[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58395-58396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23894]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5a5b4a5b0a7a2baa7be95bda7a6b4fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e4f5e4f1e6e3fbe6ffd4fce6e7f5baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (b) the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection 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 on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Health Center Controlled Networks Progress Reports 
(OMB No. 0915-0315)--Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) collects 
network outcome measures, conducts evaluation of those measures, and 
has an electronic reporting system for the following types of grantees: 
Health Information Technology Planning Grants, Electronic Health Record 
Implementation Health Center Controlled Networks, Health Information 
Technology Innovations for Health Center Controlled Networks, and High 
Impact Electronic Health Records Implementation for Health Center 
Controlled Networks and Large Multi Site Health Centers. In order to 
help carry out its mission, HRSA created a set of performance measures 
that grantees use to evaluate the effectiveness of their service 
programs and monitor their progress through the use of performance 
reporting data.
    Grantees report to HRSA on their grants to accomplish the following 
goals: increase access to needed data and services; improve quality, 
efficiency and effectiveness of network services; and enhance ability 
to track and monitor patient outcomes. Grantees submit their Progress 
Reports in a mid-year report and an accumulative annual progress report 
each fiscal year of the grant. These grants are on three year project 
periods. For HRSA grantees, there is no increase in burden. The hours 
per response has not changed. The number of grantees increased from 40 
to 109.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

 
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Application              respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Planning........................               5               2              10              10             100
Electronic Health Records                     54               2             108              18           1,944
 Implementation.................
Innovations Category 1..........               0               2               0               0               0
Innovations Category 2..........              29               2              58              18           1,044
High Impact.....................              21               2              42              18           7,208
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    Total.......................             109               -              80               -           3,808
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    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6a6b7a6b3a4a1b9a4bd96bea4a5b7f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="720213021700051d0019321a0001135c151d04">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: September 16, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-23894 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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