[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2727-2728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1013]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Standards 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 Standards Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to 
the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, 
and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of 
health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the 
implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 
accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on February 29, 2012, from 
9 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
    Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW., Washington, 
US, 20008. 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 Clinical Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, Clinical 
Quality, Implementation, and Enrollment Workgroups. 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,

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orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written 
submissions may be made to the contact person on or before October 17, 
2011. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for 
each presentation will be limited to three minutes each. 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 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 Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-1013 Filed 1-18-12; 8:45 am]
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