47254 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 15, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT 

Standards Committee; Notice and 

Publication of Committee 

Recommendations to the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of committee 

recommendations and invitation for 

public input. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

recommendations made by the HIT 

Standards Committee (Committee) at its 

public meeting on August 20, 2009, and 

invites public input on the 

recommendations at the Committee’s 

next meeting on September 15, 2009. 

The Committee is a Federal advisory 

committee to the Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC). 

Name of Committee: HIT Standards 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. Sections 

3003(b)(4) and (e) of the Health 

Information Technology for Economic 

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 

requires ONC to publish the 

Committee’s recommendations to the 

National Coordinator in the Federal 

Register and on ONC’s Web site. 

Contact Person: Judith Sparrow, 

Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 

330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201, 202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690– 

6079, e-mail: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. 

Recommendations: During the August 

20, 2009, meeting, the Committee’s 

recommendations focused on the 

following areas: Clinical Quality, 

Clinical Operations, and Privacy and 

Security. All recommendations may be 

found at http://HealthIT.hhs.gov/ 

standardscommittee. In addition, 

specific URLs for each recommendation 

have been listed below. 

I. Clinical Quality 

A. Background 

The Clinical Quality 

recommendations pertain to the 

appropriate standardized performance 

measures that correspond to the HIT 

Policy Committee’s 2011 Meaningful 

Use Measures. The recommendations 

include 30 quality performance 

measures and the data types required for 

each, of which National Quality Forum 

(NQF)-endorsed measures can either be 

retooled for use in an Electronic Health 

Record (EHR) or will require attestation 

for the foreseeable future. 

B. Recommendations 

http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.

pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_10741_880489_

0_0_18/2011%20Measure%20

Recommendations_Clinical%20

Quality%20Workgroup_08202009.pdf. 

II. Clinical Operations 

A. Background 

The Clinical Operations 

recommendations focus on standards for 

2011 Meaningful Use, including quality 

data reporting, messaging formats, and 

all the vocabularies necessary for 

semantic interoperability. 

B. Recommendations 

http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/

server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_10741_

880490_0_0_18/Ferguson_Clinical%20

Operations%20WG%20

Recommendations%20Revised%20

Summary.pdf. 

III. Privacy and Security 

A. Background 

The Privacy and Security 

recommendations focus on 

authentication, authorization, auditing 

and secure data transmission standards 

as well as Meaningful Use measures 

related to HIPAA compliance. 

B. Recommendations 

http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.

pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_10741_880497_

0_0_18/PRIVACY%20AND%20

SECURITY%20STANDARDS%20

APPLICABLE%20TO%20ARRA%20

REQUIREMENTS.pdf. 

Procedure: Individuals wishing to 

make comments on the Committee’s 

August 20, 2009, recommendations may 

present oral comments at the 

Committee’s next meeting on September 

15, 2009, from approximately 1 p.m. to 

2 p.m./Eastern Time, at the Omni 

Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20008. Comments 

will be limited to two (2) minutes per 

person. A separate notice announcing 

this meeting has been published in the 

Federal Register and provides 

additional information. 

Authority: Sections 3003(b)(4) and (e) of 

Health Information Technology for Economic 

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Title XIII 

of Division A of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public 

Law 111–5. 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of Minority Health. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting. This meeting is open to the 

public. Preregistration is required for 

both public attendance and comment. 

Any individual who wishes to attend 

the meeting and/or participate in the 

public comment session should email 

acmh@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, October 21, 

2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica A. Baltimore, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Phone: 240– 

453–2882 Fax: 240–453–2883. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health in improving the 

health of each racial and ethnic 

minority group and on the development 

of goals and specific program activities 

of the Office of Minority Health. 

Topics to be discussed during this 

meeting will include health care reform: 

social determinants that affect health in 

minority populations; standardized 

cultural competency education, training 

and mechanisms for evaluation; and 

research on health disparities and their 

causes, as well as other related issues. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 


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