[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards and Security.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., December 8, 1998. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 
December 9, 1998.
    Place: Conference Room 800, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: Under the Administrative Simplification provisions of 
Pub.L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics (NCVHS) is required to study the issues related to the 
adoption of uniform data standards for patient medical record 
information and the electronic interchange of such information, and 
report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not later than 
August 2000 on recommendations and legislative proposals for such 
standards and electronic interchange. The NCVHS is the Department's 
federal advisory committee on health data, privacy and health 
information policy.
    To assist in developing the NCVHS recommendations to HHS 
relating to clinical data standards, the NCVHS Subcommittee on 
Standards and Security, Working Group on Computer-based Patient 
Records, has scheduled a public meeting on December 8-9, 1998 in 
Washington, DC. At the meeting, the Subcommittee will seek advice on 
how best to address the report and recommendations to HHS relating 
to clinical data standards. For the meeting, the Subcommittee is 
inviting specific individuals with knowledge and experience in these 
areas to (1) provide their perspectives and advice, (2) address 
specific questions relating to clinical data standards, and (3) 
answer further questions from the Subcommittee. Other individuals 
and organizations that would also like to submit written statements 
to the Subcommittee on these issues are invited to do so at the 
meeting. The tentative agenda for the meeting, as well as a 
description of the panels of speakers, will be posted on the NCVHS 
website: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs, when available.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Substantive program information 
about the meeting may be obtained from Michael Fitzmaurice (AHCPR, 301-
594-3938) or Bob Mayes (HCFA, 410 786-6872), lead staff for the 
Computer-based Patient Record Working Group. Information about the 
NCVHS is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS website, or from 
Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 
1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 436-7050.

    Dated: November 16, 1998.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Program Systems, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and HHS Executive 
Staff Director, NCVHS.
[FR Doc. 98-31108 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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