August 21, 2008
American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup Members will continue discussing and evaluating the confidentiality, privacy, and security protections and requirements for participants in electronic health information exchange environments. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 4 - 5, 2008
Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 Meeting
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Online
This meeting will be open to the public. The Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 will review the nation's health promotion and disease prevention objectives and efforts to develop goals and objectives to improve the health status and reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020. To listen to the Committee meeting, individuals must pre-register.
September 5, 2008
American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how health information technology can provide the data needed for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry, automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures, and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that can improve performance on those quality measures. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 7 - 8, 2008
National Cancer Advisory Board Meeting
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
On September 7, 2008, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. the National Cancer Advisory Board Subcommittee on Cancer Centers will meet at the Bethesda Marriott Suites, 6711 Democracy Blvd. to discuss NCI designated cancer centers. On September 8, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. the National Cancer Advisory Board will meet on the NIH campus in Building 31 in conference room 6 in the C wing to hear program reports and presentations and discuss business of the board.
September 8, 2008
FDA-Regulated Products That May Contain Nanoscale Materials Public Meeting
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD
The primary purpose of the meeting is to determine what factors the FDA should consider in providing guidance on: (1) The information and data that may be needed to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of FDA-regulated products containing nanoscale materials and (2) The circumstances under which a product's regulatory status might change due to the presence or use of nanoscale materials. The meeting will begin with a plenary session at which FDA will give a general overview of the analysis and findings of the Nanotechnology Task Force and agency activities since publication of the Report in July 2007. Immediately following the plenary session, FDA will hold breakout sessions that will be structured to allow brief presentations by those who have submitted requests to speak. There will be a brief period set aside during these sessions to allow attendees who did not register to speak an opportunity to offer comments.
September 8, 2008
American Health Information Community Chronic Care Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how to make recommendations to the Community to deploy widely available, secure technologies solutions for remote monitoring and assessment of patients and for communication between clinicians about patients. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 9, 2008
National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council Meeting
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council. The meeting will be open to the public. The agenda includes a discussion of program policies and issues.
September 10, 2008
American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on ways to achieve widespread adoption of certified EHRs, minimizing gaps in adoption among providers. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 11, 2008
American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup Members will continue discussing and evaluating the confidentiality, privacy, and security protections and requirements for participants in electronic health information exchange environments. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 11 - 12, 2008
Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics
Department of Health and Human Services
Arlington, VA
The President's Council on Bioethics will hold its thirty-fourth meeting, at which it will discuss its projected white paper on ethical questions in medical care reform as well as hear and discuss presentations on two additional topics: exercises of conscience in the practice of the health professions and futility in clinical judgments at the end of life. The Council encourages public input and at this meeting, interested members of the public may address the Council, beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, September 12. Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or organization.
September 12, 2008
National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Meeting
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Rockville, MD
The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM) is scheduled to have their last meeting of the year on September 12, 2008 at the Neuroscience Building in Rockville, Maryland. The agenda includes opening remarks by the Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, presentation of a new research initiative, and other business of the Council.
September 15, 2008
Workshop on Clinical Trials for Local Treatment of Breast Cancer by Thermal Ablation
Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop to discuss the issues associated with the development and implementation of feasibility trials for local treatment of breast cancer by thermal ablation (i.e., cryoablation, focused ultrasound, interstitial laser, microwave, radiofrequency ablation). We are inviting individuals, companies, organizations, and other stakeholders to attend this public workshop to discuss how standardized protocols for evaluation of tissue biopsy pathology, selection of tumors amenable to ablation, image guidance for ablation, post-ablation imaging and assessment, and tissue pathology of ablated specimens can be developed and used in breast cancer thermal ablation clinical trials.
September 16, 2008
Environmental Factors in Cancer Meeting Series - Industrial and Manufacturing Exposures
President’s Cancer Panel
East Brunswick, N.J.
The focus of this meeting will be: effects of industrial pollutants; the status of U.S. regulation of occupational and environmental exposures; research barriers in environmental health; occupational exposures; and other industrial and manufacturing health concerns.
September 16, 2008
American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how to encourage the widespread adoption of a personal health record that is easy-to-use, portable, longitudinal, affordable, and consumer-centered. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
September 16, 2008
Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Washington, D.C.
The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health advises the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Assistant Secretary for Health in the (a) coordination of all research and education programs and other activities within the Department and with other federal, state, local and private agencies and (b) establishment and maintenance of liaison with appropriate private entities, federal agencies, and state and local public health agencies with respect to smoking and health activities. The agenda will focus on nicotine addiction.
September 16, 2008
Bisphenol A Subcommittee of the Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration Meeting
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD
The topic to be discussed is the draft assessment of BPA for use in food contact applications. The Subcommittee will hear and discuss the draft assessment of BPA for use in food contact applications, including oral presentations from the public. View background materials prior to the meeting.
September 17, 2008
American Health Information Community Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how to facilitate the flow of reliable health information among population health and clinical care systems necessary to protect and improve the public's health. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 7, 2008
American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how to encourage the widespread adoption of a personal health record that is easy-to-use, portable, longitudinal, affordable, and consumer-centered. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 8, 2008
American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup Members will continue discussing and evaluating the confidentiality, privacy, and security protections and requirements for participants in electronic health information exchange environments. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 9, 2008
American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on ways to achieve widespread adoption of certified EHRs, minimizing gaps in adoption among providers. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 14, 2008
American Health Information Community Personalized Healthcare Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will continue its discussion on ways to establish standards for reporting and incorporation of common medical genetic/genomic tests and family health history data into electronic health records, and provide incentives for adoption across the country including federal government agencies. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 17, 2008
American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will make recommendations to the American Health Information Community so that health IT can provide the data needed for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry, automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures, and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that can improve performance on those quality measures. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
October 21, 2008
Environmental Factors in Cancer Meeting Series - Agricultural Exposures
President’s Cancer Panel
Indianapolis, IN
Questions to be explored at this meeting include: How do agricultural chemicals affect the water sources and crops ultimately consumed by people, and what are the links between cancer and soil, water, and food contamination? and What governmental regulations/policies are in place to protect workers from exposure to carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic materials?
November 17, 2008
American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup will make recommendations to the American Health Information Community so that health IT can provide the data needed for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry, automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures, and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that can improve performance on those quality measures. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
November 20, 2008
American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup Meeting
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Washington, D.C.
The Workgroup Members will continue discussing and evaluating the confidentiality, privacy, and security protections and requirements for participants in electronic health information exchange environments. The meeting will be available via Web cast.
December 4, 2008
Environmental Factors in Cancer Meeting Series - Indoor/Outdoor Air Pollution and Water Contamination
President’s Cancer Panel
Charleston, S.C.
Questions to be explored at this meeting include: How effective are the current U.S. regulatory system policies on pollutants and are the research resources devoted to these issues adequate? and What are the health effects on the U.S. population from air pollutants produced by countries (e.g. China) with few or no environmental regulations?
January 27, 2009
Environmental Factors in Cancer Meeting Series - Nuclear Fallout, Electromagnetic Fields, and Radiation Exposure
President’s Cancer Panel
Phoenix, AZ
Questions to be explored at this meeting include: What are the health risks associated with increased exposure to ionizing radiation used for medical diagnosis and treatment? and What specific occupational industries and populations are disproportionately affected by work-related cancers?
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