[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19802]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Contract Review Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following
advisory subcommittee scheduled to meet during the month of August
1996:
Name: Subcommittee on Request for Proposal No. AHCPR-96-0006, A
Study of Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)--Status, Usage,
and Barriers to Implementation.
Date and Time: August 14, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive
Office Center, 6th Floor Conference Room, 2101 East Jefferson
Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
This meeting will be closed to the public.
Purpose: The Subcommittee's charge is to provide, on behalf of
the Health Care Policy and Research Contracts Review Committee,
advice and recommendations to the Secretary and to the
Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR),
regarding the scientific and technical merit of contract proposals
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals. The
purpose of this two-year contract is threefold: (1) To identify
vendors of CDSS and describe the characteristics of these
commercially available systems, including the sources of the medical
knowledge embedded or accessed by the CDSS and the extent to which
they integrate AHCPR's Clinical Practice Guidelines and other
guidelines; (2) to describe the health care environments in the CDSS
are utilized and the extent to which these systems are integrated
with other clinical information systems in these environments; and
(3) to describe the perceptions regarding barriers to the widespread
adoption and use of CDSS.
Agenda: The session of the Subcommittee will be devoted entirely
to the technical review and evaluation of contract proposals
submitted in response to the above referenced Request for Proposal.
The Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this
meeting will not be open to the public. This is necessary to protect
the free exchange of views and avoid undue interference with
Committee and Department operations, and safeguard confidential
proprietary information and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the proposals that may be revealed
during the sessions. This is in accordance with section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, Department
regulations, 45 CFR section 11.5(a)(6), and procurement regulations,
48 CFR section 315.604(d). Anyone wishing to obtain information
regarding this meeting should contact Sharon Williams, Office of
Management, Contracts Management Staff, Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson
Street, Suite 601, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, (301) 594-1445.
Dated: July 29, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-19802 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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