[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5124]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research 
Quality

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory 
Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, March 17, 2000, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 6010 Executive Boulevard , 
Fourth Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Lebbon, Coordinator of the 
Advisory Council, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 
2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, 
(301) 594-7216. For press-related information, please contact Karen 
Migdail at 301/594-6120.
    If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation 
for a disability is needed, please contact Linda Reeves, Assistant 
Administrator for Equal Opportunity, AHCPR, on (301) 594-6662 no later 
than March 10, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    Section 921 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c) 
established the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and 
Quality. In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Council is to 
advise the Secretary and the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research 
and quality (AHRQ), on matters related to actions of the Agency to 
enhance the quality, improve outcomes, reduce costs of health care 
services, improve access to such services through scientific research, 
the promotion of improvements in clinical practice and in the 
organization, financing, and delivery of health care services. The 
Council is composed of members of the public appointed by the Secretary 
and Federal ex-officio members. Donald M. Berwick, M.D., the Council 
chairman, will preside.

II. Agenda

    On Friday, March 17, 2000, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m., 
with the call to order by the Council Chairman. The Director, AHRQ, 
will present the status of the Agency's current research, programs and 
initiatives. Tentative agenda items include health care markets: 
research directions, national quality measures, and patient safety. The 
official agenda will be available on AHCPR's website at www.ahrq.gov no 
later than March 10, 2000. The meeting will adjourn at 4:00 p.m.

    Dated: February 25, 2000.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-5124 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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