APIC comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Proposed 2020 Targets for the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination (Phase I: Acute Care Hospital) Measures, APIC comments, March 27, 2014
- HHS request for comments, February 25, 2014
- HHS proposed 2020 targets, February 26, 2014
- APIC summary of proposed targets, February 26, 2014
- National Action Plan Long-Term Care chapter, APIC comments, August 22, 2012
- HHS draft, July 24, 2012
- National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Phase 2, APIC comments, June 25, 2012
- HHS draft, April 19, 2012
- HHS HAI Action Plan draft Tier 2 Modules, APIC response, October 8, 2010
- HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (most recent update in April 2013)
Health Information Technology
- Health IT 2015 Certification Criteria, HHS/ONC final rule, October 16, 2015
- APIC comments, May 26, 2015
- HHS/ONC Proposed rule, March 30, 2015
- Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020, HHS/ONC final report, September 21, 2015
- APIC comments, February 4, 2015
- Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020, HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- Meaningful Use of HIT Stage 3 Recommendations, National HIT Policy Committee, APIC comments, January 14, 2013
- HIT Policy Committee request for comments, November 27, 2012
- Revisions to certification criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, APIC comments, April 30, 2012
- Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan for 2011-2015, APIC comments, April 22, 2011
- Meaningful Use of HIT Stage 2 Proposal, APIC comments, February 24, 2011
- HIT Policy Committee request for comments, January 19, 2011
- HIT quality measures, APIC comments, December 22, 2010
- Meaningful Use of HIT, HHS Office of the National Coordinator for HIT interim final rule, January 13, 2010
- HHS definition of “Meaningful Use” in HIT, APIC input, June 26, 2009
Other comments
- Control of Communicable Diseases, HHS final rule, January 17, 2017
- APIC comments, October 14, 2016
- HHS proposed rule, August 15, 2016
- Revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the Common Rule), HHS final rule, January 19, 2017
- APIC comments, December 28, 2015
- HHS and other federal agencies, proposed rule, September 8, 2015
- Ethical considerations of Ebola Emergency Response, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, final report, February, 2015
- APIC comments, February 5, 2015
- Request for comments, December 8, 2014
- Guidance on achieving Healthy People 2020 annual coverage goals for influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel, National Vaccine Advisory Committee final report, February 8, 2012
- APIC comments, January 13, 2012
- HHS solicitation of written comments, December 19, 2011
- Draft National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, APIC comments, January 13, 2011
- HHS National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan, APIC comments, October 15, 2010
Other documents
- Healthcare-Associated Infections Data Summit, presentations, May 30-31, 2012
- Delay of compliance date for International Classification of Diseases (ICD) medical data code sets, HHS proposed rule, April 17, 2012
- Proposed release of U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)/Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project HAI report, joint letter from APIC/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) to HHS Secretary Sebelius, June 14, 2011
- Healthy People 2020, joint letter from APIC/SHEA to HHS, December 22, 2009
- Healthcare worker protection in the workplace, joint letter from APIC/SHEA/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to Secretary Sebelius, September 16, 2009
- The protection of healthcare workers from Novel 2009 H1N1 Influenza A in the workplace, joint letter from APIC/SHEA/IDSA to Secretary Sebelius, July 22, 2009