held on September 14, 2010, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: To be determined. For up-to-date information, go to the
ONC Web site, http://healthit.hhs.gov.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National Coordinator,
HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-4528, Fax: 202-
690-6079, email: [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 reports from its workgroups,
including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, the Certification/Adoption
Workgroup, the Information Exchange Workgroup, the Enrollment
Workgroup, and the Governance Workgroup. 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
September 8, 2010. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Time allotted for each
presentation is limited to three 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.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: August 16, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-20828 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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