AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet April 9 Sign up: AHRQ Press Releases email updates Press Release Date: April 5, 2010 The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will meet on Friday, April 9. The council provides advice to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on matters related to AHRQ. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin with an update on the Agency's current research, programs and initiatives.The council meeting will include a demonstration of a virtual hospital discharge tool developed by a team of researchers at Boston University Medical Center. Council members also will receive updates on AHRQ's patient safety portfolio, AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report as well as a progress report on AHRQ's comparative effectiveness research.Date: Friday, April 9, 2010Location:AHRQ's Eisenberg Conference Center540 Gaither RoadRockville, MD 20850Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Registration: No prior registration is required.Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations may contact Kaye Nitta, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Program Support Center, by E-mail: Kaye.Nitta@psc.hhs.gov, voice/relay at (301) 443-1977, or TTY at (301) 443-1972.For more information, please contact AHRQ Public Affairs: (301) 427-1855 or (301) 427-1866.Use Twitter to get AHRQ news updates: http://www.twitter.com/ahrqnews/. Current as of April 2010 Internet Citation: AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet April 9. April 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/2010/nac0409.html