E8-10660. 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 22nd 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: June 3, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 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; updates on the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology; and a discussion with the State Alliance for eHealth.

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 Web site at: http://www.videocast.nih.gov/​.

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

Dated: May 1, 2008.

Judith Sparrow,

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