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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
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a workgroup 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: Health IT Policy
Committee’s Governance Workgroup.
General Function of the Health IT
Policy 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. Purpose
of the Governance Workgroup: To draft
a set of recommendations on the scope
and process of governance for the
nationwide health information network,
including measures to ensure
accountability and oversight. The charge
to the Governance Workgroup is to draft
a set of recommendations on the scope
and process of governance for the
nationwide health information network,
including measures to ensure
accountability and oversight.
DATE AND TIME: The meeting will be held
on September 28, 2010, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Eastern Time.
LOCATION: Washington Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley
Road, NW., Washington, DC 20008. For
up-to-date information, go to the ONC
Web site, https://healthit.hhs.gov.
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 Workgroup will hear
testimony from invited panelists on
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information on governance of the
nationwide health information network.
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, in
writing, on issues identified by the
Workgroup. Written submissions may
be made to the contact person on or
before September 24, 2010. Written
comments are limited to 10 pages, and
should be either mailed to the address
above or e-mailed to
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov, with the Subject
Line: Responses for Governance
Workgroup. The questions the
Workgroup is interested in are as
follows:
Panel 1: Governance Models in Other
Domains
1. Please share your experiences in
establishing governance requirements to
ensure trust in the privacy and security
of the information exchange, e.g., to
secure the data, to assure appropriate
use of the data exchanged, to address
responsibilities for obtaining consent,
etcetera. Were governance requirements
established to ensure a certain level of
interoperability? What types of
governance mechanisms and processes
were established? What conditions,
requirements, and processes facilitated
the resolution of disputes between
parties with differing interests?
2. Please describe whether and how
you have included multiple
stakeholders in governance? To what
extent have consumers been engaged?
3. Please describe the relationship
between the private sector parties and
the government—was authority
delegated from the government, did the
government oversee either the
governance process or the results of the
process, was the government simply
participating as a member of the group
etc.? What changes, if any, would you
recommend? Because the relationship
between the government and the private
sector may differ in governance
mechanisms in technical and policy
domains, please share your views as to
how to determine and establish the most
appropriate relationship.
4. In considering the question as to
how to determine the most appropriate
governance mechanism, please address:
the costs and benefits involved in
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delegation of authority from the
government; the need for ensuring some
degree of openness in the process of
developing requirements when
authority is delegated; and the most
appropriate means available for
determining compliance and enforcing
any requirements that have been
established through the governance
mechanism.
Panels 2 and 3: Governance Experience
of Implementers of Health Information
Exchange
1. Please Provide an Introduction to
Your Organization
• Describe the stakeholders that are
governed by the governance process.
• Describe the group that executes the
governance process.
• How is the authority of the
governing body established (contract,
law, other)?
2. Trust
• Please share your experiences in
governance mechanisms for trust—what
types of governance mechanisms and
processes do you have in place (or are
needed) to promote trust in the
exchange?
• How have you addressed privacy
and security obligations (e.g., to
safeguard information, to assure
appropriate use of the data exchanged,
to address responsibilities for obtaining
consent, etc.) through governance?
• Please describe how you have
included multiple stakeholders in
governance (e.g., how they were able to
engage those stakeholders in effective
participation? what challenges/enablers
to engage in effective participation? To
what extent have consumers been
engaged?)
• Please identify issues, if any, that
still need to be addressed. What types
of governance mechanisms are needed
to promote trust to facilitate exchange?
• What suggestions do you have for
ONC for establishing governance in this
area?
2. Interoperability
• Please share experiences in
governance mechanisms for
interoperability—what that types of
governance mechanisms and processes
do you have in place (or are needed) to
promote interoperability in the
exchange?
• How are expectations for
interoperability established and
assured?
• What suggestions do you have for
ONC for establishing governance in this
area?
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3. Accountability, Enforcement and
Oversight
• Please share your experiences in
establishing accountability, enforcement
and oversight with regard to both trust
and interoperability.
• What suggestions do you have for
ONC for establishing governance in this
area? Examples of specific issues
include:
• How should organizations be vetted
for participation?
• How should the exchange of
information be monitored for
appropriateness in a large volume/
distributed environment?
• How should information be
provided to a consumer regarding who
accessed his/her information?
• How should consumer complaints
be investigated?
• How should ‘‘bad actors’’ be
disciplined?
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).
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: HRSA AIDS Drug
Assistance Program Quarterly Report—
(OMB No. 0915–0294)—Extension
Dated: September 13, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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Panel 4: Existing Governance
Authorities
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
1. Please describe the scope and
jurisdiction of your authority/
authorities, with particular reference to
areas that are/may be related to the
exchange of health information over a
network.
2. Please describe how your
authorities are implemented.
3. Please offer suggestions to the
Office of the National Coordinator for
developing, implementing and
coordinating governance.
Persons attending ONC’s 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.
In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and draft instruments, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443–
1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The
proposed collection of information for
the proper performance of the functions
of the Agency; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
Number of
respondents
Form
Responses
per
respondent
HRSA’s AIDS Drug Assistance
Program (ADAP) is funded through Part
B of Title XXVI of the Public Health
Service Act, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program, which provides grants to
States and Territories. The ADAP
provides medications for the treatment
of HIV disease. Program funds may also
be used to purchase health insurance for
eligible clients or for services that
enhance access, adherence, and
monitoring of drug treatments.
Each of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several
Territories receive ADAP grants. As part
of the funding requirements, ADAP
grantees submit quarterly reports that
include information on patients served,
pharmaceuticals prescribed, pricing,
and other sources of support to provide
AIDS medication treatment, eligibility
requirements, cost data, and
coordination with Medicaid. Each
quarterly report requests updates from
programs on number of patients served,
type of pharmaceuticals prescribed, and
prices paid to provide medication. The
first quarterly report of each ADAP
fiscal year (due in July of each year) also
requests information that only changes
annually (e.g., State funding, drug
formulary, eligibility criteria for
enrollment, and cost-saving strategies
including coordinating with Medicaid).
The quarterly report represents the
best method for HRSA to determine how
ADAP grants are being expended and to
provide answers to requests from
Congress and other organizations.
The estimated annual burden is as
follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
57
57
1
3
57
171
3
1.5
171
256.5
Total ..........................................................................
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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.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a workgroup 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: Health IT Policy Committee's Governance
Workgroup.
General Function of the Health IT Policy 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. Purpose of the Governance Workgroup: To draft a set of
recommendations on the scope and process of governance for the
nationwide health information network, including measures to ensure
accountability and oversight. The charge to the Governance Workgroup is
to draft a set of recommendations on the scope and process of
governance for the nationwide health information network, including
measures to ensure accountability and oversight.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on September 28, 2010, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road,
NW., Washington, DC 20008. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC
Web site, https://healthit.hhs.gov.
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 Workgroup will hear testimony from invited panelists on
information on governance of the nationwide health information network.
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, in writing, on issues identified by the Workgroup. Written
submissions may be made to the contact person on or before September
24, 2010. Written comments are limited to 10 pages, and should be
either mailed to the address above or e-mailed to judy.sparrow@hhs.gov,
with the Subject Line: Responses for Governance Workgroup. The
questions the Workgroup is interested in are as follows:
Panel 1: Governance Models in Other Domains
1. Please share your experiences in establishing governance
requirements to ensure trust in the privacy and security of the
information exchange, e.g., to secure the data, to assure appropriate
use of the data exchanged, to address responsibilities for obtaining
consent, etcetera. Were governance requirements established to ensure a
certain level of interoperability? What types of governance mechanisms
and processes were established? What conditions, requirements, and
processes facilitated the resolution of disputes between parties with
differing interests?
2. Please describe whether and how you have included multiple
stakeholders in governance? To what extent have consumers been engaged?
3. Please describe the relationship between the private sector
parties and the government--was authority delegated from the
government, did the government oversee either the governance process or
the results of the process, was the government simply participating as
a member of the group etc.? What changes, if any, would you recommend?
Because the relationship between the government and the private sector
may differ in governance mechanisms in technical and policy domains,
please share your views as to how to determine and establish the most
appropriate relationship.
4. In considering the question as to how to determine the most
appropriate governance mechanism, please address: the costs and
benefits involved in delegation of authority from the government; the
need for ensuring some degree of openness in the process of developing
requirements when authority is delegated; and the most appropriate
means available for determining compliance and enforcing any
requirements that have been established through the governance
mechanism.
Panels 2 and 3: Governance Experience of Implementers of Health
Information Exchange
1. Please Provide an Introduction to Your Organization
Describe the stakeholders that are governed by the
governance process.
Describe the group that executes the governance process.
How is the authority of the governing body established
(contract, law, other)?
2. Trust
Please share your experiences in governance mechanisms for
trust--what types of governance mechanisms and processes do you have in
place (or are needed) to promote trust in the exchange?
How have you addressed privacy and security obligations
(e.g., to safeguard information, to assure appropriate use of the data
exchanged, to address responsibilities for obtaining consent, etc.)
through governance?
Please describe how you have included multiple
stakeholders in governance (e.g., how they were able to engage those
stakeholders in effective participation? what challenges/enablers to
engage in effective participation? To what extent have consumers been
engaged?)
Please identify issues, if any, that still need to be
addressed. What types of governance mechanisms are needed to promote
trust to facilitate exchange?
What suggestions do you have for ONC for establishing
governance in this area?
2. Interoperability
Please share experiences in governance mechanisms for
interoperability--what that types of governance mechanisms and
processes do you have in place (or are needed) to promote
interoperability in the exchange?
How are expectations for interoperability established and
assured?
What suggestions do you have for ONC for establishing
governance in this area?
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3. Accountability, Enforcement and Oversight
Please share your experiences in establishing
accountability, enforcement and oversight with regard to both trust and
interoperability.
What suggestions do you have for ONC for establishing
governance in this area? Examples of specific issues include:
How should organizations be vetted for participation?
How should the exchange of information be monitored for
appropriateness in a large volume/distributed environment?
How should information be provided to a consumer regarding
who accessed his/her information?
How should consumer complaints be investigated?
How should ``bad actors'' be disciplined?
Panel 4: Existing Governance Authorities
1. Please describe the scope and jurisdiction of your authority/
authorities, with particular reference to areas that are/may be related
to the exchange of health information over a network.
2. Please describe how your authorities are implemented.
3. Please offer suggestions to the Office of the National
Coordinator for developing, implementing and coordinating governance.
Persons attending ONC's 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 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: September 13, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
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