[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1080]



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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), 
Workgroup on the National Health Information Infrastructure.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., January 27, 2003; 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 
January 28, 2003.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The hearing will focus on two broad issues. First, the 
national information infrastructure (NII)--advanced computing and 
communications technologies--and how the health sector's needs can be 
served by the NII. Speakers representing advanced R&D activities will 
be joined by health experts. Second, the personal health dimension of 
the National Health Information Infrastructure is outlined in the NCVHS 
report, ``Information for Health.'' Speakers will address such issues 
as how a personal health record (PHR) can help support individual 
health and health care needs, and the technical issues related to a 
PHR.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained from Mary Jo Deering, Lead Staff Person for the 
NCVHS Workgroup on the National Health Information Infrastructure, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health and Science, DHHS, 
Room 738G, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, 
DC 20201, telephone (202) 260-2652, 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 Web 
site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where an agenda for the meeting will 
be posted when available.

    Dated: January 7, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-1080 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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