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Critical Crossroads Federal Steering Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, CDC, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA
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NICHD, NIMH, NINDS
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The Critical Crossroads initiative, initiated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program, seeks to collaborate across federal agencies to improve the identification of and care coordination for children experiencing mental health crises in rural emergency care settings. The project will identify resources and best practice tools that can be disseminated to states and rural communities. The goals of the project are to improve the coordination of care of children in emergency mental health crisis and post-crisis in rural regions and to provide training and policy resources to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and ED practitioners.
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Cytomegalovirus Infection: Advancing Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
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Meeting/ Workshop
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CDC, FDA
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NIAID, NICHD
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The purpose of this meeting was to facilitate the discovery and development of vaccines and therapeutics for serious cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections and/or disease by assessing the state of the art and identifying knowledge gaps and other barriers to advancement of products. CMV infection causes significant morbidity and mortality in congenitally-infected infants and transplant recipients.
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DailyMed
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Resource Development
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FDA
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NLM
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DailyMed provides high-quality information about marketed drugs, including FDA labels (package inserts). The website provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts. NLM provides this DailyMed as a public service, free of advertising.
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Demand Reduction Interagency Working Groups
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA
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NIAAA, NIDA
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These working groups aim to prevent substance abuse and related negative consequences by implementing a prevention framework to serve as a foundation for collaboration among Federal agencies in the development of joint initiatives that serve States and communities across the Nation.
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Department of Defense Resuscitation and Transfusion Steering Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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CC, NHLBI
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This committee oversees the Department of Defense (DoD) research in resuscitation and transfusion.
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Care Personnel Influenza Vaccination Interagency Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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OS
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CC
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This committee is charged with developing strategies to increase the number of healthcare professionals who are vaccinated with the influenza vaccine.
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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OS
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CC
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This committee serves as the major policy advisory committee in the nation for healthcare epidemiology.
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Medical Claims Review Panel
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, SAMHSA
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CC
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The Medical Claims Review Panel (MCRP) assists the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in meeting its responsibility to provide quality health care in its facilities and by its practitioners. The MCRP reviews paid claims against DHHS facilities and providers to determine if the care provided met the standard of care and makes quality improvement recommendations to health care facilities and individual providers. The Panel meets monthly and includes two National Institutes Health (NIH) representatives; the current Chair of the Panel is an NIH physician.
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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OS
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CC
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This steering committee is charged with developing a national action plan for addressing the important problem of healthcare-associated infections.
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biovigilance Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC
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CC, NHLBI
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This committee develops systems for reporting adverse events resulting from blood transfusion or donation.
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