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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 26,1996 PSA#1666National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 101, Room A430,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 A -- INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTHCARE DUE 092096 POC Toni
Nashwinter 301-975-3780 ATP PUBLIC MEETING: Information Infrastructure
for Healthcare October 9 10, 1996 NIST, Gaithersburg, MD About the
Advanced Technology Program The NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
provides competitive, cost-shared awards for industry to develop
high-risk, enabling technologies with broad-based economic benefit. The
ATP seeks to help industry fill the gap between basic research and
product development, and to invest in technology that wouldn't be
developed in a competitive time-frame without government cost-sharing.
Along with general competitions which are open to proposals from all
technical areas, the ATP is also funding a series of ''focused
programs'' with specific business and technical goals. Background Since
1994, the ATP has supported a focused program in Information
Infrastructure for Healthcare (IIH) that addresses the innovation and
reengineering of information technology related to the medical facility
and delivery system. Evolutionary changes and advances in medical
informatics will move today's segmented applications of information
systems toward a seamless information infrastructure. Overcoming the
high technical risks in systems engineering will ensure the
reliability, availability, maintainability, data integrity, and high
level of confidence needed to make data available for every patient 24
hours a day, 365 days a year. The technical goals of the ATP IIH
focused program are to help the U.S. healthcare industry develop new
technologies for: reliable storage and retrieval of complex medical
information for varied applications; real-time, data-driven medical
decisions; real-time data entry by mobile medical personnel; real-time
global transport of complex medical records with accuracy, speed, and
security; and computer-based medical training, diagnostic, and
reference tools. These technologies are being developed at each of
three consecutive levels: technologies to form the foundation of a
private-sector-driven, nationwide information system, including tools
for enterprise integration, domain identification, and business process
modeling; technologies to make such a system efficient and user
friendly, including computerized knowledge-based systems, digital
libraries, and natural language processing; and applications that
directly meet healthcare users' needs, such as clinical decision
support systems and consumer health information and education systems.
Since the processing of information captures a significant percentage
of the dollars spent on healthcare, achievement of the technical goals
of this ATP focused program will foster domestic capability to
ultimately develop products that will reduce healthcare costs, improve
the quality of healthcare, and capture global market share of new and
improved products and services. Currently, the ATP IIH focused program
has funded 26 industry-proposed and -executed projects with estimated
ATP funds of $135 million and $142 million of industry- matching funds
committed over five years. Meeting Goals and Agenda This meeting will
bring together all ATP project participants in the focused program, as
well as other interested parties, to present overviews of the
non-proprietary aspects of their research and development activities.
The goals of the meeting are to: inform the medical informatics
community about progress at this early stage of the focused program;
promote cross-fertilization of concepts and efforts; promote strategic
partnering across companies and other organizations in the medical
informatics community; accelerate commercialization of promising
technologies emerging from this research promote networking between ATP
awardees and the user community; and lay the groundwork for the planned
third solicitation in this initiative. In addition to formal
presentations, the agenda will include exhibits of early prototypes,
presentations of related NIST intramural research, and open
discussions. There will be ample opportunities for networking during
the meeting. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the meeting will
adjourn by 5 p.m. on both days. Location The National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Administration Building (101), Green
Auditorium, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Gaithersburg is approximately 25
miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Registration The registration fee
is $100 per person and includes coffee breaks, lunches, and meeting
materials. For your name to appear on the preliminary participants'
list, registration must be received no later than Tuesday, September
20, 1996. Requests for refund or cancellation must also be received, in
writing, by September 20. Accommodations A block of rooms has been
reserved at the Gaithersburg Hilton, (301) 977-8900. The special rate
is $92, single or double, plus 12% tax. To register for a room, please
complete the enclosed hotel reservation card and send it directly to
the hotel no later than Tuesday, September 20, 1996. After that date,
the rooms will be released for general sale at the prevailing rates of
the hotel. Transportation BWI Super Shuttle, (301) 369-0009, offers
commercial van service from Baltimore-Washington International Airport
to the Gaithersburg area. Crystal Airport Shuttle, 1-800-872-2797, is
available from Dulles International and Washington National Airports
to Gaithersburg. Call for reservations. Transportation will be provided
between the Hilton and NIST each day. Attendees are encouraged to use
this service as parking at NIST is limited. To reach NIST: Northbound
I-270: take Exit 10, Rt. 117 West, Clopper Road. At the first light on
Clopper Road, turn left onto the NIST grounds. Southbound I-270: take
Exit 11B, Rt. 124 West, Quince Orchard Road. At the second light turn
left onto Clopper Road. At the next light, turn right onto the NIST
grounds. To reach the Administration Building, turn left after passing
the guard office. Signs will direct you to visitor parking.
Registration Information Tammie Grice, NIST, Telephone: (301) 975-3883;
Fax: (301) 948-2067; e-mail: tammie.grice@nist.gov Technical
Information Bettijoyce Lide, NIST, Telephone: (301) 975-2218; Fax:
(301) 926-9524; e-mail: bettijoyce.lide@nist.gov For general ATP
information, or to add your name to the ATP mailing list, contact the
ATP Office: Telephone: (800) ATP-FUND or (800) 287-3863; Fax: (301)
926-9524; e-mail: atp@nist.gov (0235) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0001 19960823\A-0001.SOL)
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