[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 158 (Thursday, August 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46082-46083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4010]


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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: August 23, 2007, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., August 24, 
2007, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 305A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The NCVHS Working Group will meet to discuss its work 
to develop a

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conceptual framework that includes (1) a taxonomy describing types 
of uses and users of health data; (2) provides guiding principles 
that balance the risk, sensitivity, benefits, obligations, and 
protections of various uses of health data, and (3) clarifies 
terminology associated with various uses of health data. The group 
will also begin to gather information from a wide variety of 
stakeholders on issues related to secondary uses of data. Initial 
consideration will be placed on how data are used in the processing 
and management of data directly associated with quality measurement, 
reporting, and improvement.
    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.

    Dated: August 9, 2007.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy (OASPE), Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 07-4010 Filed 8-15-07; 8:45 am]
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