[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 91 (Friday, May 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 26398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10322]


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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 (NC 
VHS).
    Time and Date: May 21, 2008, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; May 22, 2008, 10 
a.m.-2 p.m.
    Place: Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001, Tel: 202 898 9000.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day the Committee will hear updates from the Department by the 
Data Council and the HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). 
They will also discuss letters to the HHS Secretary on hospital 
surge capacity and e-prescribing standards and long term care. Later 
in the afternoon there will be an update on classification issues in 
healthcare terminology.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will continue the 
discussions on the letters on surge capacity and e-prescribing 
standards. The remainder of the time will be spent discussing future 
agenda items and Committee administrative operations.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions can be scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout 
sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when 
available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from 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 NC VHS 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: April 21, 2008.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (SDP), Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
 [FR Doc. E8-10322 Filed 5-8-08; 8:45 am]
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