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2. How can government use its role as 

a payer (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid) to 

facilitate the development and use of 

quality information more broadly? 

3. What are the costs and benefits of 

a single entity developing the quality 

measures, collecting and analyzing the 

data, and reporting the results? What are 

the costs and benefits of governmental 

involvement in these activities? 

4. How should federal, state, and 

private sector efforts to measure and 

report on health care quality be 

harmonized so that purchasers obtain 

the benefits of cost and quality 

information? 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Electronic Health Records 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

25th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Electronic 

Health Records Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 10, 2008, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. [Eastern] 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 1114. Please 

use the C Street entrance closest to 3rd 

Street and bring photo ID for entry to a 

Federal building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

healthrecords/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on ways to achieve widespread 

adoption of certified EHRs, minimizing 

gaps in adoption among providers. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

healthrecords/ehr_instruct.html. 

Dated: August 13, 2008. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Quality Workgroup 

Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

20th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Quality 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 5, 2008, from 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. [Eastern] 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 1114. Please 

use the C Street entrance closest to 3rd 

Street and bring photo ID for entry to a 

Federal building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

quality/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on how health information technology 

can provide the data needed for the 

development of quality measures that 

are useful to patients and others in the 

health care industry, automate the 

measurement and reporting of a 

comprehensive current and future set of 

quality measures, and accelerate the use 

of clinical decision support that can 

improve performance on those quality 

measures. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

quality/quality_instruct.html. 

Dated: August 16, 2008. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Chronic Care Workgroup 

Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

26th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Chronic Care 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 8, 2008, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 1114. Please 

use the C Street entrance closest to 3rd 

Street and bring photo ID for entry to a 

Federal building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

chroniccare/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will discuss progress made 

to date and future steps regarding secure 

messaging and remote care as it relates 

to the transition to the new AHIC. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

chroniccare/cc_instruct.html. 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. E8–20331 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Confidentiality, Privacy, & 

Security Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

22nd meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Confidentiality, 

Privacy, & Security Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 11, 2008, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. [Eastern Time]. 


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