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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms 

(if necessary) 

Type of 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Quarterly Status report (format TBA) REC applicant (not-for-profit organization).60 4 20 4,800 

Program evaluation ........................... REC applicant (not-for-profit organization).60 1 100 6,000 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 10,800 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2126 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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 information collection request 

for public comment. 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. 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 directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: Patient Perceptions 

of the Delivery of Health Care Through 

the Use of an Electronic Health Record 

(New)—OMB No. 0990–NEW—Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

Abstract: Recognizing the potential of 

health information technology (IT), 

Congress incorporated the Health 

Information Technology for Economic 

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as 

part of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009, and allocated 

$19.2 billion to meet the goal of 

meaningful use of certified EHRs for 

each person in the United States by 

2014. The HITECH Act builds on 

existing federal efforts to encourage 

health IT adoption and use, and 

contains provisions that are expected to 

promote the widespread adoption of 

health IT among health care providers. 

Health IT experts agree that HITECH 

stimulus funds are likely to improve 

how physicians practice medicine for 

Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries 

and, ultimately, for advancing patientcentered medical care for all Americans. 

However, there is an evidence gap about 

patients’ preferences and perceptions of 

delivery of health care services by 

providers who have adopted EHR 

systems in their practices. 

The goal of the Patient Perceptions of 

the Delivery of Health Care through the 

Use of an Electronic Health Record 

(Patient Perceptions of EHR) Study is to 

help policymakers understand how 

primary care practices’ use of electronic 

health records (EHRs) affects 

consumers’ satisfaction with (1) their 

medical care, (2) communication with 

their doctor, and (3) coordination of 

care. The research questions for the 

proposed Patient Perceptions of EHR 

Study are motivated by a concern that 

patients may have negative experiences 

as practices begin to use EHRs. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms 

(if necessary) Type of respondent Number of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Screening and Recruitment Form for 

Primary Care Practices.

Staff at Primary Care Practices ....... 84 1 15/60 21 

Patient Survey ................................... Patients at Primary Care Practices .. 1,680 1 15/60 420 

Patient Focus Group ......................... Patients at Primary Care Practices .. 40 1 1.5 60 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... 1,804 1 ........................ 501 

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5330 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2125 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0344 

Extension] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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 an 

information collection request for public 

comment. 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. 

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 must be 

received within 60-days and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the above e-mail address. 

Proposed Project: HAvBED 

Assessment for 2009–H1N1 Influenza 

Serious Illness, OMB No. 0990–0344 

Extension HHS Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response (ASPR), Office of 

Preparedness and Emergency 

Operations (OPEO). 

Abstract: The Office of the Secretary 

(OS) is requesting clearance by the 

Office of Management and Budget to 

extend data collection regarding the 

status of the health care system. ASPR/ 

OPEO received expedited clearance for 

data collection during the 2009–H1N1 

pandemic. Since September 2009 HHS 

has collected data on bed availability, 

health care system resource needs such 

as ventilators and health care system 

stress such as implementation of surge 

strategies. These data have proven 

useful to ASPR in fulfilling its 

responsibilities for preparedness and 

response. 

Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS 

Act, the ASPR serves as the principal 

advisor to the Secretary on all matters 

related to Federal public health and 

medical preparedness and response for 

public health emergencies. In addition 

to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates 

with State, local, and tribal public 

health officials and healthcare systems 

to ensure effective integration of Federal 

public health and medical assets during 

an emergency. ASPR’s National Hospital 

Preparedness Program (HPP) awards 

cooperative agreements to each of the 50 

states, the Pacific Islands, and U.S. 

territories (for a total of 62 awardees) to 

improve surge capacity and enhance 

community and hospital preparedness 

for public health emergencies. These 62 

awardees are responsible for enhancing 

the preparedness of the nation’s nearly 

6,000 hospitals. These awards are 

authorized under section 391C–2 of the 

Public Health Service (PHS) Act. 

For this data collection the situation 

will dictate how often the data will be 

collected using the Web-based interface 

known as HAvBED. For a large scale 

emergency data will be collected 

nationally from all 62 HPP awardees to 

include all 6,000 hospitals in HAvBED 

system. For smaller scale events data 

collection will be targeted to individual 

states or regions. Data may also be 

gathered during exercises. Notifications 

for data collection are sent to the 

affected states through the HPP program 

staff. The data gathered from the 

hospitals are reported to the HHS 

Secretary’s Operations Center to inform 

situational awareness and national 

preparedness. During the 2009–H1N1 

response nation-wide data were 

collected weekly for 3 months and then 

twice monthly for 3 months. Since the 

HAvBED data collection is activated in 

response to emergencies it is impossible 

to predict the exact frequency of data 

collection. It is anticipated that the 

minimal data request will be a national 

data call of all awardees and hospitals 

once per month throughout the year. If 

the seriousness of the stress on the 

hospitals increases up to daily reporting 

may be requested. 

Depending on the nature of the 

existing systems at the hospitals, the 

data may be obtained manually or 

readily available electronically through 

existing systems. States would have 

their own procedures for training staff 

on how to use their existing systems, so 

there would not be an additional 

training burden for learning those 

systems. For manual data collection 

using the HAvBED system, personnel 

have already been trained for the 2009– 

H1N1 data collection. Only newly hired 

personnel would require training. The 

system is easy to use and intuitive. 

There is a user guide that provides 

information to help people quickly 

understand how to use the system. 

Based on the experience of the system 

administrator in working with users, 

training time to learn the HAvBED data 

entry procedures is no more than one 

hour. On average it takes 40 minutes of 

explanation and 20 minutes of hands on 

practice with the training site. 

The actual data collection time for the 

hospitals is approximately 1 hour and 

the states will spend approximately 3 

hours compiling the information from 

all of the hospitals in their state/ 

territory. For automated systems the 

time would be less. The frequency of 

data collection will depend on the 

number of emergencies and exercises 

throughout the year. It is not possible to 

predict the exact number, but it is 

estimated that data collection will range 

from 12 per year (once per month) to a 

maximum of 102 times per year (daily 

for 3 months, twice monthly for 3 

months and monthly for 6 months). The 

cost model assumes the maximal annual 

estimated burden, but is likely to be 

much less than the estimate. 

ANNUAL ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

No. of 

responses/ 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Hospital staff (training) ..................................................................................... 6,000 1 1 6,000 

Hospital staff (data collection) ......................................................................... 6,000 102 1 612,000 

State/Territory Preparedness staff (training) ................................................... 62 1 1 62 

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