[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18382-18383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9219]


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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), 
Executive Subcommittee.
    Time and Date:
April 28, 2009, 9 a.m.--5:30 p.m.
April 29, 2009, 9 a.m.--5:30 p.m.
    Place: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, NW., 
Washington, DC 20008.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The NCVHS Executive Subcommittee will hold a public 
meeting on April 28-29, 2009 to help define and clarify the term 
``Meaningful Use,'' a term used in the HITECH Act (part of the 
American Recovery and Re-invention Act [ARRA]). This hearing will 
obtain stakeholders' perspectives on the appropriate functional 
criteria for ``meaningful use'' of health information technology, 
both for the initial year of the ARRA Health IT incentive programs 
and the out years. The broader prospective for the inquiry is how 
the meaningful use of health information technology will support 
improvements in the quality, efficiency and safety of health care.
    Contact Person for More Information: For substantive hearing 
information, please contact Denise Buenning at 
[email protected], phone 410-786-6711. The hearing will be 
broadcast over the Internet via the NCVHS homepage, http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/. Additional information about the meeting, 
including the agenda and questions shaping the discussions, will be 
posted in advance of the meeting at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, when 
available. Written

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testimony (no more than 1-2 pages in length) can be submitted to 
Marietta Squire at [email protected], phone: 301-458-4524. 
In order for written testimony to be included in the meeting 
summary, it must be submitted by April 30, 2009.
    Additional 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.
    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 16, 2009.
James Scanlon,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. E9-9219 Filed 4-21-09; 8:45 am]
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