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the Challenge, or any part of it, for any
reason, at ONC’s sole discretion.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: October 11, 2012.
Farzad Mostashari,
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012–25695 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for Caregivers Video
Challenge
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Caregivers Video
Challenge is an opportunity for
members of the public to create short,
<2 min videos sharing how they use
health IT and eHealth tools to help
manage care for a loved one. Cash prizes
are available to winning videos.
DATES: Effective on October 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Poetter, Policy Analyst, Office of
Consumer eHealth, ONC, erin.poetter@
hhs.gov, 202–205–3310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition:
The Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology
(ONC), seeks to motivate and inspire
patients and their family caregivers to
get access to their health information
and to leverage health IT and other
consumer eHealth tools to be
empowered to better manage their
health and the health of loved ones.
Patients and their family caregivers
today have access to an unprecedented
number of tools and resources to
enhance their ability to manage care.
The Caregivers Video Challenge is an
opportunity for members of the public
to create short (<2 min long) videos
sharing how they use health IT and
eHealth tools to learn about or better
manage the care for a loved one. This is
the sixth in a series of Health IT Video
Contests that ONC has sponsored
throughout 2012. The goal of this video
contest series is to generate inspirational
stories that may be used to motivate and
inspire others to leverage technology to
better manage their health and be more
engaged partners in their health and
health care. Family caregivers can
include: prenatal or child care, care for
a spouse or partner, and care for an
elderly parent, relative or friend. Videos
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will demonstrate how health IT can be
used to help caregivers learn about or
better manage care. Video topics could
include:
• Leveraging health IT to monitor
remotely a loved one’s care
• Helping make sure the care they
receive reflects personal preferences
• Coordinating care transitions
• Improving patient or caregiver
collaboration with a healthcare provider
• Accessing or establishing electronic
health records
• Caregiver-to-caregiver/parent-toparent support
• Medication management
• Caregiver-provider collaboration
Please refer to the https://Caregivers.
challenge.gov Web site for the most up
to date information about the contest
and deadlines since they are subject to
change.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in
the Competition:
To be eligible to win a prize under
this challenge, an individual or entity—
(1) Shall have registered to participate
in the competition under the rules
promulgated by HHS;
(2) Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section;
(3) In the case of a private entity, shall
be incorporated in and maintain a
primary place of business in the United
States, and in the case of an individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, shall be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States; and
(4) May not be a Federal entity or
Federal employee acting within the
scope of their employment.
(5) Shall not be an HHS employee
working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty
hours.
(6) Shall not be an employee of the
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
(7) Federal grantees may not use
Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications unless
consistent with the purpose of their
grant award.
(8) Federal contractors may not use
Federal funds from a contract to develop
COMPETES Act challenge applications
or to fund efforts in support of a
COMPETES Act challenge submission.
(9) May not be:
a. An employee of a commercial
business whose name, brand name,
product or other trademark is
mentioned or featured in the Video, or
b. A contractor or employee of an
affiliate, subsidiary, advertising agency,
or any other company involved in
marketing a commercial business, brand
name, product or other trademark
mentioned or featured in the Video.
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All individual members of a team
must meet the eligibility requirements.
An individual or entity shall not be
deemed ineligible because the
individual or entity used Federal
facilities or consulted with Federal
employees during a competition if the
facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals and entities
participating in the competition on an
equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge,
Contestants agree to assume any and all
risks and waive claims against the
Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property, revenue, or
profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from
participation in this prize contest,
whether the injury, death, damage, or
loss arises through negligence or
otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, Contestants agree to
indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to Challenge
activities.
DATES:
Submission Period Begins: 10:00 a.m.,
EDT, October 22, 2012.
Submission Period Ends: 5:00 p.m.,
EDT, December 10, 2012.
Registration Process for Participants:
1. To register for the Caregivers Video
Challenge participants should: Access
the https://Challenge.gov Web site and
search for the ‘‘Caregivers Video
Challenge.’’ Interested persons should
read the official rules posted on the
Challenge site at https://Caregivers.
Challenge.gov. Contestants must
Register or use an existing
ChallengePost account.
2. On https://Caregivers.Challenge.gov,
click ‘‘Accept this challenge’’ to register
your interest in participating. This step
ensures that you will receive important
challenge updates.
Prize:
Winner
First Prize .................
Second Prize ............
Third Prize ................
Honorable Prize ........
Popular Choice .........
Prize
$3,000
2,000
1,250
750
600
Quantity
1
1
1
2
1
Awards may be subject to Federal
income taxes and HHS will comply with
IRS withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
Selected:
The judging panel will make
selections based upon the following
criteria:
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1. Creativity (Includes elements such
as the creativity and coherence of the
script/story)
2. Potential Impact (Includes whether
the video is compelling, inspiring,
instructive, and share-able.)
3. Video and Audio Quality (All types
of videos will be accepted into the
Challenge. However, effort to show
quality of the video content, narrative
and visual appearance will be assessed.)
4. Video Plays (Includes the number
of plays on either YouTube or Vimeo—
whichever service was linked to in the
submission. The more plays the video
has the better it will score in this
category.)
There will be one Popular Choice
award for the video that receives the
most number of verified votes during
the voting period.
Additional information
By participating in this Challenge,
each Contestant grants to the ONC, the
Administrator and others acting on
behalf of ONC, an irrevocable, paid-up,
royalty-free nonexclusive worldwide
license to post, link to, share, and
display publicly on the Web. This
license includes posting or linking to
the Submission on the official ONC Web
sites and Web sites of other who have
agreed to promote the Challenge,
making it available for use by the
public. By entering the challenge,
contestants agree to make the original
digital file of their Video available to
ONC and/or the Administrator or others
acting on behalf of ONC upon request.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting
Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners
must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and
winning is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements herein. The initial finalists
will be notified by email, telephone, or
mail after the date of the judging.
Awards may be subject to Federal
income taxes, and the Department of
Health and Human Services will comply
with the Internal Revenue Service
withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
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General Conditions
Participation in this Contest
constitutes a contestant’s full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the
Contest’s Official Rules found at
www.Challenge.gov.
Sponsor of Administrator reserves the
right to cancel, suspend and/or modify
the Challenge, or any part of it, for any
reason, at ONC’s sole discretion.
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Dated: October 11, 2012.
Farzad Mostashari,
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Availability: Test Tools and
Test Procedures Approved for the
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology (ONC)
HIT Certification Program
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11.
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ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces the
availability of test tools and test
procedures approved by the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (the National Coordinator)
for the testing of EHR technology under
the ONC HIT Certification Program to
the 2011 Edition EHR certification
criteria. The approved test tools and test
procedures are identified on the ONC
Web site at: https://www.healthit.gov/
policy-researchers-implementers/2011edition-approved-test-methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Bean, Director, Office of
Certification, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, 202–690–7151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 7, 2011, the Department of
Health and Human Services issued a
final rule establishing a permanent
certification program for the purposes of
testing and certifying health information
technology (‘‘Establishment of the
Permanent Certification Program for
Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR
1262) (Permanent Certification Program
final rule).1 The permanent certification
program was renamed the ‘‘ONC HIT
Certification Program’’ in a final rule
published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR
54163). The preamble of the Permanent
Certification Program final rule stated
that when the National Coordinator had
SUMMARY:
1 The Department issued a proposed rule entitled
‘‘Proposed Establishment of Certification Programs
for Health Information Technology’’ (75 FR 11328,
March 10, 2010) that proposed the establishment of
a temporary certification program and a permanent
certification program and stated the Department’s
intentions to issue separate final rules for each
program.
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approved test tools and/or test
procedures ONC would publish a notice
of availability in the Federal Register
and identify the approved test tools and
test procedures on the ONC Web site. As
discussed in the Permanent Certification
Program final rule, we anticipated that
many of the test tools and test
procedures that were developed by the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) and approved for
use in the temporary certification
program would be approved for use in
performing the testing of EHR
technology under the ONC HIT
Certification Program, particularly when
the adopted certification criteria to
which the test tools and test procedures
applied had not been revised.
The National Coordinator has
approved for use under the ONC HIT
Certification Program the test tools and
test procedures developed by NIST for
testing EHR technology to the 2011
Edition EHR certification criteria. These
approved test tools and test procedures
are identified on the ONC Web site at:
https://www.healthit.gov/policyresearchers-implementers/2011-editionapproved-test-methods.
Dated: October 11, 2012.
Farzad Mostashari,
National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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In compliance with the requirement
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Caregivers
Video Challenge
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Caregivers Video Challenge is an opportunity for members
of the public to create short, <2 min videos sharing how they use
health IT and eHealth tools to help manage care for a loved one. Cash
prizes are available to winning videos.
DATES: Effective on October 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Poetter, Policy Analyst, Office
of Consumer eHealth, ONC, erin.poetter@hhs.gov, 202-205-3310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition: The Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), seeks to motivate
and inspire patients and their family caregivers to get access to their
health information and to leverage health IT and other consumer eHealth
tools to be empowered to better manage their health and the health of
loved ones. Patients and their family caregivers today have access to
an unprecedented number of tools and resources to enhance their ability
to manage care. The Caregivers Video Challenge is an opportunity for
members of the public to create short (<2 min long) videos sharing how
they use health IT and eHealth tools to learn about or better manage
the care for a loved one. This is the sixth in a series of Health IT
Video Contests that ONC has sponsored throughout 2012. The goal of this
video contest series is to generate inspirational stories that may be
used to motivate and inspire others to leverage technology to better
manage their health and be more engaged partners in their health and
health care. Family caregivers can include: prenatal or child care,
care for a spouse or partner, and care for an elderly parent, relative
or friend. Videos will demonstrate how health IT can be used to help
caregivers learn about or better manage care. Video topics could
include:
Leveraging health IT to monitor remotely a loved one's
care
Helping make sure the care they receive reflects personal
preferences
Coordinating care transitions
Improving patient or caregiver collaboration with a
healthcare provider
Accessing or establishing electronic health records
Caregiver-to-caregiver/parent-to-parent support
Medication management
Caregiver-provider collaboration
Please refer to the https://Caregivers.challenge.gov Web site for
the most up to date information about the contest and deadlines since
they are subject to change.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition:
To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge, an individual
or entity--
(1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under
the rules promulgated by HHS;
(2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this
section;
(3) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group,
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
(4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment.
(5) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty hours.
(6) Shall not be an employee of the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology
(7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications unless consistent with the purpose of their
grant award.
(8) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
(9) May not be:
a. An employee of a commercial business whose name, brand name,
product or other trademark is mentioned or featured in the Video, or
b. A contractor or employee of an affiliate, subsidiary,
advertising agency, or any other company involved in marketing a
commercial business, brand name, product or other trademark mentioned
or featured in the Video.
All individual members of a team must meet the eligibility
requirements.
An individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals and entities participating in the
competition on an equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge, Contestants agree to assume any
and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits,
whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation
in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss
arises through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, Contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to
Challenge activities.
DATES:
Submission Period Begins: 10:00 a.m., EDT, October 22, 2012.
Submission Period Ends: 5:00 p.m., EDT, December 10, 2012.
Registration Process for Participants:
1. To register for the Caregivers Video Challenge participants
should: Access the https://Challenge.gov Web site and search for the
``Caregivers Video Challenge.'' Interested persons should read the
official rules posted on the Challenge site at https://
Caregivers.Challenge.gov. Contestants must Register or use an existing
ChallengePost account.
2. On https://Caregivers.Challenge.gov, click ``Accept this
challenge'' to register your interest in participating. This step
ensures that you will receive important challenge updates.
Prize:
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Winner Prize Quantity
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First Prize....................................... $3,000 1
Second Prize...................................... 2,000 1
Third Prize....................................... 1,250 1
Honorable Prize................................... 750 2
Popular Choice.................................... 600 1
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Awards may be subject to Federal income taxes and HHS will comply
with IRS withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected:
The judging panel will make selections based upon the following
criteria:
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1. Creativity (Includes elements such as the creativity and
coherence of the script/story)
2. Potential Impact (Includes whether the video is compelling,
inspiring, instructive, and share-able.)
3. Video and Audio Quality (All types of videos will be accepted
into the Challenge. However, effort to show quality of the video
content, narrative and visual appearance will be assessed.)
4. Video Plays (Includes the number of plays on either YouTube or
Vimeo--whichever service was linked to in the submission. The more
plays the video has the better it will score in this category.)
There will be one Popular Choice award for the video that receives
the most number of verified votes during the voting period.
Additional information
Submission Rights
By participating in this Challenge, each Contestant grants to the
ONC, the Administrator and others acting on behalf of ONC, an
irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free nonexclusive worldwide license to
post, link to, share, and display publicly on the Web. This license
includes posting or linking to the Submission on the official ONC Web
sites and Web sites of other who have agreed to promote the Challenge,
making it available for use by the public. By entering the challenge,
contestants agree to make the original digital file of their Video
available to ONC and/or the Administrator or others acting on behalf of
ONC upon request.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements herein. The initial finalists will be
notified by email, telephone, or mail after the date of the judging.
Awards may be subject to Federal income taxes, and the Department
of Health and Human Services will comply with the Internal Revenue
Service withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable.
General Conditions
Participation in this Contest constitutes a contestant's full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the Contest's Official Rules found
at www.Challenge.gov.
Sponsor of Administrator reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/
or modify the Challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, at ONC's
sole discretion.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: October 11, 2012.
Farzad Mostashari,
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-25699 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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