07-218. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Meeting

ACTION:

Change in meeting location.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the 11th meeting of the American Health Information Community in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 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).

DATES:

January 23, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

NEW ADDRESSES:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, The G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veterans Conference Center, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

visit http://www.hhs.gov/​healthit/​ahic.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meeting will include presentations by the Consumer Empowerment, Biosurveillance, Confidentiality, Privacy and Security, and Quality Workgroups on their Recommendations and also a demonstration of prototypes of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

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].

Judith Sparrow,

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