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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:
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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, 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 October 2011: October 5 and
6, Meaningful Use Workgroup’s hearing and
public meeting, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m./ET; October
7th, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 to 4
p.m./ET; October 18th Meaningful Use
Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; October
20th, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 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
Web site for additional information or
revised schedules as it becomes available.
Detailed information on the October 5 and 6
Meaningful Use meetings can be found on
the ONC Web site 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.
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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: September 1, 2011.
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
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,
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 October 2011: October 5 and 6,
Meaningful Use Workgroup's hearing and public meeting, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m./ET; October 7th, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 to 4 p.m./ET;
October 18th Meaningful Use Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET;
October 20th, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 2 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 Web site for additional
information or revised schedules as it becomes available. Detailed
information on the October 5 and 6 Meaningful Use meetings can be
found on the ONC Web site 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: September 1, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-23049 Filed 9-8-11; 8:45 am]
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