[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26159]



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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 
and 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, November 2, 2001, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.

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, AHRQ, on (301) 594-6662 no later 
than October 26, 2001.

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, November 2, 2001, 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 Centers for Education and 
Research on Therapeutics (CERTS), Evidence-based Practice Centers 
(EPCs), the National Quality Report, and the National Disparities 
Report. The official agenda will be available on AHRQ's website at 
www.ahrq.gov no later than October 19, 2001. The meeting will adjourn 
at 4 p.m.

    Dated: October 5, 2001.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-26159 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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