[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 6727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-479]


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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).
    Time and Date: February 20, 2008, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; February 21, 
2008, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
    Place: Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, 815 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, Tel: 202-783-7800.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates from the 
Department by the Data Council and the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services (CMS). They will also work on letters to the HHS 
Secretary on sensitive information in the electronic health record 
and surge capacity of hospitals. There will also be an update from 
the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information in 
Technology.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will continue the 
discussions on the letters on sensitive information in the 
electronic health record and surge capacity, and hear an update on 
the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10.) There will 
also be a briefing from the American Health Information Management 
Associations (AHIMA) and the American Medical Informatics 
Association (AMIA). In the afternoon updates from the subcommittees 
on current and planned activities are scheduled. The remainder of 
the time will be spent discussing future agenda items and Committee 
administrative operations.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions can be schedules for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout 
sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when 
available.
    Contact Person For More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. 
Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 
site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including 
an agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: January 28, 2008.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (SDP), Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 08-479 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]
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