[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23490]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards and Security Work Group on Computer-based 
Patient Records.
    Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 16, 1999, 9:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m., September 17, 1999.
    Place: Conference Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: Under the Administrative Simplification provisions of 
P.L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics (NCVHS) is required to study the issues related to the 
adoption of uniform data standards for patient medical record 
information and the electronic interchange of such information, and 
report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not later then 
August 2000 on recommendations and legislative proposals for such 
standards and electronic interchange. The NCVHS is the Department's 
federal advisory committee on health data, privacy and health 
information policy.
    The NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security, Working Group 
on Computer-based Patient Records, will meet on September 16-17, 
1999 in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, the Working Group will hear 
from several panels of experts on health data quality, consider 
related issues concerning standards for computer-based patient 
records, and discuss their forthcoming letter to the Secretary 
relating to recommendations. The tentative agenda for the meeting, 
as well as a description of the panels of speakers, will be posted 
on the NCVHS website: 
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs, when available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information about the meeting may be obtained from Michael 
Fitzmaurice (AHCPR, 301-594-3938) or Bob Mayes (HCFA, 410-786-6872), 
lead staff for the Computer-based Patient Record Working Group. 
Information about the NCVHS is available on the NCVHS home page of 
the HHS website, or from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, 
NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest 
Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436-7050.

    Dated: September 2, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Program Systems, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and HHS Executive 
Staff Director NCVHS.
[FR Doc. 99-23490 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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