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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority; Office of
The National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology
ACTION:
Notice.
The Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology has reorganized its office in
order to more effectively meet the
mission outlined by The Health
Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part
of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The
reorganization includes one change and
five functional realignments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam
Shellenberger, Office of the National
Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, 200
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20201, 202–690–7151.
Part A, Office of the Secretary,
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Chapter AR, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC), as
amended at 74 FR 62785–62786, dated
December 1, 2009, as corrected at 75 FR
49494, dated August 13, 2010, as
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amended at 76 FR 6795, dated February
8, 2011, and as last amended at 76 FR
65196, dated October 20, 2011, is
amended as follows:
I. Under Section AR.10 Organization,
insert ‘‘Office of the Chief Medical
Officer (ARG)’’ as item C as follows and
renumber items C through G
accordingly.
II. Under Section AR. 10
Organization, delete ‘‘E. Office of the
Chief Scientist (ARC)’’ and replace it
with ‘‘E. Office of Science and
Technology (ARC).’’
III. Under Section AR.10
Organization, add a new line, ‘‘I. Office
of Communications (ARH).’’
IV. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
insert the following new Paragraph C
and renumber Paragraphs C through G
accordingly:
C. Office of the Chief Medical Officer
(ARG): The Office of the Chief Medical
Officer works with and reports directly
to the National Coordinator and will be
responsible for working with private
sector medical organizations to achieve
widespread use of health information
technology by physicians.
V. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
Paragraph B, ‘‘Office of the Principal
Deputy (ARA1),’’ at the end of the
second sentence, remove ‘‘and, Office of
the Chief Scientist’’ and add the
following new language to the end of
the sentence, ‘‘Office of Science and
Technology, and Office of
Communications.’’
VI. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
Paragraph E, ‘‘Office of the Chief
Scientist (ARC)’’:
A. Replace all instances of ‘‘Office of
the Chief Scientist’’ with ‘‘Office of
Science and Technology.’’
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B. Remove ‘‘and’’ before item (6) in
the second sentence and add the
following new language to the end of
the sentence, ‘‘; and (7) developing the
mechanisms for establishing and
implementing standards necessary for
nationwide health information
exchange.’’
VII. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
Paragraph F, ‘‘Office of the Deputy
National Coordinator for Programs &
Policy (ARD)’’:
A. Under the second sentence, remove
’’(3) developing the mechanisms for
establishing and implementing
standards necessary for nationwide
health information exchange;’’ and
renumber items (4) through (6)
accordingly.
B. Remove the ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(5)’’ and
add the following new language to the
end of the second sentence: ‘‘; (6)
overseeing consumer use of electronic
personal health information; and (7)
leading activities for certification of
health information technology.’’
VIII. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
Paragraph G, ‘‘Office of the Deputy
National Coordinator for Operations
(ARE),’’ third sentence, remove ‘‘(5)
stakeholder communications;’’ and
renumber item (6) accordingly.
IX. Under Section AR.20 Functions,
insert new Paragraph I, as follows:
I. Office of Communications (ARH):
The Office of Communications is
headed by a Director. The Office is
responsible for: (1) Setting the strategic
direction for ONC communications
efforts; (2) guiding the development of
a comprehensive stakeholder
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communications and constituency
relations plan; and, (3) ensuring that all
communications activities are
developed and implemented consistent
with and in support of this plan. The
Office’s activities promote ONC’s
broader mission of the nationwide
implementation of interoperable health
information technology in both the
public and private health care sectors.
Such activities include identifying ways
to increase awareness of the value of
electronic health records (EHRs) to
improve health care and to create
awareness of the HITECH Act
provisions among all stakeholders.
X. Delegation of Authority. Pending
further delegation, directives or orders
by the Secretary or by the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, all delegations and
redelegations of authority made to
officials and employees of affected
organizational components will
continue in them or their successors
pending further redelegations, provided
they are consistent with this
reorganization.
Dated: May 7, 2012.
E.J. Holland, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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Proposed Project
Critical Thinking and Cultural
Affirmation (CTCA): Evaluation of a
Locally Developed HIV Prevention
Intervention—New—National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
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Background and Brief Description
In 2005, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) reported
that 80,187 African Americans were
diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, which
represents 51% of persons diagnosed.
African-American men with HIV/AIDS
represented 44% of all cases among
males (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention [CDC], 2005). These statistics
have been consistently disproportional
since the late 1990s, with African
Americans bearing the greatest burden
of new HIV cases in most regions of the
United States. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention estimates that at
the end of 2006, Blacks were
disproportionately affected by HIV. The
2006 HIV infection rate in Blacks was
nearly twice the rate of Whites (92 out
of every 100,000 Blacks compared to 48
per 100,000 Whites and 31 per 100,000
Hispanics). Among males, Black males
accounted for the largest number of
diagnosed HIV infections and have the
highest HIV infection rate of any race/
ethnicity group (144 per 100,000,
compared to 94 per 100,000 for White
males and 50 per 100,000 for Hispanic
males
While many HIV prevention and
intervention studies include samples of
African-American men and AfricanAmerican Men who have Sex with Men
(AAMSM), beyond demonstrating
disparities in seroprevalence between
and among racial groups, few have been
specifically designed and evaluated for
efficacy among African American men.
Because few HIV prevention
interventions targeting AAMSM have
been developed and rigorously
evaluated, while their HIV infection
rates remain disproportionately high
and continue to rise, identifying
effective interventions for AAMSM is a
public health imperative.
The purpose of this project is to test
the efficacy of an HIV transmission
prevention intervention for reducing
sexual risk among African American
men who have sex with men in Chicago,
Illinois. The intervention is a 3-day
weekend retreat, group-level CTCA
intervention that combines cultural
affirmation with critical thinking and
empowerment, to increase reasoning
skill, problem solving capacity, selfprotective behavior change, and wellbeing which facilitates the reduction of
risky sexual behaviors. A convenience
sample of 438 AAMSM will be recruited
to participate in the study. We
anticipate recruiting potential
participants for the CTCA RCT through
a variety of community venues, using
both active (i.e., venue outreach) and
passive (i.e., referral, flyers/handcards,
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Internet) recruitment techniques. The
intervention will be evaluated using
baseline, 3-month and 6-month follow
up assessments. This project will also
conduct exit surveys to identify men
who were more favorable—men who
agreed with positive comments about
the intervention and those who were
less favorable—men who disagreed with
positive comments about the
intervention. Exit interviews will be
conducted with 15 favorable and 15 less
favorable men identified by the Exit
Survey to help understand participants’
experiences with the CTCA intervention
and their thoughts about the content of
the intervention and ways in which it
could be improved. Using the
participant responses to the exit survey,
we will categorize participants into two
categories: Favorable (those men
reporting a favorable reaction to the
intervention) and unfavorable (those
men reporting an unfavorable reaction
to the intervention). Once we have 50
participants in each category, we will
randomly select 15 participants from
each group and invite them to
participate in the exit interview. We
anticipate that we will need to repeat
these procedures and extend an
invitation to at least 65 participants in
order to reach and successfully
interview 15 participants in each group.
CDC is requesting approval for a
3-year clearance for data collection. The
data collection system involves a pre
and full screening, brief locator
information, record locator information,
baseline assessment, 3-month follow-up
assessment, 6-month follow-up
assessment, participant evaluation
forms, exit survey, and exit interviews.
An estimated 1000 men will be prescreened and 515 will be full-screened
for eligibility in order to enroll 438 men.
The baseline and follow up
questionnaires will be administered
electronically using audio computer
assisted self-interview (ACASI). The
ACASI interview includes questions
about participants’ socio-demographic
information, health and healthcare,
sexual activity, substance use, and other
psychosocial issues. The duration of
each baseline, 3-month, and 6-month
assessments are estimated to be 60
minutes; the exit survey 10 minutes; the
exit interview 30 minutes; pre-screening
form 5 minutes; full-screening form 10
minutes; brief locator information form
5 minutes; record locator information
form 10 minutes; each participant
evaluation survey 5 minutes.
There is no cost to participants other
than their time. The total estimated
annual burden hours are 527.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority; Office of The National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology has reorganized its office in order to more effectively meet
the mission outlined by The Health Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The reorganization includes one change
and five functional realignments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Shellenberger, Office of the
National Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, 200 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-690-7151.
Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization,
Functions and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and
Human Services, Chapter AR, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology (ONC), as amended at 74 FR 62785-62786,
dated December 1, 2009, as corrected at 75 FR 49494, dated August 13,
2010, as amended at 76 FR 6795, dated February 8, 2011, and as last
amended at 76 FR 65196, dated October 20, 2011, is amended as follows:
I. Under Section AR.10 Organization, insert ``Office of the Chief
Medical Officer (ARG)'' as item C as follows and renumber items C
through G accordingly.
II. Under Section AR. 10 Organization, delete ``E. Office of the
Chief Scientist (ARC)'' and replace it with ``E. Office of Science and
Technology (ARC).''
III. Under Section AR.10 Organization, add a new line, ``I. Office
of Communications (ARH).''
IV. Under Section AR.20 Functions, insert the following new
Paragraph C and renumber Paragraphs C through G accordingly:
C. Office of the Chief Medical Officer (ARG): The Office of the
Chief Medical Officer works with and reports directly to the National
Coordinator and will be responsible for working with private sector
medical organizations to achieve widespread use of health information
technology by physicians.
V. Under Section AR.20 Functions, Paragraph B, ``Office of the
Principal Deputy (ARA1),'' at the end of the second sentence, remove
``and, Office of the Chief Scientist'' and add the following new
language to the end of the sentence, ``Office of Science and
Technology, and Office of Communications.''
VI. Under Section AR.20 Functions, Paragraph E, ``Office of the
Chief Scientist (ARC)'':
A. Replace all instances of ``Office of the Chief Scientist'' with
``Office of Science and Technology.''
B. Remove ``and'' before item (6) in the second sentence and add
the following new language to the end of the sentence, ``; and (7)
developing the mechanisms for establishing and implementing standards
necessary for nationwide health information exchange.''
VII. Under Section AR.20 Functions, Paragraph F, ``Office of the
Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy (ARD)'':
A. Under the second sentence, remove ''(3) developing the
mechanisms for establishing and implementing standards necessary for
nationwide health information exchange;'' and renumber items (4)
through (6) accordingly.
B. Remove the ``and'' before ``(5)'' and add the following new
language to the end of the second sentence: ``; (6) overseeing consumer
use of electronic personal health information; and (7) leading
activities for certification of health information technology.''
VIII. Under Section AR.20 Functions, Paragraph G, ``Office of the
Deputy National Coordinator for Operations (ARE),'' third sentence,
remove ``(5) stakeholder communications;'' and renumber item (6)
accordingly.
IX. Under Section AR.20 Functions, insert new Paragraph I, as
follows:
I. Office of Communications (ARH): The Office of Communications is
headed by a Director. The Office is responsible for: (1) Setting the
strategic direction for ONC communications efforts; (2) guiding the
development of a comprehensive stakeholder
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communications and constituency relations plan; and, (3) ensuring that
all communications activities are developed and implemented consistent
with and in support of this plan. The Office's activities promote ONC's
broader mission of the nationwide implementation of interoperable
health information technology in both the public and private health
care sectors. Such activities include identifying ways to increase
awareness of the value of electronic health records (EHRs) to improve
health care and to create awareness of the HITECH Act provisions among
all stakeholders.
X. Delegation of Authority. Pending further delegation, directives
or orders by the Secretary or by the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, all delegations and redelegations of authority
made to officials and employees of affected organizational components
will continue in them or their successors pending further
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.
Dated: May 7, 2012.
E.J. Holland, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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