[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19160]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Special Medical Advisory Group, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10, that the Special 
Medical Advisory Group (the Committee) will meet on September 25-26, 
2024, at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center (Celebration Room), 3801 
Miranda Avenue, in Palo Alto, CA. The September meeting sessions will 
begin and end as follows:

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             Date                        Time             Open session
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September 25, 2024............  8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.     Yes.
                                 Pacific Time (PT).
September 26, 2024............  8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. PT  Yes.
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    Members of the Committee may join in person or virtually. The 
meeting is open to the public. The public is encouraged to attend 
virtually due to seating limitations in the physical meeting space.
    The meeting can be joined by phone at 404-397-1596 (Access code: 
28225920144) and via Webex at: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/veteransaffairs/meeting/download/3777e040e97e4d9fbf178572395a9611?siteurl=veteransaffairs&MTID=mbfe409f4d3327b0560086f2af98f0825. Please contact the point of contact below for 
assistance connecting.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs and the Under Secretary for Health on the care and treatment of 
Veterans, and other matters pertinent to the Veterans Health 
Administration.
    On September 25-26, 2024, the agenda for the meeting will include 
discussions on strategies for increasing access, community care 
program, challenges to growth, digital health overview, tele-urgent and 
emergent care, artificial intelligence, efforts to reduce 
administrative burdens for providers, nursing infrastructure, 
electronic health record management deployment and behavioral and 
mental health care, and strategy for long-COVID management.
    Members of the public may submit written statements in advance for 
review by the Committee to: Department of Veterans Affairs, Special 
Medical Advisory Group--Office of Under Secretary for Health (10), 
Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20420 or by email at: [email protected]. Comments will be accepted until 
close of business on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The meeting will 
also include time reserved for live public comment at the end of the 
meeting on September 26, 2024. The public comment period will be 30 
minutes and each individual commenter will be afforded a maximum of 
five minutes to express their comments.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or seeking 
additional information should email [email protected] or call 202-461-
7000.

    Dated: August 21, 2024.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19160 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
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