[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60850-60851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23931]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Putting the Person at the Center: Integrating Plans for Long-Term
Services and Supports and Health Care Delivery through Health
Information Technology; Public Workshop; Request for Comments
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living and Office of the National
Coordinator on Health Information Technology, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop; request for comments.
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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announce the following
workshop, Putting the Person at the Center: Integrating Plans for Long-
Term Services and Supports and Health Care Delivery through Health
Information Technology. ACL and the ONC (collectively referred to for
the purpose of this notice as ``the Agencies'') seek input from
stakeholders and experts on the use of health information technology
(health IT) to enable a person-centered approach for planning and
delivering both long-term services and supports (LTSS) and health care,
including how to improve communication and collaboration among
community-based organizations and health care partners. The topics to
be discussed include person-centered planning and how it can serve as a
focus for integrating health IT and LTSS; key opportunities and
challenges; and, delivery and payment reform policy levers that could
be used to accelerate the development of technology solutions in this
arena.
Using health IT to support person and family-centered planning can
provide a path to improving communication and quality of health care
and LTSS, and ensuring that the individual's preferences, priorities
and goals are the foundation for that plan and are addressed across the
spectrum of health care and LTSS settings. Health care LTSS providers
play a critical role in this care continuum. However the pace of health
IT adoption and interoperable communication varies across systems.
Interoperable health IT systems that reach across settings and health
care and community partners would not only enhance communication,
transitional care, and care coordination activities currently underway
within programs funded by the Affordable Care Act, but could also
facilitate the development of an accessible, integrated, person-
centered plan that would better allow individuals to achieve their
goals, manage their services, and enhance their quality of life.
Date and Times: The public workshop will be held on Thursday,
October 16, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4:15pm.
Location: The public workshop will be held at the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC 20201,
Room 800.
Contact person: Caroline Ryan ([email protected])
Registration: Registration is free and available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Persons interested in attending this public
workshop in-person must register online by 5 p.m., on October 10, 2014.
Early registration is recommended because facilities are limited.
Onsite registration on the day of the public workshop will not be
available.
If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please
contact Caroline Ryan ([email protected]) no later than October
10, 2014.
To register to attend the public workshop in-person, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-person-centered-care-planning-and-integration-of-ltss-and-health-care-information-through-tickets-13337042453#. Please provide complete contact information for each
attendee, including name, title, affiliation, email, and telephone
number. Those without internet access should contact Caroline
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Ryan ([email protected]) to register. Registrants will receive
confirmation after they have been accepted.
Webcast of the Public Workshop: This public workshop will also be
available by webcast. Those interested in joining the webcast must
register no later than October 14, 2014. Early registration is
recommended; conference lines are limited. To register for the webcast,
please visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2329630204976253953. Call details will be sent to all registered
participants after October 14, 2014.
Requests for Public Comment: This public workshop will include
topic-focused sessions with opportunities for public comment in-person
or via webcast. The agencies will do their best to accommodate requests
to make public comments. Individuals and organizations with common
interests are urged to consolidate or coordinate their comments.
Comments: The agencies seek broad input from stakeholders and
experts on the use of health information technology (health IT) for the
purposes of developing an integrated, person-centered plan, including
how to improve communication and collaboration among community-based
organizations and health care partners. To obtain broad public comment,
the Agencies are soliciting comments on all aspects of the public
workshop topics.
The deadline for submitting comments related to this public
workshop is October 31, 2014.
Please submit comments to: [email protected]
Transcript: The meeting will be transcribed. A transcript and
meeting materials will be posted on the healthit.gov Web site at:
http://healthitgov-stage.ahrqstg.org/person-centered-care.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Jacob Reider,
Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2014-23931 Filed 10-7-14; 8:45 am]
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