07-3171. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup Meeting

ACTION:

Announcement of meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the 10th meeting of the American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).

DATES:

July 18, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [Eastern].

ADDRESSES:

Mary C. Switzer Building (330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201), Conference Room 4090 (please bring photo ID for entry to a Federal building).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

http://www.hhs.gov/​healthit/​ahic/​quality/​.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how health information technology can provide the data needed for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry, automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures, and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that can improve performance on those quality measures.

The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/​healthit/​ahic/​quality/​quality_​instruct.html.

Dated: June 20, 2007.

Judith Sparrow,

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