Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 19561-19562 [E9-9839]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
Emergency Care Coordination Center
(ECCC)
pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
ACTION: Notice.
Executive Summary
The Emergency Care Coordination
Center (ECCC) is a new strategic entity
that is located within the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response (ASPR) at the Department
of Health and Human Services, in
fulfillment of Homeland Security
Presidential Directive #21 and in
response to the following 2006 Institute
of Medicine Reports: Emergency Care
for Children, Hospital-Based Emergency
Care and Emergency Medical Services:
At the Crossroads. HHS recognizes that
the successful delivery of daily
emergency care is a necessary
foundation for our nation’s emergency
preparedness efforts. Public health and
medical disaster readiness continue to
be priorities for the U.S. government
(USG). Improving the resiliency,
efficiency, effectiveness, and capacity of
daily hospital emergency medical care
delivery will strengthen the nation’s
state of readiness for public health
emergencies and disasters.
The primary mission of the ECCC is
to support the USG’s coordination of inhospital emergency medical care
activities and to promote programs and
resources that improve the delivery of
our nation’s daily emergency medical
care and emergency behavioral health
care. This will be accomplished through
various mechanisms, including the
promotion of both clinical and systemsbased emergency medical care research,
dissemination of lessons learned–
including those from the care of our
men and women wounded in combat–
and, finally, the development of
partnerships throughout the USG and
the emergency care stakeholder
community to promote the translation of
validated, evidence-based research into
daily clinical practice. The ECCC will
actively reach out to private sector
stakeholders and Federal collaborators
across the USG in order to encourage
the coordination of emergency medical
care efforts throughout existing and
future Federal initiatives.
The ECCC, through multi-level
Federal collaboration, will create the
Council on Emergency Medical Care
(CEMC), a coalition comprised of
subject-matter experts with
VerDate Nov<24>2008
17:48 Apr 28, 2009
Jkt 217001
representation from organizations across
the USG. The CEMC will serve as both
a strategic and operational element of
the ECCC, providing policy level
guidance and facilitating agency
involvement. This entity will contribute
to the development and advancement of
ECCC priorities and will inform the
development of joint strategies and
cohesive policies across the USG to
collaborate and coordinate ongoing
efforts to improve the nation’s
emergency medical care.
The ECCC will work in coordination
with the Federal Interagency Committee
for Emergency Medical Services
(FICEMS). Whereas FICEMS was
established to ensure coordination
among the Federal agencies involved
with state, local, tribal, or regional
emergency medical services and 9–1–1
systems, and specifically focuses on
issues relating to pre-hospital care, the
ECCC is established to address issues
relating to in-hospital emergency
department care. Together, the ECCC
and FICEMS will contribute to an
Emergency Care Enterprise (ECE) that
will coordinate efforts of the USG
throughout the broad spectrum of
emergency medical care.
For further information, contact the
Emergency Care Coordination Center at
ECCC@hhs.gov, or visit the Web site at:
https://www.hhs.gov/aspr/opeo/eccc/
Dated: April 16, 2009.
W. Craig Vanderwagen,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
[FR Doc. E9–9719 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4150–37–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
ACTION: Notification of the
Establishment of the HIT Policy
Committee.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
establishment of the HIT Policy
Committee. The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
5), section 13101, directs the
establishment of the HIT Policy
Committee. The HIT Policy Committee
(also referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) is
charged with recommending to the
National Coordinator 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
PO 00000
Frm 00077
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
19561
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 HIT Policy Committee
is also charged with recommending to
the National Coordinator an order of
priority for the development,
harmonization, and recognition of such
standards, specifications, and
certification criteria.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith Sparrow, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, e-mail
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov or 202–205–
4528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Committee and its staff are
governed by the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended
(5 U.S.C. App.), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
federal advisory committees.
The Committee shall determine a
schedule of meetings following an
election of a Chairperson and a Vice
Chairperson from among its members.
II. Criteria for Members
The Committee shall be comprised of
the following, including a Chair and
Vice Chair, and represent a balance
among various sectors of the health care
system so that no single sector unduly
influences the recommendations of the
Committee. Committee members shall
be appointed in the following manner:
• 3 members shall be appointed by
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, 1 of whom shall be appointed
to represent the Department of Health
and Human Services and 1 of whom
shall be a public health official;
• 1 member shall be appointed by the
majority leader of the Senate;
• 1 member shall be appointed by the
minority leader of the Senate;
• 1 member shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives;
• 1 member shall be appointed by the
minority leader of the House of
Representatives;
• Such other members as shall be
appointed by the President as
representatives of other relevant Federal
agencies;
• 13 members shall be appointed by
the Comptroller General of the United
States of whomÆ 3 members shall be advocates for
patients or consumers;
Æ 2 members shall represent health
care providers, one of which shall be a
physician;
E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM
29APN1
19562
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / Notices
Æ 1 member shall be from a labor
organization representing health care
workers;
Æ 1 member shall have expertise in
health information privacy and security;
Æ 1 member shall have expertise in
improving the health of vulnerable
populations;
Æ 1 member shall be from the
research community;
Æ 1 member shall represent health
plans or other third-party payers;
Æ 1 member shall represent
information technology vendors;
Æ 1 member shall represent
purchasers or employers; and
Æ 1 member shall have expertise in
health care quality measurement and
reporting.
Non-federal members of the
Committee shall be Special Government
Employees, unless classified as
representatives.
III. Copies of the Charter
Dated: April 23, 2009.
David Blumenthal,
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. E9–9839 Filed 4–24–09; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 4150–45–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
ACTION: Notification of the
Establishment of the HIT Standards
Committee.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
establishment of the HIT Standards
Committee. The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub.
L. 111–5), section 13101, directs the
establishment of the HIT Standards
Committee. The HIT Standards
Committee (also referred to as the
‘‘Committee’’) is charged with making
recommendations to the National
Coordinator on standards,
implementation specifications, and
certification criteria for the electronic
exchange and use of health information
for purposes of adoption, consistent
with the implementation of the Federal
Health IT Strategic Plan, and in
accordance with policies developed by
the HIT Policy Committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith Sparrow, Office of the National
17:48 Apr 28, 2009
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Committee and its staff are
governed by the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended,
(5 U.S.C. App.), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
federal advisory committees.
The Committee shall determine a
schedule of meetings following an
election of a Chairperson and a Vice
Chairperson from among its members.
An initial meeting of the Committee
shall take place not later than 90 days
from passage of the ARRA.
II. Criteria for Members
To obtain a copy of the Committee’s
charter, submit a written request to the
above contact.
VerDate Nov<24>2008
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, e-mail
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov or 202–205–
4528.
Jkt 217001
The HIT Standards Committee shall
not exceed thirty (30) voting members,
including a Chair and Vice Chair, and
members are appointed by the Secretary
with input from the National
Coordinator. Membership of the
Committee shall at least reflect
providers, ancillary healthcare workers,
consumers, purchasers, health plans,
technology vendors, researchers,
relevant Federal agencies, and
individuals with technical expertise on
health care quality, privacy and
security, and on the electronic exchange
and use of health information and shall
represent a balance among various
sectors of the health care system so that
no single sector unduly influences the
recommendations of the Committee.
Non-Federal members of the
Committee shall be Special Government
Employees, unless classified as
representatives.
III. Copies of the Charter
To obtain a copy of the Committee’s
charter, submit a written request to the
above contact.
Dated: April 23, 2009.
David Blumenthal,
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. E9–9838 Filed 4–24–09; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 4150–45–P
PO 00000
Frm 00078
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP);
Office of Liaison, Policy and Review;
Meeting of the Scientific Advisory
Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
AGENCY: National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Meeting announcement and
request for comments.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of a meeting of
SACATM on June 25–26, 2009, at the
Hilton Arlington Hotel, 950 North
Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203.
The meeting is open to the public with
attendance limited only by the space
available. SACATM advises the
Interagency Coordinating Committee on
the Validation of Alternative Methods
(ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center
for the Evaluation of Alternative
Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and
the Director of the NIEHS and NTP
regarding statutorily mandated duties of
ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM.
DATES: The SACATM meeting will be
held on June 25 and 26, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. on June 25 and 8:30 a.m. until
adjournment on June 26, 2009. All
individuals who plan to attend are
encouraged to register online at the NTP
Web site (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/
7441) by June 17, 2009. In order to
facilitate planning, persons wishing to
make an oral presentation are asked to
notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Executive
Secretary, via online registration, phone,
or e-mail by June 17, 2009 (see
ADDRESSES below). Written comments
should also be received by June 17,
2009, to enable review by SACATM and
NIEHS/NTP staff before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will
be held at the Hilton Arlington Hotel,
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA
22203 [hotel: (703) 528–6000)]. Public
comments and other correspondence
should be directed to Dr. Lori White
(NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and
Review, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD
K2–03, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709; telephone: 919–541–9834 or email: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). Courier
address: NIEHS, 530 Davis Drive, Room
2136, Durham, NC 27713. Persons
needing interpreting services in order to
attend should contact 301–402–8180
(voice) or 301–435–1908 (TTY).
E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM
29APN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19561-19562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9839]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology
ACTION: Notification of the Establishment of the HIT Policy Committee.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice announces the establishment of the HIT Policy
Committee. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L.
111-5), section 13101, directs the establishment of the HIT Policy
Committee. The HIT Policy Committee (also referred to as the
``Committee'') is charged with recommending to the National Coordinator
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 HIT Policy Committee is also
charged with recommending to the National Coordinator an order of
priority for the development, harmonization, and recognition of such
standards, specifications, and certification criteria.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Sparrow, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, e-mail
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov or 202-205-4528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Committee and its staff are governed by the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of
federal advisory committees.
The Committee shall determine a schedule of meetings following an
election of a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson from among its
members.
II. Criteria for Members
The Committee shall be comprised of the following, including a
Chair and Vice Chair, and represent a balance among various sectors of
the health care system so that no single sector unduly influences the
recommendations of the Committee. Committee members shall be appointed
in the following manner:
3 members shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, 1 of whom shall be appointed to represent the
Department of Health and Human Services and 1 of whom shall be a public
health official;
1 member shall be appointed by the majority leader of the
Senate;
1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
Senate;
1 member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
House of Representatives;
Such other members as shall be appointed by the President
as representatives of other relevant Federal agencies;
13 members shall be appointed by the Comptroller General
of the United States of whom-
[cir] 3 members shall be advocates for patients or consumers;
[cir] 2 members shall represent health care providers, one of which
shall be a physician;
[[Page 19562]]
[cir] 1 member shall be from a labor organization representing
health care workers;
[cir] 1 member shall have expertise in health information privacy
and security;
[cir] 1 member shall have expertise in improving the health of
vulnerable populations;
[cir] 1 member shall be from the research community;
[cir] 1 member shall represent health plans or other third-party
payers;
[cir] 1 member shall represent information technology vendors;
[cir] 1 member shall represent purchasers or employers; and
[cir] 1 member shall have expertise in health care quality
measurement and reporting.
Non-federal members of the Committee shall be Special Government
Employees, unless classified as representatives.
III. Copies of the Charter
To obtain a copy of the Committee's charter, submit a written
request to the above contact.
Dated: April 23, 2009.
David Blumenthal,
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-9839 Filed 4-24-09; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 4150-45-P
