[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 17419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7318]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2011-2015 Open Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 3001(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, as added 
by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health 
(HITECH) Act, requires the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology (ONC) to update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 
(developed June 3, 2008) in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
agencies and in collaboration with private and public entities. Work on 
the five-year Plan began more than a year ago and has included 
collaboration across federal agencies, as well with the private sector 
via the HIT Policy Committee. This notice serves to announce that the 
public comment period for the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is open 
through Friday, April 22 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern). ONC welcomes and 
encourages all comments from the public regarding the Plan.
    In order for your comments to be read and considered, you must 
submit your comment via the Federal Health IT Buzz Blog: http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/.

    Dated: March 23, 2011.
Erin Poetter,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-7318 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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