[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 29884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13466]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Listening Session on Interoperability of Medical 
Devices, Data, and Platforms To Enhance Patient Care

AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science 
Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of listening session.

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SUMMARY: This listening session will focus on the interoperability of 
medical devices, data, and platforms to enhance patient care. Federal 
stakeholders will listen to the community explore solutions that 
promote a shared future vision of next generation, interoperable, and 
intelligent health systems. The feedback received from the listening 
session will provide potential research directions for advancing 
medical device interoperability.

DATES: July 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The listening session will be held at the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), White Oak Campus, Silver Spring, MD. Registration 
is required for in-person attendance. For more information regarding 
registration and remote participation please see the listening session 
website: https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=Medical-Device-Interoperability-2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Thai at 202-459-9674 or email 
[email protected]. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Overview: This notice is issued on behalf of the NITRD Health 
Information Technology Research & Development (HITRD) Interagency 
Working Group (IWG). The HITRD IWG is conducting a listening session to 
engage experts from industry, academia, and government on solutions for 
advancing medical device interoperability. This listening session 
builds upon the February 2019 Request for Information (RFI): Action on 
Interoperability of Medical Devices, Data, and Platforms to Enhance 
Patient Care in which the HITRD IWG inquired whether a vision of 
sustained interoperability in the hospital and into the community is 
feasible and, if so, potential solutions to achieve this goal. Further 
details of the RFI can be found at 84 FR 4544 (February 15, 2019). 
Responses to the RFI are available on the NITRD website: HITRD-RFI-
Responses-2019.
    The listening session will take place on July 17, 2019 from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), White 
Oak Campus, Silver Spring, MD. Space is limited, participation is open 
to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is 
required for in-person attendance and will be closed once we reach 
capacity. Please see the listening session website for more information 
on registration and remote participation: https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=Medical-Device-Interoperability-2019.
    Listening Session Goals: HITRD members will use information 
gathered from this listening session to develop an actionable report to 
advance medical device interoperability.
    Listening Session Objectives: Gather information from the community 
on the following six topic areas identified from the RFI Responses

 Data, metadata
 Access to control of devices
 Leadership and governance
 Incentives
 Management and modernization of standards
 Infrastructure, tools, and use cases

    References:

 84 FR 4544 (February 2019): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/15/2019-02519/request-for-information-action-on-interoperability-of-medical-devices-data-and-platforms-to-enhance
 HITRD-RFI-Responses-2019: https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=HITRD-RFI-Responses-2019

    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on June 20, 2019.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.)

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2019-13466 Filed 6-24-19; 8:45 am]
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