[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40619-40620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16821]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for What's In Your 
Health Record Video Challenge

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.
    Award Approving Official: Lygeia Ricciardi, Director, Office of 
Consumer eHealth.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology (ONC) announces the launch of the What's In Your Health 
Record Video Challenge. This challenge is an open call for the public 
to create and submit short, compelling videos sharing how getting 
access to your health record and checking the information can help make 
sure you or your loved one get the best care. Having access to your 
health record is fundamental to your ability to participate in your 
health care.
    Patients and their families have a legal right under the HIPAA 
Privacy Rule to request to see and get a copy of their health record 
(``right to access'') from most doctors, hospitals and other health 
care providers, such as pharmacies and nursing homes, as well as from 
their health plans. Patients can use that information to better 
understand their health, to coordinate their care with other health 
care providers or to help identify possible errors or omissions in 
their medical records. Patients can get access to their health 
information through a patient portal, or a personal health record (PHR) 
or by email.
    This is the third in a series of Health IT video contests that will 
occur throughout 2012. The video contests are one way to crowd source 
stories from the public about how they are benefiting from health 
information technology (health IT). This is one way ONC is working to 
motivate and inspire individuals to play a more active role in their 
health. Each video contest will be a call to action for members of the 
public to create a short video clip [2 minutes or less] on a particular 
topic, and will award cash prizes to winners in several categories.

DATES: Effective on July 2, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Poetter, Consumer e-Health Policy 
Analyst, [email protected] 202.205.3310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subject of Challenge Competition

    The What's In Your Record? Video Challenge invites you to create a 
short, compelling video (<2 min in length) sharing a personal story 
about how getting access (electronic or paper copy) to view your health 
record and knowing what's inside helped make sure you or your loved one 
got the best care. Being able to view what's in our medical record can 
empower us to play a more active role in our health care by allowing us 
to check to make sure the information on file is correct and complete 
(e.g. make sure no medications or allergies are missing), and that all 
the people who care for us have the right information available to make 
the best decisions about our health (e.g. if you are changing doctors 
or getting a second opinion from a specialist).

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition

    To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge, an individual 
or entity--
    (1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under 
the rules promulgated by HHS;
    (2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this 
section;
    (3) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and 
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the 
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
    (4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within 
the scope of their employment.

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    (5) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or 
submissions during assigned duty hours.
    (6) Shall not be an employee of the Office of the National 
Coordinator
    (7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES 
Act challenge applications unless consistent with the purpose of their 
grant award.
    (8) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract 
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in 
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
    All individual members of a team must meet the eligibility 
requirements.
    An individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the 
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal 
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made 
available to all individuals and entities participating in the 
competition on an equitable basis.

Registration Process for Participants

    1. During the Challenge Submission Period, visit http://YourRecord.Challenge.gov and register (Registration is free) or log in 
with an existing ChallengePost account. After a Contestant signs up, a 
confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided. The 
Contestant must use the confirmation email to verify his or her email 
address. The registered Contestant will then be able to enter a 
Submission.
    2. On YourRecord.Challenge.gov, click ``Accept this challenge'' to 
register your interest in participating. This step ensures that you 
will receive important challenge updates.
    3. Create a video and ensure the following (please read the 
Official Rules on http://YourRecord.challenge.gov for complete 
requirements):
    a. Your video addresses questions such as:
    i. What prompted you to ask for access to your health record?
    ii. What did you find when you reviewed your health record?
    iii. How did you, or your health care provider, improve your 
quality of care or that of a loved one after gaining access to your 
health record? In other words, what was the benefit of being able to 
view what was in your record?
    iv. What did you, or your provider learn from accessing your health 
record? Was any information missing or incorrect?
    v. What kinds of things were you able to do with your record once 
you had access to it? Share it with other providers? Check to make sure 
the information was correct? What else?
    b. Your video gives a specific example (personal story, experience, 
testimonial, or thoughtful idea) of the benefits of having access to 
view your health record and the ability to review what is in your 
health record.
    c. Your video encourages viewers to visit www.HealthIT.gov and to 
ask their health care provider to see and get a copy of their medical 
record.
    d. Your video is no longer than 2 minutes.
    4. Confirm that you have read and agreed to the Official Rules. A 
Contestant will be required to fill out the submission form on 
YourRecord.Challenge.gov and must provide:
     The title of the Video;
     A link to the Video on YouTube.com or Vimeo.com (the Video 
should be no longer than 2 minutes);
     A text description of how you or a loved one benefitted 
from having access to your health record
     A transcript of the words spoken or sung in the video; and
     Uploaded consent forms for everyone who appears in the 
video regardless of age.
    All individuals that appear in a Video must complete and sign the 
Video Consent Form. If a minor appears in the Video, the minor's 
parent/legal guardian must also sign the Video Consent Form. A 
Submission will not be considered complete and eligible to win prizes 
without a completed Video Consent Form being uploaded from all 
individuals that appear in the Video. All completed Video Consent Forms 
must include a handwritten signature, and be scanned, combined in to a 
single file (ZIP, PDF, or doc), and uploaded on the submission form on 
BloodPressure.Challenge.gov.

Amount of the Prize

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                      Winner                          Prize     Quantity
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First Prize.......................................     $3,000          1
Second Prize......................................      2,000          1
Third Prize.......................................      1,000          1
Honorable Mention.................................        500          2
Popular Choice Award..............................        700          1
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Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected

    Submissions that meet category requirements will be evaluated by an 
internal panel of judges for Category Prizes based on the following 
criteria (to be equally weighted):
    1. Quality of the Story (Includes elements such as the authenticity 
and originality of your story and how you described getting a copy of 
your information and using it to improve your quality of care or the 
care of a loved one.)
    2. Potential Impact for motivating and inspiring others to access 
their health record (Includes whether the video is compelling, 
instructive, and easy to follow so that others can achieve similar 
benefits after gaining access to their health record.)

    The five (5) Contestants whose Submissions earn the highest 
overall score will win, the prize money as outlined in the chart. In 
the event of a tie, winners will be selected based on their score on 
the criteria described in (1) and then (2). If there is still a tie 
then the winner will be selected based on a vote by the judging 
panel.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3719.

    Dated: June 28, 2012.
Erin Poetter,
Consumer e-Health Policy Analyst, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology (ONC), Office of the Secretary (OS).
[FR Doc. 2012-16821 Filed 7-9-12; 8:45 am]
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