National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting, 34101 [2013-13479]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 109 / Thursday, June 6, 2013 / Notices The Subcommittee is interested in learning about industry innovations underway in health information technology and standards as the convergence between clinical and administrative information exchanges occurs, and industry moves from a claim-centric, transaction-based administrative information infrastructure to a quality-oriented and outcomes-based reporting and information exchange. Contact Person for More Information: 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 or Lorraine Doo, lead staff for the Standards Subcommittee, NCVHS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786–6597. Program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members are available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: https://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: May 29, 2013. James Scanlon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 2013–13476 Filed 6–5–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:35 Jun 05, 2013 Jkt 229001 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 Cochairs 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 https:// 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: https://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] BILLING CODE 4251–05–P PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34101 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ‘‘A Prototype Consumer Reporting System For Patient Safety Events.’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act; 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on September 11th, 2012 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ received 45 substantive comments and 64 personal stories from members of the public. These comments and personal stories raised 37 issues in the wording of the intake form, two issues with wording in other supporting documentation to the intake form, and 69 design issues that we categorized into 18 types of design concerns. To address these comments substantial revisions were made to the data collection tools and supporting documentation. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 8, 2013. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@OMB.EOP.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Proposed Project A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, AHRQ’s E:\FR\FM\06JNN1.SGM 06JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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 https://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: https://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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