[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 8735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3725]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Healthcare Information Infrastructure Proposal 
(HIIT)

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 27, 1994, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the South Carolina 
Research Authority (``SCRA'') filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties, led by SCRA, Columbia, SC, under the Healthcare Open 
Systems & Trials (HOST) Consortium, Austin, TX, are General Electric 
Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, NY; Microelectronics & 
Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX; Medical University of 
South Carolina, Charleston, SC; BellSouth Business Systems, Columbia, 
SC; TransQuick, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Coleman Research Corporation, 
Springfield, VA; Marco International, Calverton, MD; Connecticut 
Hospital Research and Education Foundation, Wallingford, CT; University 
of Georgia, Athens, GA; and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 
NJ. The Healthcare Information Infrastructure Technology (``HIIT'') is 
an innovative, industry-led program involving healthcare and technology 
experts. The general area of planned activity is to develop 
infrastructure tools that will accelerate the adoption of open systems, 
enabling the emergence of the virtual healthcare enterprise. SCRA is 
responsible for managing the overall effort.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-3725 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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