[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 28652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Standards Subcommittee Meeting.
    Date and Times: Tuesday, July 17, 2018: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (EDT), 
Wednesday, July 18, 2018: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (EDT)
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 705A, Washington, DC 
20201.
    Status: Open. There will be three opportunities for public comment 
during the meeting: At the end of the first day, at the end of the 
morning of the second day, and prior to the meeting close on the second 
day.
    Purpose: The NCVHS Charter stipulates that the Committee study the 
issues related to the adoption of uniform data standards for patient 
medical record information and the electronic exchange of such 
information and report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) with recommendations and legislative proposals for such standards 
and electronic exchange. NCVHS also is charged with advising HHS on 
health data collection needs and strategies, and reviewing and 
monitoring the Department's data and information systems to identify 
needs, opportunities, and problems.
    In this regard, NCVHS is taking a contemporary look at the health 
terminology and vocabulary landscape in order to advise the HHS 
Secretary regarding: (1) The changing environment and implications for 
timing and approach to health terminology and vocabulary standards 
adoption; (2) Needs, opportunities, and problems with development, 
dissemination, maintenance, and adoption of health terminology and 
vocabulary standards; and (3) Actions that HHS might take to improve 
development, dissemination, maintenance, and adoption of standards.
    NCVHS is holding an expert roundtable meeting, in conjunction with 
the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in order to: (1) Assess 
strengths, weaknesses and gaps in the U.S. health terminology and 
vocabulary (T/V) environment; (2) Consider areas for near term 
improvement in the development, maintenance, dissemination and adoption 
of named code sets; (3) Discuss opportunities for improved governance, 
coordination and communication across terminology and vocabulary 
developers and their stakeholders; (4) Identify top priority gaps in 
the U.S. health terminology and vocabulary coverage; and (5) Envision a 
roadmap for introducing improvements over the next decade. Invited 
experts will have the opportunity to provide extensive input to the 
subcommittee as it studies these questions and finalizes an 
Environmental Scan report of the current state of the U.S. health 
terminology and vocabulary (T/V) environment.
    The times and topics for this meeting are subject to change. Please 
refer to the posted agenda for any updates.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 458-4715. Information pertaining to meeting 
content may be obtained from Vivian Auld, National Institutes of 
Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland, 20894-3833, telephone (301) 496-7974. Summaries of meetings 
and a roster of Committee members are available on the NCVHS website: 
www.ncvhs.hhs.gov, where further information including a meeting agenda 
and instructions to access the live audio broadcast of the meeting will 
be posted.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as 
possible.

    Dated: June 14, 2018.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2018-13179 Filed 6-19-18; 8:45 am]
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