National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda

July 24, 2015

Agenda for the upcoming meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (NAC).

Date: July 24, 2015
Time: 8:30 am - 2:45 pm
Location: John M. Eisenberg Building, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Select for Map and Directions.
Web cast: This meeting will be available by Web cast. To view the meeting, go tohttp://www.webconferences.com/ahrq.
Contact: General Information, Jaime Zimmerman, (301) 427-1456; Public Affairs, Alison Hunt, (301) 427-1244.

Agenda

Time	Event
7:30 – 8:30 am	Subcommittee Meeting for National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report
8:30 – 8:35 am	Call to Order and Approval of March 27, 2015, Meeting Summary
8:35 - 10:30 am	Director's Update and Strategic Directions — Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:45 am	Quality Disparities Report Update — Ernest Moy, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Officer, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
11:45 am - 12 noon	Public Comment
12 noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch Update on Surgeon General's Priorities — Nazleen H. Bharmal, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.P., Director of Science and Policy, Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1:00 - 2:15 pm	Transparency Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) — Christine Crofton, Ph.D., CAHPS Project Officer, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality My Own Network, Powered by AHRQ (MONAHRQ) — Virginia Mackay-Smith, M.P.H., Acting Director, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Future Directions — Katherine Hempstead, Ph.D., Team Director and Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2:15 – 2:30 pm	Public Comment
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Chairman's Wrap-up and NAC Input
2:45 pm	Adjournment

Meetings are open the public. All attendees must have a Government issued ID to enter the building.

Page last reviewed July 2015

Internet Citation: National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda: July 24, 2015. July 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-07-nac/agenda-072415.html