[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54630-54631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26140]


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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 announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards and Security, Workgroup on Computer-based 
Patient Records.
    Time and Date: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., October 14, 1999; 8:45 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., October 15, 1999.
    Place: Room 505A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.

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    Purpose: At this meeting the Work Group will continue to gather 
information and discuss issues related to the development of 
standards for electronic medical records. The Working Group will 
hear from panelists of data quality experts, code set developers and 
users, and standards users. The Work Group will also review progress 
on the Government's Computerized Patient Records initiative, develop 
agendas for future meetings, and discuss its future report to the 
Department of Health and Human Services.
    Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. 
Humphrey building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without 
a government identification card will need to have the guard call 
for an escort to the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from J. Michael Fitzmaurice, 
Ph.D., Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, #602, Rockville, MD 20852, phone: 301-594-1483, 
x1052; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, 
CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436-7050. Information 
also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS website: http://
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs, where an agenda for the meeting will be 
posted when available.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 99-26140 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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