[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6885-6886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2876]


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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 (DHHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date: February 25, 2009 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; February 26, 
2009 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave., 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, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the 
American Health Information Community (AHIC-2) Successor, and an 
update from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) on the 
National Health Information Network (NHIN) Conference. In the 
afternoon there will be a speaker on the de-identification of health 
data.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will discuss 
subcommittee work. There will also be a presentation on 
international terminology and an update on Health Statistics for the 
21st Century. In addition, there will be an update on the work of 
the National Center for Health Statistics' Board of Scientific 
Counselors. In the afternoon, the Committee will hear an overview of 
emerging and innovative sources of health care data.
    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.

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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: February 3, 2009.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
 [FR Doc. E9-2876 Filed 2-10-09; 8:45 am]
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