[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27439]


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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 Populations--Working Group on Quality.
    Time and Date: 5:30 p.m.--8:00 p.m., November 3, 1999.
    Place: Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20037.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to identify the most 
significant data gaps in the existing National Health Information 
Infrastructure that inhibit the development and/or production of 
clinical quality measures for all segments of the population. A 
panel of speakers will consist of individuals who have been involved 
in the design, testing and production of operational clinical 
quality measures. Other similar panels, including one with 
researchers who have developed measures to support outcomes 
research, will be planned in connection with future NCVHS meetings.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
Committee members may be obtained from Stan Edinger, Lead Staff 
Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee on Special Populations, Working 
Group on Quality, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 
East Jefferson Street, #600, Rockville, MD 20852 telephone (301) 
594-1483; 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 14, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 99-27439 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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