[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65190-65191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26228]


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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: November 13, 2012 9:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. EST; 
November 14, 2012 8:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EST.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National 
Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 
20782.
    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 HHS 
components, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). 
The Committee will also discuss its draft report on Data Stewardship 
in Community Health Data for approval. After the lunch break, 
Subcommittee Co-chairs will brief the Committee on the Community as 
a Learning Health System, incorporating a quality perspective, and 
privacy role and contributions.

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    The agenda for morning of the second day includes a review of 
the final action item discussed on the first day, a briefing on Data 
Standards as a continuing theme for the NCVHS and the activities of 
the Working Group on HHS Data Access and Use. Once the full 
Committee adjourns, NCVHS's Working Group on HHS Data Access and Use 
will convene to discuss best practices and suggestions for release 
of HHS data, and summarize future plans of the Working Group. 
Further information will be provided on the NCVHS Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the 
afternoon on the first 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: October 18, 2012.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2012-26228 Filed 10-24-12; 8:45 am]
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