[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33427-33428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16128]
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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, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects being developed for submission to 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, call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (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: Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Rural
Telemedicine Grant Program
New--The Rural Telemedicine Grant Program is authorized by Section
330A of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the Health Centers
Consolidation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-229). The goal of the program
is to improve access to quality health services for rural residents and
reduce the isolation of rural practitioners through the use of
telemedicine technologies. The two objectives of the Rural Telemedicine
Grant Program are: 1) to demonstrate how telemedicine can be used as a
tool in developing integrated systems of health care, which would
improve access to health services for rural individuals across the
lifespan and reduce the isolation of rural health care practitioners;
and 2) to evaluate the feasibility, costs, appropriateness and
acceptability of rural telemedicine services and technologies. Such
evaluation is needed to determine how best to organize and provide
telemedicine services in a sustainable manner.
Grantees will be responsible for submitting the data collection
instruments listed in the burden table below. Grantees will gather
information from sources involved with their telemedicine program,
including patients, providers, health administrators and site
coordinators. Information gathered on the data collection instruments
will be entered into a database which will communicate with a central
server storing all of the data from the grantee sites. Standardized
data collection across all grantee sites is essential to drawing
meaningful conclusions about the progress and direction of
telemedicine.
The estimated burden is as follows:
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Est. number Instruments Time burden Total
of completed per burden per
Name of instrument Type of respondent respondents per instrument instrument
per year respondent (minutes) (hours)
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Patient Demographics............. Patient.................. 4,780 1 3 239
Patient Post Session............. Patient.................. 4,780 1 7 558
Provider Demographics............ All providers (filled out 2,390 1 2 80
once).
Consult Initiator Information.... Provider who requested TM 1,195 4 4 319
consult.
Consult Initiator Satisfaction... Provider who requested TM 1,195 4 4 319
consult.
Provider Post Session............ Consulting provider...... 1,195 4 4 319
Consult Recipient Satisfaction... Consulting provider...... 1,195 4 5 398
Session Information (Consulting Site coordinator 20 240 6 480
Site). (consulting site).
Session Information (Primary Care Site coordinator (primary 300 16 2 160
Site). care site).
Emergency/Triage Encounter Emergency room staff 15 10 4 10
(Consulting Site). person.
Emergency/Triage Encounter Emergency room staff 15 10 4 10
(Originating Site). person.
Provider Satisfaction (Periodic). All providers (filled out 2,390 3 3 359
every 4 months).
System information............... Program administrator/ 320 2 25 267
technical staff.
Program Costs.................... Program administrator.... 320 1 25 133
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Total...................... ......................... 8,160 ........... ........... 3651
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Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: June 16, 1997.
James J. Corrigan,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 97-16128 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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