[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9393-9394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02830]


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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: February 28, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. EST. March 
1, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EST.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, Rm. 705-A, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
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 (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), and the Office 
of Civil Rights (OCR). The Committee will consider plans for 2013 
activities and hear from newly appointed Committee members as part 
of the overview. In preparation for 2013 the Committee will discuss 
how to maintain the dynamics of working across Subcommittees, as 
well as how to continue development of its key themes.
    In the afternoon, Subcommittee Co-chairs will brief the 
Committee on plans for a hearing organized by the Population Health 
Subcommittee to explore aspects of the

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Community as a Learning Health System. Committee members will 
consider ways to implement components of the graphic on the 
Influences on the Population's Health, in the Shaping a Health 
Statistics Vision for the 21st Century report. The Co-chairs for the 
Privacy, Confidentiality and Security Subcommittee will brief the 
Committee about an upcoming hearing to obtain input about 
implementing health data stewardship, and the Standards and Quality 
Subcommittees will also provide updates on plans and activities.
    On the morning of the second day, the Committee will continue to 
discuss ways to promote alignment throughout the Committee to 
enhance its effectiveness, focus on its themes, and utilize 
expertise of the NCVHS Working Group on HHS Data Access and Use. 
Once the full Committee adjourns, the NCVHS's Working Group on HHS 
Data Access and Use will convene to discuss best practices and 
suggestions to further the dissemination and use 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 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: January 31, 2013.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2013-02830 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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