The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are announcing the following public workshop entitled “CDC/FDA/NLM/ONC/CMS Workshop on Promoting Semantic Interoperability of Laboratory Data.” The purpose of this public workshop is to receive and discuss input from stakeholders regarding proposed approaches to facilitate the adoption and implementation of interoperability standards in a manner that enables consistent, accurate, and harmonized descriptions of in vitro diagnostic tests and results.
- Date, Time and Location
- Federal Register Notice
- Registration
- Contact Us
Date, Time and Location
This meeting will be held November 8, 2016, beginning at 8:00 am – 5:00 pm at the following location:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Campus
8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg. 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
Bethesda, MD, 20894
WEBCAST
The meeting will be videocast and access will be available at https://videocast.nih.gov/.
Federal Register Notice
The Federal Register notice announcing this public meeting and containing other information is available here:
Registration to Attend the Workshop
If you wish to attend this Workshop, you must register by 4:00 pm on October 28, 2016.
There is no fee to register for the Workshop and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is limited so early registration is recommended.
This public workshop includes a public comment session. During online registration you may indicate if you wish to present during a public comment session. FDA will determine the amount of time allotted to each presenter and the approximate time each oral presentation is to begin, and will select and notify participants by November 1, 2016. All requests to make oral presentations must be received by the close of registration on 4 pm (EDT) October 28, 2016. If selected for presentation, any presentation materials must be emailed to Michael Waters at [email protected] no later than October 28, 2016. No commercial or promotional material will be permitted to be presented or distributed at the public workshop.
Contact Us
If you require special accommodations due to a disability, or need additional information regarding registration, please contact Susan Monahan, Office of Communication and Education, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Bldg. 32, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-5661, [email protected].
For questions regarding workshop content please contact:
Michael Waters, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Office of In vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Bldg. 66, rm. 4535, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-4653, email: [email protected].