[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51278-51279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24041]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology


HIT Policy Committee's Information Exchange Workgroup 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 subcommittee meeting of a 
Federal 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, Information Exchange 
Workgroup.
    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. 
The Information Exchange Workgroup is charged with making 
recommendations to the HIT Policy Committee on issues related to 
policies, governance, sustainability, and architectural approaches to 
enable health information exchange.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 20, 2009, from 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Location: The Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW., 
Washington, DC. The hotel telephone number is 202-234-0700.
    Contact Person: Jonathan Ishee, JD, MPH, MS, LLM, Office of the 
National Coordinator, HHS, 200 Independence Ave., SW., Room 729-G, 
Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-8493, Fax: 202-690-6079, e-mail: 
[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 Workgroup will be hearing testimony from invited 
experts and stakeholders in the area of electronic exchange of 
laboratory information. 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 posed on ONC's Web site after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
October 15, 2009. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. If the number of speakers requesting to 
comment is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the 
scheduled open public hearing session, ONC will take written comments 
after the meeting until close of business.
    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 Judy Sparrow, 202-205-4528, 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).


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    Dated: September 30, 2009.
Jonathan Ishee,
Office of Policy and Research, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-24041 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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