76672 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Quality Workgroup 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

fifth meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Quality 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: January 9, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. 

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/ 

quality_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

meeting, the Workgroup will continue 

their discussion on a core set of quality 

measures and on the specific charge to 

the Workgroup. The Workgroup 

members will continue discussion on 

their work to envision and describe a 

world in which quality measurement 

and reporting are automated and 

clinical decision support is used to 

improve performance on those quality 

measures. This shared vision will be 

used to inform potential 

recommendations to the AHIC 

addressing the broad and specific 

charges to the Workgroup. 

The meeting will be available via 

internet access. For additional 

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

healthit/ahic/quality_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 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–07–0612] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Well-Integrated Screening and 

Evaluation for Women Across the 

Nation (WISEWOMAN) Reporting 

System—EXTENSION—National Center 

for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The WISEWOMEN program, which 

focuses on reducing cardiovascular 

disease risk factors among at-risk 

women, was in response to the 

Secretary of Health and Human 

Services’ Continuous Improvement 

Initiative, asking for the development of 

programs that examine ways in which 

service delivery can be improved for 

select populations. Title XV of the 

Public Health Service Act, Section 1509 

originally authorized the secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services to establish up to three 

demonstration projects. Through 

appropriations language, the CDC 

WISEWOMAN program is now allowed 

to fund up to 15 projects. Currently, 

WISEWOMAN funds 12 demonstration 

projects, which at full implementation 

are expected to screen approximately 

30,000 women annually for 

cardiovascular disease risk factors. The 

program targets women already 

participating in the National Breast and 

Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 

(NBCCEDP) and provides screening for 

select cardiovascular disease risk factors 

(including elevated cholesterol, 

hypertension and abnormal blood 

glucose levels), lifestyle interventions, 

and medical referrals as required in an 

effort to improve cardiovascular health 

among participants. 

The CDC proposes to collect and 

analyze baseline and follow-up date (12 

months post enrollment) for all 

participants. These data called the 

minimum data elements (MDE’s), 

includes demographic and risk factor 

information about women served in 

each program and information 

concerning the number and type of 

intervention sessions attended. The 

MDE’s will be reported to CDC in April 

and October each year. The MDE allows 

or an assessment of how effective 

WISEWOMAN is at reducing the burden 

of cardiovascular disease risk factors 

among participants. The CDC also 

proposes to collect programmatic data 

for all WISEWOMAN programs. 

Programmatic data includes information 

related to grantee management, public 

education and outreach professional 

education service delivery, cost, and an 

assessment of how well each program is 

meeting their stated objectives. 

All required data will be submitted 

electronically to the contractor hired by 

CDC to conduct the WISEWOMAN 

evaluation. MDE and cost data will be 

submitted to RTI twice a year. All 

information collected as part of the 

WISEWOMAN evaluation will be used 

to assess the costs, effectiveness and 

cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN in 

reducing cardiovascular disease risk 

factors, for obtaining more complete 

health data among vulnerable 

populations, promoting public 

education of disease incidence and riskfactors, improving the availability of 

screening and diagnostic services for 

under-served women, ensuring the 

quality of services provided to women 

and developing strategies for improved 

interventions. Because certain 

demographic data are already collected 

as part of NBCCEDP, the additional 

burden on grantees will be modest. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

2,160. 


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