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Date and Time: The HIT Standards Committee Workgroups will hold the following public meetings during July 2011: July 8th Vocabulary Task Force, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; and July 12th Implementation Workgroup, 12 to 1:30 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 workgroup meeting. Time allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes. If the number of speakers VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:58 Jul 01, 2011 Jkt 223001 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: June 24, 2011. Judith Sparrow, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2011–16755 Filed 7–1–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 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. 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 July 2011: July 8th Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 to 4 p.m./ET; and July 22nd Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 to 4 p.m./ET. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 Web site 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. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). Dated: June 24, 2011. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39107-39108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16755]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Standards 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

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meetings will be open to the public via dial-in access only.
    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 July 2011: July 8th Vocabulary Task 
Force, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; and July 12th Implementation Workgroup, 
12 to 1:30 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-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., 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 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: June 24, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-16755 Filed 7-1-11; 8:45 am]
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