[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1012]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of 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 meeting of a public 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.
    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.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on February 1, 2012, from 
10 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
    Location: Washington Marriot Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW., 
Washington, DC, 20005. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web 
site, http://healthit.hhs.gov
    Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National 
Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 260-
1944, Fax: (202) 690-6079, email: [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 committee will hear reports from its workgroups, 
including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, and updates from ONC and other 
Federal agencies. 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 posted 
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 workgroups. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before two 
days prior to the workgroup's meeting date. Oral comments from the 
public will be scheduled at the conclusion of each workgroup meeting. 
Time allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes. 
If the number of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be 
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public session, ONC 
will take written comments after the meeting until close of business on 
that day.
    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 Mary Jo Deering 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).

    Dated: January 11, 2012.
Mary Jo Deering,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-1012 Filed 1-18-12; 8:45 am]
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