[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66306-66307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27681]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Leading Health
Indicators App Challenge
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
SUMMARY: October 31, 2011 marks the national release of the Healthy
People 2020 leading health indicators (LHIs). The LHIs were developed
to communicate high-priority health issues to the public, and actions
that can be taken to address them. The Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, in partnership with Health 2.0 and the Office of the
National Coordinator of Health IT, is launching an LHI App Challenge to
encourage teams of developers and health professionals to build an
application that addresses one or more LHI topics on a community level.
The overall purpose of the Challenge is to provide public health
practitioners, business, elected officials, clinicians and the public
with applications to help achieve national priority health goals.
DATES: Effective on October 31, 2011. Important dates include the
following:
October 31, 2011: Announcement of the LHI App Challenge at the
139th Annual APHA Meeting.
March 16, 2012: Deadline for Submissions.
April 10, 2012: Winners will be announced during the 2012 Health
Promotion Summit in Washington, DC.
ADDRESSES: Registration opens on challenge.gov and http://
www:health2challenge.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Silje Lier, MPH, Communication and
eHealth Service Fellow, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, [email protected], 240-453-6113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition: Leading Health Indicators App
Challenge.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition:
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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 in the reporting chain of Dr. Howard Koh in the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
(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.
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.
Challenge participants will be expected to sign a liability release
as part of the contest registration process. The liability release will
use the following language:
By participating in this competition, I 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 my
participation in this prize contest, whether the injury, death,
damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.
Registration Process for Participants:
Participants can register for the Challenge by visiting http://www.health2challenge.org or http://www.challenge.gov. Registration will
be open from October 31, 2011 to March 15, 2012.
Amount of the Prize:
Challenge winners will be provided monetary cash prizes, totaling
$15,000. The first place winner will receive $10,000. The second place
winner will receive $3,000. And the third place winner will receive
$2,000. Winners will be invited to demonstrate their apps at the 2012
Health Promotion Summit in Washington, DC.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will be Selected:
Challenge submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges with
relevant expertise in health IT and in Healthy People 2020. Winners
will be selected based on the following criteria:
(1) Easy Access and Navigation.
(2) Platform Neutrality.
(3) User Appeal.
(4) Innovative Design.
(5) Broad Applicability.
(6) Integration of Health Data.
(7) Evidence of Co-Design and Collaboration.
Judges will also award bonus points to submissions that align with
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and ones that
incorporate plain language and health literacy principles.
Award Approving Official: Carter Blakey, Acting Director, Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Additional Information: The Healthy People Web site, http://www.HealthyPeople.gov, contains objectives, targets, and baseline data
for all of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas. From healthypeople.gov,
challenge participants will also be able to access the corresponding
leading health indicators from the HHS Health Indicators Warehouse.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
Carter Blakey,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
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