[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 51302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20239]


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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), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date: September 16, 2008 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; September 17, 
2008 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 505A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates from the 
Department relating to Health HIT workforce needs, electronic health 
records, and personal health records; from the Center for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator. 
They will also work on a letter to the HHS Secretary regarding 
standards and security for e-prescribing standards. In the afternoon 
there will be a speaker on examples of technology for personal 
health records and an update from the National Conference for State 
Legislatures regarding HIT implementation in states.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will discuss 
subcommittee work. There will also be an update from NCHS Board of 
Scientific Counselors. In addition there will be a discussion of the 
NCVHS 60th Anniversary celebration and 21st Century Health 
Statistics update.
    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 second 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 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: August 26, 2008.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. E8-20239 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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