[Federal Register: July 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimated burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Office of Health Information Technology, Health
Center Controlled Networks Progress Reports--New
The Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT), Division of
State and Community Assistance (DSCA) plans to collect network outcome
measures, conduct evaluation of those measures, and create an
electronic reporting system for the following new 2007 grant
opportunities: Health Information Technology Planning Grants,
Electronic Health Record Implementation Health Center Controlled
Networks, Health Information Technology Innovations for Health Center
Controlled Networks, and High Impact Electronic Health Records
Implementation for Health Center Controlled Networks and Large Multi
Site Health Centers.
In order to help carry out its mission, DSCA has created a set of
performance measures that grantees will use to evaluate the
effectiveness of their service programs and monitor their progress
through the use of performance reporting data.
OHIT will develop an electronic performance measurement reporting
instrument with HRSA's Office of Information Technology. The instrument
will be developed to accomplish the following goals: To monitor
improved access to needed services, to evaluate the productivity and
efficiency of the networks, and to monitor patient outcome measures.
Grantees will submit their Progress Reports in a mid-year report and an
accumulative annual progress report each fiscal year of the grant.
The estimates of burden are as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Application respondents respondent responses response hours
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Planning........................ 12 2 24 18 432
Electronic Health Records 8 2 16 18 288
Implementation.................
Innovations Category 1.......... 7 2 14 18 252
Innovations Category 2.......... 5 2 10 18 180
High Impact..................... 8 2 16 18 288
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Totals...................... 40 .............. 80 .............. 1,440
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: June 28, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
[FR Doc. E7-13167 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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