Federal Register: October 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 204)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-26567
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 7, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.
SUMMARY:
Healthcare Research and Quality National Advisory Council,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Purpose
Section 921 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c)
established the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and
Quality. In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Council is to
advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and
the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on
matters related to actions of the Agency to enhance the quality,
improve the outcomes, reduce the costs of health care services, improve access to such services through scientific
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research, and to promote improvements in clinical practice and in the
organization, financing, and delivery of health care services. The
Council is composed of members of the public appointed by the Service and Federal exofficio members.
II. Agenda
On Friday, November 7, 2003, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with the call to order by the Council Chair. The Director, AHRQ, will present the status of the Agency's current research, programs, and initiatives. Tentative agenda items include a discussion of Improving Efficiency and Quality through Health System Design, AHRQ's Efforts Directed to Improve Decisions Regarding the Purchase, Cost, and Effectiveness of Prescribed Medicines, the National Healthcare Qualtity Report, and the National Healthcare Disparities Report. The official agenda will be available on AHRQ's Web site a http://www.ahrq.gov no later than October 17, 2003. The meeting will adjourn at 4 p.m.
Dated: October 14, 2003.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Anne Lebbon, Coordinator of the Advisory Council, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 4271215. For pressrelated information, please contact Karen Migdail at (301) 427 1855.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center, on (301) 4431144 no later than October 31, 2003.
Agenda, roster, and minutes are available from Ms. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850. Her phone number is (301) 4271554. Minutes will be available after November 21, 2003.