5184 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 16 / Thursday, January 24, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Special Emphasis Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), 

announcement is made of an Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) 

meeting on ‘‘Patient Centered Outcomes 

Research (PCOR) Pathway to 

Independence Award (K99/R00)’’. 

DATES: February 12, 2013 (Open on 

February 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 

and closed for the remainder of the 

meeting). 

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Hotel 

Bethesda, One Metro Center, Bethesda, 

MD 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of 

members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting 

should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office 

of Extramural Research, Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone: (301) 427– 

1554. 

Agenda items for this meeting are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Special 

Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in 

fields related to health care research 

who are invited by the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to 

conduct on an as needed basis, 

scientific reviews of applications for 

AHRQ support. Individual members of 

the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for 

fixed terms or a long period of time. 

Rather, they are asked to participate in 

particular review meetings which 

require their type of expertise. 

Substantial segments of the SEP 

meeting referenced above will be closed 

to the public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for 

‘‘Patient Centered Outcomes Research 

(PCOR) Pathway to Independence 

Award (K99/R00)’’ are to be reviewed 

and discussed at this meeting. The grant 

applications and the discussions could 

disclose confidential trade secrets or 

commercial property such as patentable 

material, and personal information 

concerning individuals associated with 

the grant applications, the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

Dated: January 17, 2013. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Subcommittee Meetings 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Five AHRQ 

Subcommittee Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The subcommittees listed 

below are part of AHRQ’s Health 

Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committee. Grant applications are to be 

reviewed and discussed at these 

meetings. These meetings will be closed 

to the public in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

DATES: See below for dates of meetings: 

1. Health System and Value Research 

(HSVR) 

Date: February 13, 2013 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on February 13 

and closed for remainder of the meeting) 

2. Healthcare Safety and Quality 

Improvement Research (HSQR) 

Date: February 13–14, 2013 (Open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on February 

13 and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

3. Health Care Research and Training 

(HCRT) 

Date: February 21–22, 2013 (Open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on February 

21 and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

4. Healthcare Information Technology 

Research (HITR) 

Date: February 21–22, 2013 (Open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on February 

21 and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

5. Healthcare Effectiveness and 

Outcomes Research (HEOR) 

Date: March 13–14, 2013 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on March 13 and 

closed for remainder of the meeting) 

ADDRESSES: The five meetings will take 

place at the following locations: 

HSVR and HSQR 

Hyatt Regency Hotel Bethesda, One 

Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814 

HCRT and HITR 

Hilton Washington DC/Rockville 

Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, 1750 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 

HEOR 

Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian 

Center, 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (to 

obtain a roster of members, agenda or 

minutes of the non-confidential portions 

of the meetings.) Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office 

of Extramural Research Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Suite 2000, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 

1554 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2), AHRQ announces 

meetings of the scientific peer review 

groups listed above, which are 

subcommittees of AHRQ’s Health 

Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committee. The subcommittee meetings 

will be closed to the public in 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

in 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6) The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: January 17, 2013. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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