E8-5154. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Meeting

ACTION:

Meeting announcement.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the meeting date for the 21st 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).

MEETING DATE:

April 22, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern).

ADDRESSES:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meeting will include Workgroup presentations on Recommendations to the Community; a discussion on Priorities and Use Case Options and an update on the AHIC Successor.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

visit http://www.hhs.gov/​healthit/​ahic.html. A Web cast of the Community meeting will be available on the NIH website at: http://www.videocast.nih.gov/​.

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

Dated: March 7, 2008.

Judith Sparrow,

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