- Vision [1]
- The Charter of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, as provided for under P.L. 92-463, Section
921 establishes two functions: 1) the Council shall advise the Secretary and the Director with respect to activities to carry
out the purpose of the Agency under section 901(b); and make recommendations to the Secretary of HHS and the Director on matters
related to actions of the Agency to enhance the quality, improve the outcomes, and reduce the costs of health care services,
as well as improve access to such services, through scientific research and the promotion of improvements in clinical practice
and in the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services 2) the Council shall advise the Secretary and Director
through recommendations regarding priorities for a national agenda and strategy for: priorities regarding health care research
, especially studies related to quality, outcomes, cost and utilization of, and access to, health care services; the field
of health care research and related disciplines, especially issues related to training needs,, and dissemination of information
pertaining to health care quality; and the appropriate role of the Agency in each of these areas in light of private sector
activity and identification of opportunities for public-private partnerships.
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