HIT Policy Committee's Workgroup Meetings; Notice of Meetings, 28784 [2011-12110]

Download as PDF 28784 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 18, 2011 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HIT Policy Committee’s Workgroup Meetings; Notice of Meetings Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. ACTION: Notice of meetings. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: This notice announces forthcoming subcommittee meetings of a federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meetings will be open to the public via dial-in access only. Name of Committees: HIT Policy Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful Use, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, Quality Measures, Governance, Adoption/Certification, and Information Exchange workgroups. 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 HIT Policy Committee Workgroups will hold the following public meetings during June 2011: June 1st Meaningful Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; June 3rd Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m/ ET; June 16th Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./ET; and June 30th Enrollment Workgroup, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m/ET. Location: All workgroup meetings will be available via webcast; for instructions on how to listen via telephone or Web visit https:// healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC website for additional information or revised schedules as it becomes available. 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 these meetings. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that affect a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:31 May 17, 2011 Jkt 223001 Agenda: The workgroups will be discussing issues related to their specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful use, information exchange, privacy and security, quality measures, governance, or adoption/certification. If background materials are associated with the workgroup meetings, they will be posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the meeting at https://healthit.hhs.gov. Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the workgroups. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before two days prior to the workgroup’s meeting date. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled at the conclusion of each workgroup meeting. 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 session, ONC will take written comments after the meeting until close of business on that day. 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: May 9, 2011. Judith Sparrow, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2011–12110 Filed 5–17–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HIT Standards Committee’s Workgroup Meetings; Notice of Meetings Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. ACTION: Notice of meetings. AGENCY: This notice announces forthcoming subcommittee meetings of a Federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meetings will be open to the public via dial-in access only. PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Name of Committees: HIT Standards Committee’s Workgroups: Clinical Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, Clinical Quality, Implementation, and Privacy & Security Standards workgroups. General Function of the Committee: To provide 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. Date and Time: The HIT Standards Committee Workgroups will hold the following public meetings during June 2011: June 1st Vocabulary Task Force, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m./ET; June 6th Clinical Quality Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m./ ET; June 17th Clinical Operations Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m./ET; June 20th Clinical Quality Workgroup, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m./ET; and Clinical Operations Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET. Location: All workgroup meetings will be available via webcast; visit https://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions on how to listen via telephone or Web. Please check the ONC Web site for additional information as it becomes available. 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-todate information on these meetings. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that affect a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Agenda: The workgroups will be discussing issues related to their specific subject matter, e.g., clinical operations vocabulary standards, clinical quality, implementation opportunities and challenges, and privacy and security standards activities. If background materials are associated with the workgroup meetings, they will be posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the meeting at https:// healthit.hhs.gov. Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the workgroups. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before two days prior to the workgroups’ meeting dates. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled at the conclusion of each E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 28784]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-12110]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Policy Committee's Workgroup Meetings; Notice of Meetings

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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    This notice announces forthcoming subcommittee meetings of a 
federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meetings will be open to 
the public via dial-in access only.
    Name of Committees: HIT Policy Committee's Workgroups: Meaningful 
Use, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, Quality Measures, Governance, 
Adoption/Certification, and Information Exchange workgroups.
    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 HIT Policy Committee Workgroups will hold the 
following public meetings during June 2011: June 1st Meaningful 
Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; June 3rd Privacy & Security Tiger 
Team, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m/ET; June 16th Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 
p.m. to 4 p.m./ET; and June 30th Enrollment Workgroup, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m/
ET.
    Location: All workgroup meetings will be available via webcast; for 
instructions on how to listen via telephone or Web visit https://healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC website for additional 
information or revised schedules as it becomes available.
    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 these meetings. A notice in the Federal 
Register about last minute modifications that affect a previously 
announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly 
enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: The workgroups will be discussing issues related to their 
specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful use, information exchange, 
privacy and security, quality measures, governance, or adoption/
certification. If background materials are associated with the 
workgroup meetings, they will be posted on ONC's Web site prior to the 
meeting at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the workgroups. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before two 
days prior to the workgroup's meeting date. Oral comments from the 
public will be scheduled at the conclusion of each workgroup meeting. 
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 session, ONC 
will take written comments after the meeting until close of business on 
that day.
    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: May 9, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-12110 Filed 5-17-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4150-45-P

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