[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 116 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33506-33507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2980]


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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) 
Ad Hoc Work Group on Secondary Uses of Health Data.
    Time and Date: June 21, 2007, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.; June 22, 
2007, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Place: Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, 
45 Center Drive, Bldg. 45, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: To plan for upcoming hearings on the use of electronic 
clinical data for non-clinical (or secondary) use. Clear policies 
and appropriate practices in this area will facilitate the continued 
development of emerging health information infrastructures. The 
NCVHS has been asked by the Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology (ONC) to assist in this effort by 
developing recommendations on policies needed to ensure appropriate 
use of clinical data for quality measurement and reporting.
    For Further Information Contact: Substantive program information 
as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members 
may be obtained from Debbie Jackson, Senior Program Analyst, NCVHS, 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2339, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 458-4614 or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 
3311 Toledo Road, 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 an agenda for the 
meeting 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.


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    Dated: June 7, 2007.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OSDP), Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 07-2980 Filed 6-15-07; 8:45 am]
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