[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60153-60154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Nursing Home Care Planning Technical Expert Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center 
for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQulPS) will convene a 
technical expert panel (TEP) to discuss nursing home care planning and 
quality improvement research options for advancing this process in 
order to maximize quality of nursing home care. The authority for this 
meeting is derived from 42 U.S.C. 299b-1 and 299 which respectively 
authorize AHRQ to provide scientific and technical support to improve 
health care quality and to promote improvements in health system 
practices by synthesizing and disseminating available scientific 
information to providers and policymakers and by conducting and 
supporting research on methods and strategies for improving quality.

DATES: This meeting will take place on October 12, 2004 from 8:45 a.m.-
5 p.m. and October 13 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the 
public and a 30 minute public comment period is scheduled starting at 3 
p.m. on the first day and 2:30 p.m. on the second day of the meeting.
    Due to security measures and space constraints, it will be 
necessary for you to pre-register to attend the meeting. For pre-
registration information please contact the meeting contractor, Karen 
Sofer at (301) 231-7537, ext. 260, by 11 a.m. on Monday, October 11. 
You will need to bring a picture ID with you. Please note that persons 
attempting to attend without prior registration will not be admitted to 
the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Please note that individuals interested in attending the 
meeting without prior registration will not be admitted to the meeting. 
The meeting will be at the AHRQ Conference Center, Watts Branch 
Conference Room, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Please also be 
advised that seating is very limited and food will be available for 
panelists and Agency staff. A report of the meeting will be made 
available to the public after the meeting.
    For driving and public transportation directions, please visit 
http://www.ahrq.gov/aout/map.htm. There is a shuttle from the Shady 
Grove Metro

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stop. For those driving, parking is $4.00. You must enter the parking 
lot at the ``Redland Center'' entrance on Gaither Road, about one-
eighth mile from Redland Boulevard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Sangl (301) 427-1308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The panel will concentrate on improving the 
overall framework for care planning in nursing homes. They will cover 
topics of patient-centered care, Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) 
format, clinical utility and ease of use (but not the specific content 
detail of the RAPs), informatics and decision support for care 
planning, and interdisciplinary planning.

    Dated: October 5, 2004.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-22729 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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