[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 70444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28584]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology; Health Information Technology; HIT Policy Committee: 
Request for Comment Regarding the Stage 3 Definition of Meaningful Use 
of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

AGENCY: Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee, Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the HIT Policy Committee's request for 
comments on its draft recommendations for meaningful use Stage 3.

DATES: To be assured consideration, electronic comments must be 
received no later than 11:59p.m. ET on January 14, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Because of staff and resource limitations, we are only 
accepting comments electronically through http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the ``Submit a comment'' instructions. Attachments should be in 
Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF. Please do not 
submit duplicative comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MacKenzie Robertson, Office of the 
National Coordinator, Patriots Plaza III, 355 E Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20201, (202) 205-8089, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Comment can be found on the 
ONC Web site at http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/.
    Inspection of Public Comments: All comments received before the 
close of the comment period will be available for public inspection, 
including any personally identifiable or confidential business 
information that is included in a comment. Please do not include 
anything in your comment submission that you do not wish to share with 
the general public. Such information includes, but is not limited to: A 
person's social security number; date of birth; driver's license 
number; state identification number or foreign country equivalent; 
passport number; financial account number; credit or debit card number; 
any personal health information; or any business information that could 
be considered to be proprietary. We will post all comments received 
before the close of the comment period on http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the search instructions on that Web site to view public 
comments.

    Dated: November 14, 2012.
MacKenzie Robertson,
FACA Program Lead, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-28584 Filed 11-23-12; 8:45 am]
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