National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda

November 3, 2015

Date: November 3, 2015
Time: 7:30 am - 2:45 pm
Location: The Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Room 800, Washington, D.C., 20201. 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 July 24, 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) Jim Esquea, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ellen Murray, Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:30 am	Health Information Technology Discussion Arlene Bierman, Ph.D., Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
11:30 - 11:45 am	Public Comment
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 pm	Real World Use of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Joel Cohen, Ph.D., Director, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Genevieve Kenney, Ph.D., Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute Chapin White, Ph.D., Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation Jessica Banthin, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Director, Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Diagnostic Errors Discussion Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D., Member, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Chair, Subgroup on Measurement, Reporting and Feedback Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H, Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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 October 2015

Internet Citation: National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Agenda. October 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-11-nac/agenda-11032015.html