[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 8735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3725]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Healthcare Information Infrastructure Proposal
(HIIT)
Notice is hereby given that, on September 27, 1994, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the South Carolina
Research Authority (``SCRA'') filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of
the parties, led by SCRA, Columbia, SC, under the Healthcare Open
Systems & Trials (HOST) Consortium, Austin, TX, are General Electric
Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, NY; Microelectronics &
Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX; Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, SC; BellSouth Business Systems, Columbia,
SC; TransQuick, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Coleman Research Corporation,
Springfield, VA; Marco International, Calverton, MD; Connecticut
Hospital Research and Education Foundation, Wallingford, CT; University
of Georgia, Athens, GA; and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,
NJ. The Healthcare Information Infrastructure Technology (``HIIT'') is
an innovative, industry-led program involving healthcare and technology
experts. The general area of planned activity is to develop
infrastructure tools that will accelerate the adoption of open systems,
enabling the emergence of the virtual healthcare enterprise. SCRA is
responsible for managing the overall effort.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-3725 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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