[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25707-25708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10399]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOD-2011-HA-0019]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 31, 
2012.
    Title and OMB Number: Electronic Health Record (EHR) Usability 
Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 942.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 3768.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 628 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The intended use of the information collection is 
to develop a longitudinal measure of how end-users perceive the 
usability of the

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Department of Defense (DoD) suite of Electronic Health Record (EHR) 
applications.
    Until recently, understanding the performance of EHR systems 
focused on functionality and user satisfaction. Now the focus has 
shifted towards understanding the usability of a system. This usability 
attribute describes the ease with which people can use the system to 
achieve a goal, and consists of three measurable components: 
Efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction.
    As the Military Health Systems (MHS) moves towards developing the 
next generation of EHR applications, it is important to obtain baseline 
usability data of our current suite of applications and be able to 
monitor changes over time as the new EHR is deployed. Over the next 
five years, the DoD will make a significant investment to deliver a new 
EHR solution and it will be important to accurately assess the benefits 
realized as a result of this investment.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Federal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD Information Management 
Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 
VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: February 15, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-10399 Filed 4-30-12; 8:45 am]
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