[Federal Register: March 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 45)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research
and Quality
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, April 7, 2006, from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 800, the Department of
Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Queenan, Coordinator of the
Advisory Council, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 427-1330. For
press-related 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) 443-1144 no later than March 24, 2006. Agenda,
roster, and minutes from previous council meetings are available from
Ms. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Agency for
Healthcare Quality and Research, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland,
20850. Ms. Campbell's phone number is (301) 427-1554.
SUPPLEMENTARY 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 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
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio members.
II. Agenda
On Friday, April 7, 2006, the meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m.
with the call to order by the Council Chair. The agenda will include
the Director's update on the status of the Agency's current research,
programs, and initiatives; a discussion of ambulatory care safety; and
the findings on breast cancer from AHRQ's Effective Healthcare
initiative. The official agenda will be available on AHRQ's Web site at
http://www.ahrq.gov no later than March 31, 2006.
The meeting will adjourn at 4 p.m.
Dated: February 27, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 06-2189 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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