[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19802]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Contract Review Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following 
advisory subcommittee scheduled to meet during the month of August 
1996:

    Name: Subcommittee on Request for Proposal No. AHCPR-96-0006, A 
Study of Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)--Status, Usage, 
and Barriers to Implementation.
    Date and Time: August 14, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive 
Office Center, 6th Floor Conference Room, 2101 East Jefferson 
Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee's charge is to provide, on behalf of 
the Health Care Policy and Research Contracts Review Committee, 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary and to the 
Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), 
regarding the scientific and technical merit of contract proposals 
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals. The 
purpose of this two-year contract is threefold: (1) To identify 
vendors of CDSS and describe the characteristics of these 
commercially available systems, including the sources of the medical 
knowledge embedded or accessed by the CDSS and the extent to which 
they integrate AHCPR's Clinical Practice Guidelines and other 
guidelines; (2) to describe the health care environments in the CDSS 
are utilized and the extent to which these systems are integrated 
with other clinical information systems in these environments; and 
(3) to describe the perceptions regarding barriers to the widespread 
adoption and use of CDSS.
    Agenda: The session of the Subcommittee will be devoted entirely 
to the technical review and evaluation of contract proposals 
submitted in response to the above referenced Request for Proposal. 
The Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this 
meeting will not be open to the public. This is necessary to protect 
the free exchange of views and avoid undue interference with 
Committee and Department operations, and safeguard confidential 
proprietary information and personal information concerning 
individuals associated with the proposals that may be revealed 
during the sessions. This is in accordance with section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, Department 
regulations, 45 CFR section 11.5(a)(6), and procurement regulations, 
48 CFR section 315.604(d). Anyone wishing to obtain information 
regarding this meeting should contact Sharon Williams, Office of 
Management, Contracts Management Staff, Agency for Health Care 
Policy and Research, Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson 
Street, Suite 601, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, (301) 594-1445.

    Dated: July 29, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-19802 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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