[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6398-6399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2715]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Policy Committee's Adoption/Certification 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 Adoption/Certification
Workgroup.
General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to
the National
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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 meeting will be held on February 25, 2010,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: OMNI Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20008. 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 patient-safety issues
related to the use of electronic health records--both risks and
approaches to mitigating those risks. 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 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
February 18, 2010. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 2 p.m. and 3 p.m./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 open public hearing
session, ONC will take written comments after the meeting until
close of business on that day.
Persons attending 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: February 4, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-2715 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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