97-16816. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Health Data SciencesUlticare Consortium

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16816]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST DIVISION


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Health Data Sciences--Ulticare Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 24, 1997, 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''), Health Data Sciences 
Corporation has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objective of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending 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 to the venture which shall be 
known as the Ulticare Consortium are: Health Data Sciences Corporation, 
San Bernardino, CA; BSG Corporation, Austin, TX and New York City 
Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, NY. General planned 
activities are to develop and demonstrate enhanced health care computer 
information infrastructures to redefine care-giver roles in order 
provide better collaborative care of patients by all care-givers. The 
Consortium will examine new models of care-giver collaborative 
organizations and workflow management using dependable automated 
information systems and will identify the best objectified model 
created under the project.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16816 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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