[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48157-48158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19775]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology; Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Beat Down 
Blood Pressure Challenge

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
AGENCY: ONC, HHS.
    Award Approving Official: Lygeia Ricciardi, Acting 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 Managing Meds Video 
Challenge. This challenge is an open call for the public to create 
short, inspiring videos sharing how you use technology to manage your 
medications effectively or how health care providers or caregivers 
support individuals to take their medications as directed, improving 
patient health and safety.
    This is the fourth in a series of Health IT video contests that 
will occur throughout 2012. The goal of this video contest series is to 
generate content that will be used to motivate and inspire others to 
leverage technology to better manage their health and be more engaged 
partners in their health and health care. Each challenge will be a call 
to action for members of the public to create a short video clip [2 
minutes or less] on a particular theme, and will award cash prizes to 
winners in several categories.

DATES: Effective on August 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Poetter, Consumer e-Health Policy 
Analyst, [email protected], 202-205-3310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subject of Challenge Competition

    ONC's Managing Meds Video Challenge invites you to create short, 
inspiring videos sharing how you use technology to manage your 
medications effectively or support individuals to take their 
medications as directed, improving patient health and safety.
    If you are a consumer or patient, you can participate by creating a 
video demonstrating how you can use technology for medication 
management. For example, you could describe:
     E-prescribing tools your provider uses to send your order 
directly to the pharmacy so it's ready when you arrive and to avoid 
potential medication errors from illegible handwriting on a paper 
script.
     Electronic tools such as mobile apps that help you keep 
track of the medications you are taking and when it's time to take 
them, or that notify you when it's time to refill a prescription so you 
don't run out of your meds.
     Emailing your provider in between visits to notify them 
you've stopped taking the medication that was prescribed because of 
side effects.
     Logging on to your provider's portal and viewing your list 
of medications on file and sending a request to update the list to 
reflect which meds you are no longer taking or may have been prescribed 
by another doctor.
    If you are a health care provider, such as a doctor, nurse or 
pharmacist, you can also participate by demonstrating how you use 
health information technology (health IT), such as e-prescribing and 
electronic health record systems, to support prescribing patients the 
right medications and dosage, and to prevent drug-drug interactions.

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.
    (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 for Health Information Technology.
    (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.
    (9) May not be:
    a. An employee of a commercial business whose name, brand name, 
product or other trademark is mentioned or featured in the Video, or
    b. A contractor or employee of an affiliate, subsidiary, 
advertising agency, or any other company involved in marketing a 
commercial business, brand name, product or other trademark mentioned 
or featured in the Video.
    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

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http://ManagingMeds.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 http://ManagingMeds.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://ManagingMeds.Challenge.gov for complete 
requirements):
    a. Your video must demonstrate how technology can be used to help 
you take your meds as prescribed.
    b. Your video encourages viewers to visit www.HealthIT.gov to learn 
more about using technology to improve your health.
    c. Your video is no longer than 2 minutes.
    4. Confirm that you have read and agreed to the Official Rules.
     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 your use of health IT to improve 
medication management, and a transcript of the words spoken in the 
video;
     A transcript of the words spoken or sung in the video;
     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 Prize...................................        500          2
Popular Choice....................................        500          1
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Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected

    Videos will be judged based on the following criteria (to be 
equally weighted):
    1. Quality of the Idea (Includes elements such as the relevance and 
originality of your use of health IT).
    2. Potential Impact on health IT adoption (Includes whether the 
video is compelling, instructive, and easy to follow so that others can 
perform similar activities using health technology).
    The five (5) Contestants whose Submissions earn the highest overall 
score will win, respectively, the prizes identified below in Section 8. 
In the event of a tie, winners will be selected based on their score on 
the criteria described in (3), then (2), and then (1). If there is 
still a tie then the winner will be selected based on a vote by the 
judging panel.

    Dated: August 3, 2012.
Erin Poetter,
Consumer e-Health Policy Analyst, Office of Consumer e-Health,Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), 
Office of the Secretary (OS).
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