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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Standards Committee Schedule for the
Assessment of HIT Policy Committee
Recommendations
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Section 3003(b)(3) of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 mandates that the HIT
Standards Committee develop a
schedule for the assessment of policy
recommendations developed by the HIT
Policy Committee and publish it in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills the
requirements of Section 3003(b)(3) and
updates the schedule posted in the
Federal Register on May 26, 2009. In
anticipation of receiving
recommendations originally developed
by the HIT Policy Committee, the HIT
Standards Committee has created four
(4) workgroups or subcommittees to
analyze the areas of clinical quality,
clinical operations, implementation,
and privacy and security.
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HIT Standards Committee Schedule for
the Assessment of HIT Policy
Committee Recommendations
The National Coordinator will
establish priority areas based in part on
recommendations received from the HIT
Policy Committee regarding health
information technology standards,
implementation specifications, and/or
certification criteria. Once the HIT
Standards Committee is informed of
those priority areas, it will:
(A) Direct the appropriate workgroup
or subcommittee to develop a report for
the HIT Standards Committee, to the
extent possible, within 90 days, which
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will include among other items the
following:
(1) An assessment of what standards,
implementation specifications, and
certification criteria are currently
available to meet the priority area;
(2) an assessment of where gaps exist
(i.e., no standard is available or
harmonization is required because more
than one standard exists) and identify
potential organizations that have the
capability to address those gaps; and
(3) a timeline, which may also
account for NIST testing where
appropriate, and include dates when the
HIT Standards Committee is expected to
issue recommendation(s) to the National
Coordinator.
(B) Upon receipt of a subcommittee
report, the HIT Standards Committee
will:
(1) Accept the timeline provided by
the subcommittee, and if necessary,
revise it; and
(2) assign subcommittee(s) to conduct
research and solicit testimony, where
appropriate, and issue
recommendations to the full committee,
in a timely manner.
(C) Advise the National Coordinator,
consistent with the accepted timeline in
(B)(1) and after NIST testing, where
appropriate, on standards,
implementation specifications, and/or
certification criteria, for the National
Coordinator’s review and determination
whether or not to endorse the
recommendations, and possible
adoption of the proposed
recommendations by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
For a listing of upcoming HIT
Standards Committee meetings, please
visit the ONC Web site at https://
healthit.hhs.gov.
Notice of this schedule is given under
the American Recovery and
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Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
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Erin Poetter,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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Public Meeting To Solicit Input for a
Strategic Plan for Federal Youth Policy
Office of the Assistant
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DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, in its role
as the Chair of the Interagency Working
Group on Youth Programs, is
announcing a meeting to solicit input
from the public that will inform the
development of a strategic plan for
federal youth policy.
DATES: October 19, 2010, from 9 a.m.–
1 p.m.
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at the Colorado Plaza Towers at 633
17th Street, Denver, CO 80202.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Standards Committee Schedule for the Assessment of HIT
Policy Committee Recommendations
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 3003(b)(3) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 mandates that the HIT Standards Committee develop a
schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations developed by the
HIT Policy Committee and publish it in the Federal Register. This
notice fulfills the requirements of Section 3003(b)(3) and updates the
schedule posted in the Federal Register on May 26, 2009. In
anticipation of receiving recommendations originally developed by the
HIT Policy Committee, the HIT Standards Committee has created four (4)
workgroups or subcommittees to analyze the areas of clinical quality,
clinical operations, implementation, and privacy and security.
HIT Standards Committee Schedule for the Assessment of HIT Policy
Committee Recommendations
The National Coordinator will establish priority areas based in
part on recommendations received from the HIT Policy Committee
regarding health information technology standards, implementation
specifications, and/or certification criteria. Once the HIT Standards
Committee is informed of those priority areas, it will:
(A) Direct the appropriate workgroup or subcommittee to develop a
report for the HIT Standards Committee, to the extent possible, within
90 days, which will include among other items the following:
(1) An assessment of what standards, implementation specifications,
and certification criteria are currently available to meet the priority
area;
(2) an assessment of where gaps exist (i.e., no standard is
available or harmonization is required because more than one standard
exists) and identify potential organizations that have the capability
to address those gaps; and
(3) a timeline, which may also account for NIST testing where
appropriate, and include dates when the HIT Standards Committee is
expected to issue recommendation(s) to the National Coordinator.
(B) Upon receipt of a subcommittee report, the HIT Standards
Committee will:
(1) Accept the timeline provided by the subcommittee, and if
necessary, revise it; and
(2) assign subcommittee(s) to conduct research and solicit
testimony, where appropriate, and issue recommendations to the full
committee, in a timely manner.
(C) Advise the National Coordinator, consistent with the accepted
timeline in (B)(1) and after NIST testing, where appropriate, on
standards, implementation specifications, and/or certification
criteria, for the National Coordinator's review and determination
whether or not to endorse the recommendations, and possible adoption of
the proposed recommendations by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
For a listing of upcoming HIT Standards Committee meetings, please
visit the ONC Web site at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Notice of this schedule is given under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), section 3003.
Erin Poetter,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology.
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