76670 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 2006 / Notices 

Title of Information Collection: 

National Blood Collection and 

Utilization Survey. 

Form/OMB No.: 0990–0000. 

Use: The Advisory Committee on 

Blood Safety and Availability, HHS, was 

established to provide policy advice to 

the Secretary and the Assistant 

Secretary for Health. The advice of the 

committee is partly dependent on the 

analysis of relevant blood collection and 

utilization data which is also widely 

distributed to and used by the 

transfusion medicine community. To 

that end, the Office of Public Health and 

Science (OPHS) is responsible for 

conducting a bi-annual cross-sectional 

national blood products survey. OPHS 

performed the 2005 National Blood 

Collection and Utilization Survey 

(NBCUS) using a nationally 

representative sample of hospitals and 

blood collection centers. Previously 

private and government financed 

versions of the NBCUS have 

successfully surveyed greater than 90% 

of the U.S. blood collection and 

processing facilities and more than 2900 

hospital based transfusion blood banks 

in the United States. The objective of 

the 2007 NBCUS is to produce reliable 

and accurate estimates of national and 

regional collections, utilization, and 

safety of all blood products—red blood 

cells, fresh frozen plasma, and platelets. 

Additionally, data regarding billing and 

payment for blood and blood products 

will be collected. New to the 2007 

NBCUS is the identification and 

collection of baseline data for 

biovigilance blood safety monitoring. 

An important purpose of the survey is 

to help the federal government 

implement a blood safety public health 

monitoring system. The survey will be 

mailed to approximately 3000 

institutions that include hospitals, 

blood collection facilities, and cord 

blood banks selected from the American 

Hospital Association annual survey 

database and AABB member list of 

blood collection facilities, respectively. 

The maximum length of the instrument 

will be 13 to 18 pages and the estimated 

number of data elements will be 200 to 

300. The survey will include questions 

about the institution, blood collection 

and processing, blood transfusion, 

cellular therapy products, and product 

modification and final disposition. The 

2007 NBCUS will also include 

additional questions on issues of 

biovigilance patient safety monitoring. 

Facilities will be surveyed regarding 

their 2006 calendar year activities. A 

toll-free hotline service for survey 

inquiries will be made available. 

Follow-up procedures will be in place 

to address survey non-responders. 

Following data collection, statistical 

tabulations of results for each question 

will be performed. The survey data will 

be analyzed by institution type, services 

provided, USPHS region, etc. A final 

comprehensive report on blood 

collection and transfusion-related 

activities in the United States will be 

issued by HHS. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

3,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 3,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 3 hrs. 

Total Annual Hours: 9,000. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 60-days, and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the following address: Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 

Resources and Technology, Office of 

Resources Management, Attention: 

Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990–0000), 

Room 537–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: December 13, 2006. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Personalized Healthcare 

Workgroup 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

first meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Personalized 

Healthcare Workgroup in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: January 4, 2007 from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. (You 

will need a photo ID to enter a Federal 

building.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

workgroups.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

inaugural meeting, the Workgroup 

members will be introduced and will 

introduced and will begin discussion of 

the charges to the group on making 

recommendations to the American 

Health Information Community. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. Go to http:// 

www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

workgroups.html for additional 

information on the meeting. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Biosurveillance 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

13th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Biosurveillance 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 5, 2007 from 12 to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

bio_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue discussing the 

Biosurveillance Priority Area matrix. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. For additional 

information, go to http://www.hhs.gov/ 

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Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the national 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology, 

American Health Information 

Community Confidentiality, Privacy 

and Security Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

sixth meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Confidentiality, 

Privacy and Security Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 8, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. (Please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/health/ahic.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

workgroup members will continue their 

discussion of Identity Proofing 

recommendations and work on 

prioritizing issues for future work. 

The meeting will be available in Web 

cast at http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ 

ahic/cps_instruct.html. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology, 

American Health Information 

Community Chronic Care Workgroup 

Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

12th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Chronic Care 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 18, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. (Please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

cc_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue discussing 

secure messaging. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. For additional 

information, go to http://www.hhs.gov/ 

healthit/ahic/cc_instruct.html. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator; 

American Health Information 

Community Electronic Health Records 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

12th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Electronic 

Health Records Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 11, 2007 from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. [Please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building.] 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

ehr_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

workgroup will continue its discussion 

on the barriers and drivers of EHR 

adoption. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. For additional 

information, go to http://www.hhs.gov/ 

healthit/ahic/ehr_instruct.html. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

13th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Consumer 

Empowerment Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 10, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Marcy C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

celmain.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup members will continue its 

discussion about potential 

recommendations to the AHIC 

addressing the broad charge to the 

Workgroup, and hear about recent 

research on interoperability issues. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. For additional 

information, go to http://www.hhs.gov/ 

healthit/ahic/celinstruct.html. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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