[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 34101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13479]


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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:

June 19, 2013 9:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. e.s.t.
June 20, 2013 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. e.s.t.

    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National 
Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium B & C, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (301) 458-4524.
    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 (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), the Office of 
Civil Rights (OCR), and the National Center for Health Statistics. 
The Committee will also review and discuss the letter and 
recommendations on attachments standards for healthcare initiated by 
the Standards Subcommittee.
    After the lunch break, Subcommittee Co-chairs will brief the 
Committee on the hearing organized by the Population Health and 
Privacy Subcommittees to explore aspects of the Community as a 
Learning Health System. Members of the Population Health 
Subcommittee will brief the Committee about the Community Health 
Project Panel being organized for the 2013 APHA Annual Meeting, and 
NCHS staff will report on elements of convergence between electronic 
health records and vital records. Finally, the Subcommittee co-
chairs will discuss convergence as it relates to concepts, 
priorities, opportunities and challenges.
    On the morning of the second day, the Committee will discuss and 
vote on the attachments standards recommendation letter and hear a 
report on quality measures from the Quality Subcommittee Chair. 
Finally, a member of Academy Health's Health Data Consortium will 
present on their current activities and goals, and the Committee 
Chair will give final remarks and receive feedback from the 
membership regarding NCVHS strategic implementation. Once the full 
Committee adjourns, the NCVHS Working Group on HHS Data Access & Use 
will convene to discuss best practices and suggestions for release 
of open 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 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. Summaries of 
meetings and a roster of committee members are available on the 
NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, 
where further information including an agenda and a copy of the 
recommendation letter 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: May 29, 2013.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2013-13479 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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