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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2910-2911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-885]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HIT Policy Committee's Meaningful Use Workgroup Meetings; Notice 
of Meetings and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Meetings and request for comments.

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    This notice announces the forthcoming subcommittee meetings of a 
Federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to 
the public.
    Name of Subcommittee: HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use 
Workgroup.

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    General Function of the Subcommittee: to provide recommendations to 
the HIT Policy Committee on recommendations it should consider issuing 
to the National Coordinator on future stages of meaningful use.
    Date and Time: The Meaningful Use Workgroup will hold the following 
public meetings between January and March (dates past March have not 
yet been determined):
     Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m./EDT;
     Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m./EDT;
     Early April, 2011, date and time TBD.
    Location: All workgroup meetings will be available via webcast; 
visit http://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions on how to listen via 
telephone or Web. Please check the ONC Web site for additional 
information as it becomes available.
    Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National Coordinator, 
HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-4528, Fax: 202-
690-6079, e-mail: [email protected]. Please call the contact person 
for up-to-date information on these meetings. A notice in the Federal 
Register about last minute modifications that affect a previously 
announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly 
enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: At each meeting, the Meaningful Use Workgroup will engage 
in discussions regarding the recommendations it should make to the HIT 
Policy Committee relative to meaningful use Stage 2.
    Procedure: In order to inform its deliberations, the Meaningful Use 
Workgroup is seeking comments particularly on proposed stage 2 measures 
from the public on a draft document of preliminary recommendations it 
has developed. Please refer to ONC's Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov to access this draft document and for more information 
about how to submit comments.
    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 Judy Sparrow 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, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-885 Filed 1-12-11; 4:15 pm]
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