Advisory Groups Set March Meetings

The HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee, advisory bodies to the Department of Health and Human Services, have posted their workgroup meeting schedules for March. All meetings, and associated materials, will be accessible via the Web at http://healthit.hhs.gov.

HIT Policy Committee workgroup meetings include Meaningful Use on March 4, Strategic Plan on March 9, NHIN on March 16, Privacy & Security on March 25 and Adoption/Certification on March 29.

HIT Standards Committee workgroup meetings include Implementation on March 8, 22 and 30; Clinical Operations/Vocabulary on March 23; Privacy & Security on March 26; and Clinical Quality on March 31.

Additional information is available in two notices published Feb. 23 in the Federal Register, at gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.

--Joseph Goedert