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science response as part of the response to disasters. The Secretary has recently invited six individuals to serve as members of the Board due to the expiration of 3-year terms for six members on December 31, 2010. The new members require on-boarding and swearing-in. As a result of the logistics of scheduling the availability of the new members and the continuing voting members, as well as ASPR leadership, there are exceptional circumstances that prevent the normal 15 calendar days notice for this meeting. This is a special meeting of the Board. The next scheduled meeting of the Board will be announced in the Federal Register within the required timeframe established by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Availability of Materials: The meeting agenda and materials will be posted on the NBSB Web site at http:// www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/ boards/nbsb/Pages/default.aspx.

Dated: January 14, 2011. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES** 

**Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; HIT**  **Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.

Name of Committee: HIT Standards Committee.

General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.

Date and Time: The meeting will be held on February 16, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m./Eastern Time. Location: TBD. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web site, http://healthit.hhs.gov.

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201,202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call the contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice.

Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups, including the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, Implementation, and Privacy & Security Standards Workgroups. ONC intends to make background material available to the public no later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on ONC’s Web site after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov

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Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before February 10, 2011. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled between approximately 3 and 4 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes each. If the number of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, ONC will take written comments after the meeting until close of business.

Persons attending ONC’s advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets.

ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Judy Sparrow at least seven (7) days in advance of the meeting.

ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

Dated: January 18, 2011. Judith Sparrow, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES** 

**Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality** 

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;**  **Comment Request**

**AGENCY :**  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project:

‘‘Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice must be received by March 28, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.

Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Proposed Project

Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Executive Order 12862 directs agencies that ‘‘provide significant services directly to the public ’’ to ‘‘ survey customers to determine the kind and quality of services they want and their level of satisfaction with existing services. ’’ This is a request for the Office of


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Management and Budget (OMB) to reapprove for an additional 3 years, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the generic clearance for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to survey the users of AHRQ’s work products and services, OMB control number 0935–0106.

Customer surveys will be undertaken by AHRQ to assess its work products and services provided to its customers, to identify problem areas, and to determine how they can be improved. Surveys conducted under this generic clearance are not required by regulation and will not be used by AHRQ to regulate or sanction its customers. Surveys will be entirely voluntary, and information provided by respondents will be combined and summarized so that no individually identifiable information will be released. Proposed information collections submitted under this generic clearance will be reviewed and acted upon by OMB within 14 days of submission to OMB. In accordance with OMB guidelines for generic clearances for voluntary customer surveys and Executive Order 12862, AHRQ: (1) Has established an independent review process to assure the development, implementation, and analysis of high quality customer surveys within AHRQ; (2) will provide periodic progress reports on the conduct of surveys under the generic approval, summarizing the actual burden; (3) will provide OMB with copies of the survey instruments for inclusion in the docket; and, (4) will notify OMB of any significant changes in proposed survey instruments.

Method of Collection

The information collected through focus groups and voluntary customer surveys will be used by AHRQ to identify strengths and weaknesses in products and services to make improvements that are practical and feasible. Information from these customer surveys will be used to plan and redirect resources and efforts to improve or maintain a high quality of service to the lay and health professional public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated total burden hours for the respondents. Mail surveys are estimated to average 15 minutes, telephone surveys 40 minutes, web-based surveys 10 minutes, focus groups two hours, and in-person interviews are estimated to average 50 minutes. Mail surveys may also be sent to respondents via email, and may include a telephone non-response follow-up.

Telephone non-response follow-up for mailed surveys does not count as a telephone survey. The total burden hours for the 3 years of the clearance is estimated to be 10,150 hours.

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden for the respondents. The total cost burden for the 3 years of the clearance is estimated to be $340,127.



### E XHIBIT 

### 1—E STIMATED 

### B URDEN 

### H OURS 

### O VER 

### 3 Y EARS

Type of information collection Number of respondents Number of responses per

respondent Hours per response Total burden hours

Mail/e-mail* ...................................................................................................... 15,000 1 15/6 0 3,750 Telephone ........................................................................................................ 600 1 40/60 40 0 Web-based ....................................................................................................... 15,000 1 10/60 2,500 Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 1,500 1 2.0 3,000 In-person .......................................................................................................... 600 1 50/60 500

Total .......................................................................................................... 32,700 na na 10, 150

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.



### E XHIBIT 

### 2—E STIMATED 

### C OST 

### B URDEN 

### O VER 

### 3 Y EARS

Type of information collection Number of respondents Total burden hours Average hourly wage rate* Total cost burden

Mail/e-mail ........................................................................................................ 15,000 3,750$33.51 $125,663 Telephone ........................................................................................................ 600 400 33.51 13,404 Web-based ....................................................................................................... 15,000 2,500 33 .51 83,775 Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530 In-person .......................................................................................................... 600 500 33.5 1 16,755

Total .......................................................................................................... 32,700 10,150 na340,127

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘ National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009, ’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government

Information collections conducted under this generic clearance will in some cases be carried out under contract. Assuming the contract cost per survey are $50,000–$100,000, and for each focus group are $20,000, total contract costs could run $ 720,000 per

year. Request for Comments

In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, comments on AHRQ’s information collection are requested with regard to any of the following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ healthcare research and healthcare information dissemination functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the respondents, including the use of


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automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the Agency’s subsequent request for OMB approval of the proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

Dated: January 3, 2011. Carolyn M. Clancy,

Director.

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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES** 

**Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality** 

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;**  **Comment Request**

**AGENCY :**  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ‘‘The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator Interview and Innovator Email Submission Guidelines. ’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.

This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on November 2nd, 2010 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice must be received by February 24, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 ( attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA

_submission@omb.eop.gov ( attention: AHRQ’s desk officer).

Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Proposed Project

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator Interview and Innovator Email Submission Guidelines

This request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review is for renewal of the existing collection that is currently approved under OMB Control No. 0935–0147, AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator Interview and AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator Email Submission Guidelines, which expires on March 31, 2011.

The Health Care Innovations Exchange provides a national-level information hub to foster the implementation and adaptation of innovative strategies that improve health care quality and reduce disparities in the care received by different populations. The Innovations Exchange’s target audiences, broadly defined, are current and potential change agents in the U.S. health care system, including clinicians ( e.g., physicians, nurses, and other providers), health system administrators, health plan managers, health service purchasers, regulators, and policymakers from relevant Federal and state agencies.

To develop the target of 150 profiles per year, a purposively selected group of approximately 167 health care innovations will be selected annually for potential consideration. These 167 innovations will be selected to ensure that innovations included in the Innovations Exchange cover a broad range of health care settings, care processes, priority populations, and clinical conditions.

The goals of the Health Care Innovations Exchange are to:

(1) Identify health care service delivery innovations and provide a national level repository of searchable innovations and QualityTools that enables health care decisionmakers to quickly identify ideas and tools that meet their needs. These innovations come from many care settings including inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities, long term care organizations, health plans and community care settings. They also represent many patient populations, disease conditions, and processes of care such as preventive, acute, and chronic care;

(2) Foster the implementation and adoption of health care service delivery innovations that improve health care quality and reduce disparities in the care received by different populations.

This data collection is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, Westat, pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct and support research on healthcare and on systems for the delivery of such care, including activities (1) with respect to the quality, effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare services, 42 U.S.C. 299a(a), and (2) to promote innovation in evidence-based health care practices and technologies. 42 U.S.C. 299b–5.

Method of Collection

To achieve the first goal of the Innovations Exchange the following data collections will be implemented:

(1) E-mail submission—Based on experience during the current approval period, approximately 10% of the 167 health care innovations considered for inclusion annually, and their associated innovators, will submit their innovations via email to the Innovations Exchange without prior contact (about 17 annually). Innovators who submit their innovations for possible publication through the email submission guidelines process will be considered as will innovations identified by project staff through an array of sources that include: Published literature, conference proceedings, news items, list servs, Federal agencies and other government programs and resources, health care foundations, and health care associations.

(2) Health care innovator interview— To collect and verify the information required for the innovation profiles, health care innovators will be interviewed by telephone about the following aspects of their innovation: Health care problem addressed, impetus for the innovation, goals of the innovation, description of the innovation, sources of funding, evaluation results for the innovation, setting for the innovation, history of planning and implementation for the innovation, and lessons learned concerning the implementation of the innovation. Interviews will be conducted with innovators identified by project staff and those identified through email submission.

(3) Annual follow-up reviews—After the innovation profile is published, on a yearly basis, innovators will be contacted by email to review and update their profiles.

The second goal of the Innovations Exchange is achieved by serving as a

‘‘ one-stop shop ’’ that provides: