[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10248]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS); 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: June 7, 2005, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; June 8, 2005, 9 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705-A, 200 Independence 
Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on privacy and confidentiality 
issues related to electronic health records and the development of a 
National Health Information Network. On the first day the 
Subcommittee will hear from witnesses about the use of electronic 
health records and health information networks in other countries. 
The balance of the first day and the second day, the Subcommittee 
will hear from representatives of Regional Health Information 
Organizations (known as RHIOs or RHINOs), integrated health delivery 
systems, and health plans. There will be time set aside for members 
of the public to speak on the record on the afternoon of the first 
day.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Maya A. Bernstein, Lead Staff 
for Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 434E Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20201; telephone (202) 690-7100; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. Information 
also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda 
will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO) (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: May 10, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-10248 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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