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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Policy Committee’s NHIN Workgroup
Meeting; Notice of Meeting
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AGENCY: Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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 Nationwide Health
Information Network (NHIN)
Workgroup.
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
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 NHIN Workgroup is
charged with creating a policy and
technical framework that allows the
internet to be used for the secure and
standards-based exchange of health
information, in a way that is open to all
and fosters innovation.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on December 16, 2009, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: The OMNI Shoreham Hotel,
2500 Calvert Street, NW., Washington,
DC. The hotel telephone number is 202–
234–0700. The meeting will be available
via Webcast; visit https://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, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov 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 be
discussing the nationwide health
information network (NHIN), and will
be hearing testimony from stakeholder
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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 posed on ONC’s Web site after
the meeting, at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
The meeting will be available via
webcast; visit https://healthit.hhs.gov for
instructions on how to listen via
telephone or Web.
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 December 9, 2009.
Oral comments from the pubic will be
scheduled between approximately 3
p.m. to 4 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 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
https://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: November 24, 2009.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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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.
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
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 December 15, 2009, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: The Washington Marriott
Hotel, 22nd and M Streets, NW.,
Washington, DC. The hotel telephone
number is 202–872–1500.
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: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. 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 and the
NHIN 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 posed on ONC’s Web site after
the meeting, at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Policy Committee's NHIN 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 Nationwide Health
Information Network (NHIN) Workgroup.
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 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 NHIN Workgroup is charged with creating a policy and technical
framework that allows the internet to be used for the secure and
standards-based exchange of health information, in a way that is open
to all and fosters innovation.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on December 16, 2009, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: The OMNI Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC. The hotel telephone number is 202-234-0700. The meeting
will be available via Webcast; visit https://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: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov 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 be discussing the nationwide health
information network (NHIN), and 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
posed on ONC's Web site after the meeting, at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
The meeting will be available via webcast; visit https://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions on how to listen via telephone or
Web.
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
December 9, 2009. Oral comments from the pubic will be scheduled
between approximately 3 p.m. to 4 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 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 https://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: November 24, 2009.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-28584 Filed 11-30-09; 8:45 am]
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