[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40619-40620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16821]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for What's In Your
Health Record Video Challenge
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
Award Approving Official: Lygeia Ricciardi, Director, Office of
Consumer eHealth.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (ONC) announces the launch of the What's In Your Health
Record Video Challenge. This challenge is an open call for the public
to create and submit short, compelling videos sharing how getting
access to your health record and checking the information can help make
sure you or your loved one get the best care. Having access to your
health record is fundamental to your ability to participate in your
health care.
Patients and their families have a legal right under the HIPAA
Privacy Rule to request to see and get a copy of their health record
(``right to access'') from most doctors, hospitals and other health
care providers, such as pharmacies and nursing homes, as well as from
their health plans. Patients can use that information to better
understand their health, to coordinate their care with other health
care providers or to help identify possible errors or omissions in
their medical records. Patients can get access to their health
information through a patient portal, or a personal health record (PHR)
or by email.
This is the third in a series of Health IT video contests that will
occur throughout 2012. The video contests are one way to crowd source
stories from the public about how they are benefiting from health
information technology (health IT). This is one way ONC is working to
motivate and inspire individuals to play a more active role in their
health. Each video contest will be a call to action for members of the
public to create a short video clip [2 minutes or less] on a particular
topic, and will award cash prizes to winners in several categories.
DATES: Effective on July 2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Poetter, Consumer e-Health Policy
Analyst, [email protected] 202.205.3310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
The What's In Your Record? Video Challenge invites you to create a
short, compelling video (<2 min in length) sharing a personal story
about how getting access (electronic or paper copy) to view your health
record and knowing what's inside helped make sure you or your loved one
got the best care. Being able to view what's in our medical record can
empower us to play a more active role in our health care by allowing us
to check to make sure the information on file is correct and complete
(e.g. make sure no medications or allergies are missing), and that all
the people who care for us have the right information available to make
the best decisions about our health (e.g. if you are changing doctors
or getting a second opinion from a specialist).
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.
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(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
(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.
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.
Registration Process for Participants
1. During the Challenge Submission Period, visit http://YourRecord.Challenge.gov and register (Registration is free) or log in
with an existing ChallengePost account. After a Contestant signs up, a
confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided. The
Contestant must use the confirmation email to verify his or her email
address. The registered Contestant will then be able to enter a
Submission.
2. On YourRecord.Challenge.gov, click ``Accept this challenge'' to
register your interest in participating. This step ensures that you
will receive important challenge updates.
3. Create a video and ensure the following (please read the
Official Rules on http://YourRecord.challenge.gov for complete
requirements):
a. Your video addresses questions such as:
i. What prompted you to ask for access to your health record?
ii. What did you find when you reviewed your health record?
iii. How did you, or your health care provider, improve your
quality of care or that of a loved one after gaining access to your
health record? In other words, what was the benefit of being able to
view what was in your record?
iv. What did you, or your provider learn from accessing your health
record? Was any information missing or incorrect?
v. What kinds of things were you able to do with your record once
you had access to it? Share it with other providers? Check to make sure
the information was correct? What else?
b. Your video gives a specific example (personal story, experience,
testimonial, or thoughtful idea) of the benefits of having access to
view your health record and the ability to review what is in your
health record.
c. Your video encourages viewers to visit www.HealthIT.gov and to
ask their health care provider to see and get a copy of their medical
record.
d. Your video is no longer than 2 minutes.
4. Confirm that you have read and agreed to the Official Rules. A
Contestant will be required to fill out the submission form on
YourRecord.Challenge.gov and must provide:
The title of the Video;
A link to the Video on YouTube.com or Vimeo.com (the Video
should be no longer than 2 minutes);
A text description of how you or a loved one benefitted
from having access to your health record
A transcript of the words spoken or sung in the video; and
Uploaded consent forms for everyone who appears in the
video regardless of age.
All individuals that appear in a Video must complete and sign the
Video Consent Form. If a minor appears in the Video, the minor's
parent/legal guardian must also sign the Video Consent Form. A
Submission will not be considered complete and eligible to win prizes
without a completed Video Consent Form being uploaded from all
individuals that appear in the Video. All completed Video Consent Forms
must include a handwritten signature, and be scanned, combined in to a
single file (ZIP, PDF, or doc), and uploaded on the submission form on
BloodPressure.Challenge.gov.
Amount of the Prize
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Winner Prize Quantity
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First Prize....................................... $3,000 1
Second Prize...................................... 2,000 1
Third Prize....................................... 1,000 1
Honorable Mention................................. 500 2
Popular Choice Award.............................. 700 1
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Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected
Submissions that meet category requirements will be evaluated by an
internal panel of judges for Category Prizes based on the following
criteria (to be equally weighted):
1. Quality of the Story (Includes elements such as the authenticity
and originality of your story and how you described getting a copy of
your information and using it to improve your quality of care or the
care of a loved one.)
2. Potential Impact for motivating and inspiring others to access
their health record (Includes whether the video is compelling,
instructive, and easy to follow so that others can achieve similar
benefits after gaining access to their health record.)
The five (5) Contestants whose Submissions earn the highest
overall score will win, the prize money as outlined in the chart. In
the event of a tie, winners will be selected based on their score on
the criteria described in (1) and then (2). If there is still a tie
then the winner will be selected based on a vote by the judging
panel.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: June 28, 2012.
Erin Poetter,
Consumer e-Health Policy Analyst, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology (ONC), Office of the Secretary (OS).
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