[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22787-22788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9133]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
Name of Committee: HIT Policy Committee.
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 meeting will be held on May 2, 2012, from 9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: Washington Marriott, Location: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C
Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. For up-to-date information, go to the
ONC Web site, http://healthit.hhs.gov.
Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National
Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-260-1944,
Fax: 202-690-6079, email: [email protected]. Please call the
contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups,
including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, and updates from ONC and other
Federal agencies. ONC intends to make background material available to
the public no later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If
ONC is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to
the meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the
advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted
on ONC's Web site after the meeting, at http://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.
Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every
effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special
needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Mary Jo Deering 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 http://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: April 6, 2012.
Mary Jo Deering,
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-9133 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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