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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology;
American Health Information
Community Personalized Healthcare
Workgroup Meeting
ACTION:
Announcement of meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
16th meeting of the American Health
Information Community Personalized
Healthcare Workgroup in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.).
DATES: June 10, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. [Eastern Time].
ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building
(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20201), Conference Room 1114. Please
bring photo ID for entry to a Federal
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/
healthcare/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Workgroup will discuss possible
common data standards to incorporate
interoperable, clinically useful genetic/
genomic information and analytical
tools into Electronic Health Records
(EHRs) to support clinical decisionmaking for the clinician and consumer.
The meeting will be available via Web
cast. For additional information, go to:
https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/
healthcare/phc_instruct.html.
Dated: May 19, 2008.
Judith Sparrow,
Director, American Health Information
Community, Office of Programs and
Coordination, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is
hereby given of the sixteenth meeting of
the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Genetics, Health, and Society
(SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service.
The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m.
to approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday,
July 7, 2008, and 8 a.m. to
approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July
8, 2008, at the Hubert H. Humphrey
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Building, 200 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20201. The
meeting will be open to the public with
attendance limited to space available.
The meeting also will be Web cast.
The meeting will involve an
exploration of the issues associated with
the marketing of personalized genomic
information and services directly to
consumers. The Committee will hear
presentations about these services,
including the specificity of information
being provided and plans for helping
consumers interpret and utilize the
results for healthcare decisionmaking,
consumer perspectives, the state of the
underlying science, and public policy
considerations. As part of this
exploration, the Committee will adjourn
for the afternoon of July 7 to participate
in a workshop sponsored by Secretary
Leavitt’s Personalized Health Care
Initiative on Understanding the Needs
of Consumers in the Use of GenomicBased Health Information Services. The
Committee also will review a proposed
action plan for addressing issues
associated with the genetics education
and training of health professionals and
move into the second stage of its
priority setting process.
As always, the Committee welcomes
hearing from anyone wishing to provide
public comment on any issue related to
genetics, health and society. Individuals
who would like to provide public
comment should notify the SACGHS
Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by
telephone at 301–496–9838 or e-mail at
carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite
750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone
planning to attend the meeting who is
in need of special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, is also
asked to contact the Executive
Secretary.
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a,
section 222 of the Public Health Service
Act, as amended, the Department of
Health and Human Services established
SACGHS to serve as a public forum for
deliberations on the broad range of
human health and societal issues raised
by the development and use of genetic
and genomic technologies and, as
warranted, to provide advice on these
issues. The draft meeting agenda and
other information about SACGHS,
including information about access to
the Web cast, will be available at the
following Web site: https://
www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.
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Dated: May 16, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the sixteenth
meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and
Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held
from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2008, and
8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at the Hubert
H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20201. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited
to space available. The meeting also will be Web cast.
The meeting will involve an exploration of the issues associated
with the marketing of personalized genomic information and services
directly to consumers. The Committee will hear presentations about
these services, including the specificity of information being provided
and plans for helping consumers interpret and utilize the results for
healthcare decisionmaking, consumer perspectives, the state of the
underlying science, and public policy considerations. As part of this
exploration, the Committee will adjourn for the afternoon of July 7 to
participate in a workshop sponsored by Secretary Leavitt's Personalized
Health Care Initiative on Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the
Use of Genomic-Based Health Information Services. The Committee also
will review a proposed action plan for addressing issues associated
with the genetics education and training of health professionals and
move into the second stage of its priority setting process.
As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to
provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and
society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at
301-496-9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone
planning to attend the meeting who is in need of special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary.
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the
development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as
warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https://
www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.
Dated: May 16, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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