06-9430. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Meeting

ACTION:

Announcement of meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the tenth meeting of the American Health Information Community in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.) The American Health Information Community will advise the Secretary and recommend specific actions to achieve a common interoperability framework for health information technology (IT).

DATES:

December 12, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Hubert H. Humphrey building (200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201), Conference Room 800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Visit http://www.hhs.gov/​healthit/​ahic.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Community will discuss state-federal health information exchange technology and coordination, the development of proto-use cases, and an update on the Personalized Healthcare Workgroup.

A Web cast of the Community meeting will be available on the NIH Web site at: http://www.videocast.nih.gov/​.

If you have special needs for the meeting, please contact [phone].

Dated: November 16, 2006.

Judith Sparrow,

Director, American Health Information Community, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.