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HRSA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer at (301) 443–9094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information collection request title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Telehealth Resource Center Performance 

Measurement Tool OMB No. 0915– 

0361—Extension 

Abstract: HRSA requests an extension 

of their Telehealth Resource Center 

Performance Measurement Tool. The 

Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC) 

deliver telehealth technical assistance. 

There are two types of HRSA TRC 

programs: 

• Two National Telehealth Resource 

Center Programs focus on policy 

and technology. 

• 12 Regional Telehealth Resource 

Center Programs host activities and 

provide resources to rural and 

underserved areas. 

The HRSA Telehealth Resource 

Centers: 

• Provide training and support 

• Publicize information and research 

findings 

• Support collaboration and 

partnerships 

• Promote effective partnerships 

• Promote the use of telehealth by 

providing health care information and 

education to the public and medical 

specialists. 

The TRCs share expertise through 

individual consults, training, webinars, 

conference presentations, and the web. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: In order to evaluate 

existing programs, data are submitted to 

HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of 

Telehealth (OAT) through HRSA’s 

Performance Improvement Management 

System (PIMS). The data are used to 

measure the effectiveness of the 

technical assistance (TA). There is one 

data reporting period each year; during 

these reporting periods, data are 

reported for the previous twelve months 

of activity. Programs have 

approximately six weeks to enter their 

data into the PIMS system during each 

annual reporting period. 

The instrument was developed with 

the following four goals in mind: 

1. Improving access to needed 

services, 

2. Reducing rural and underserved 

population practitioner isolation, 

3. Improving health system 

productivity and efficiency, and 

4. Improving patient outcomes. 

The TRCs currently report on existing 

performance data elements using PIMS. 

The performance measures are designed 

to assess how the TRC program is 

meeting its goals to: 

• Expand the availability of telehealth 

services in underserved communities; 

• Improve the quality, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of telehealth services; 

• Promote knowledge exchange and 

dissemination about efficient and 

effective telehealth practices and 

technology; and 

• Establish sustainable TA centers 

providing quality, unbiased TA for the 

development and expansion of effective 

and efficient telehealth services in 

underserved communities. 

Additionally, the PIMS tool allows 

OAT to: 

• Determine the value added from the 

TRC Cooperative Agreement; 

• Justify budget requests; 

• Collect uniform, consistent data 

which enables OAT to monitor 

programs; 

• Provide guidance to grantees on 

important indicators to track over time 

for their own internal program 

management; 

• Measure performance relative to the 

mission of OAT/HRSA as well as 

individual goals and objectives of the 

program; 

• Identify topics of interest for future 

special studies; and 

• Identify changes in health care 

needs within rural and underserved 

communities, allowing programs to shift 

focus in order to meet those needs. 

Likely Respondents: The likely 

respondents will be telehealth 

associations, telehealth providers, rural 

and underserved health providers, 

clinicians that deliver services via 

telehealth, technical assistance 

providers, research organizations and 

academic medical centers. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement 

Tool ................................................................................... 14 42 588 0.07 41 

14 ........................ 588 ........................ 41 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier OS–0990–0478] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of a proposed 

collection for public comment. Since 

March 29, 2020, the U.S. government 

has been collecting data from hospitals 

and states to understand health care 

system stress, capacity, capabilities, and 

the number of patients hospitalized due 

to COVID–19. As the COVID–19 

response continues to evolve, Federal 

needs for data are also evolving. The 

data elements within the collection are 

being altered to best meet the needs of 

the current response to COVID–19. This 

alteration includes the addition of data 

elements collecting more detailed 

information on pediatric 

hospitalizations, which will help to 

better understand pediatric hospital 

surge as well as inform epidemiologic 

surveillance to inform potential 

response actions. The alteration also 

includes making various data elements 

inactive for federal data collection based 

on current and anticipated future 

federal response needs, as well as 

reduce burden where possible. While 

inactive, these data elements will still 

be considered as remaining part of the 

data collection to allow jurisdictions to 

continue collecting the information if it 

is needed for their unique response 

needs. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before February 10, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in any one of the following 

ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov 

or (202) 795–7714. When submitting 

comments or requesting information, 

please include the document identifier 

0990–0478–30D and project title for 

reference. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Federal Register notice seeks public 

comment on the emergency revision 

with substantive changes recently 

submitted to OMB for review and 

approval. These comments will be 

reviewed and taken into consideration if 

the Department intends to make any 

revisions to the information collection 

request approved under [0990–0478]. 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

comments regarding the aforementioned 

emergency revision with substantive 

changes or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including: 

The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, the accuracy of the estimated 

burden, ways to enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

Title of the Collection: U.S. Healthcare 

COVID–19 Portal. 

Type of Collection: Emergency 

revision, substantial change. 

OMB No.: 0990–0478—U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) Office of the Secretary. 

This notice also includes changing the 

data collection owner from the HHS 

Office of the Chief Information Officer 

(OCIO) to the HHS Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). 

Abstract: The Unified Hospital Data 

Surveillance System (UHDSS) was 

created in 2020 to monitor COVID–19 

health care system capacity and surge 

and inform epidemiological 

surveillance. The collection requires 

daily responses from all hospitals in the 

U.S., with some jurisdictions (state, 

local, tribal, or territorial governments) 

compiling submissions for hospitals 

within their locality. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Hospitals (excluding Psychiatric and 

Rehabilitation Hospitals).

HHS Teletracking COVID–19 Portal 5200 365 1.25 2,372,500 

Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Hospitals.HHS Teletracking COVID–19 Portal 800 52 1.25 52,000 

Infusion Centers and Outpatient 

Clinics reporting Inventory & use 

of therapeutics (MABs).

HHS Teletracking COVID–19 Portal 400 52 0.25 5,200 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,429,700 

Sherrette A. Funn, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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