[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15454]


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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: August 16, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. August 17, 2005, 9 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Hotel Monaco, 501 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 
(415) 292-0100.
    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 (NHIN). The Subcommittee will hear 
from witnesses who have been asked to respond to questions posted on 
the Subcommittee's Web site http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/. The questions 
focus on design options for a NHIN, related privacy and confidentiality 
concerns, issues around patient control of content and access to NHIN 
records, and broader issues around privacy and confidentiality of 
personal health information and building the public trust in the NHIN.
    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., 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: July 29, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-15454 Filed 8-3-05; 8:45 am]
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