AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet in Baltimore on June 28-29

The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will convene in person in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, June 28, at 1:45 p.m. E.T. and Saturday, June 29, at 9 a.m. E.T. The council, which consists of 21 members from the private sector and 7 ex officio members from other federal health agencies, provides advice to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the agency.  

Agenda for Friday, June 28, 1:45–6 p.m.:

• Recent AHRQ Accomplishments, Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., director, AHRQ.
• AHRQ’s Vision for Health Services Research, Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., president and CEO, AcademyHealth.
• Update on AHRQ’s Age-Friendly Healthcare Systems Strategic Plan, Arlene Bierman, M.D., M.S., chief strategy officer, AHRQ.
• Opportunities for Modernizing the Measurement of Consumer Experience, a Panel Discussion, moderated by Komal Bajaj, M.D., M.S., H.P.Ed., acting chair, AHRQ National Advisory Council, chief quality officer, NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB, medical director of sustainability, NYC Health+Hospitals, professor of OB/GYN, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Panelists: Clif Gaus, Sc.D., M.H.A., president and CEO, National Association of Accountable Care Organizations; Cynthia Bland, director, statistics, RTI International; Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D., president and CEO, National Quality Forum; Danny van Leeuwen, M.P.H., R.N., C.P.H.Q., founder, Health Hats.

Agenda for Saturday, June 29, 9–11:30 a.m.:  

• Discussion of Priority Populations and Maternal Health, Kamila Mistry, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate director, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, AHRQ; Emily M. Chew, M.P.H., senior advisor for women's health and gender research, Division of Priority Populations, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, AHRQ; Carmela Roybal, Ph.D., M.B.G.P.H., senior advisor, Office of the Director, AHRQ.
• AHRQ’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Extension Program, Therese (Tess) Miller, Dr.P.H., director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, AHRQ.

The meeting will occur at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, 401 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Seating is limited but attendance is available via Zoom. Please review the streaming instructions for remote access. If you are interested in attending in person, please register at https://cma.ahrq.gov/na. A confirmation email will be sent based on availability.

The meeting is open to the public, and there will be time for public comments on both days. If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, email NationalAdvisoryCouncil@ahrq.hhs.gov no later than 3:15 p.m. E.T. on June 28 (for all comment requests for the June 28 session) and no later than 10 a.m. E.T. on June 29 (for all comment requests for June 29 session). The time allotted for public comments is 4:15–4:30 p.m. E.T. on Friday and 11–11:15 a.m. E.T. on Saturday. 

Captioning will be provided during this event. To request reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities, contact the Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Disabilities, Diversity, and Inclusion, (301) 443-5636, RA-Request@hrsa.gov, no later than Friday, June 14. 

Please note that this meeting will be recorded, and the recording will be posted on AHRQ’s website a few weeks after the meeting.

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