[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23848]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Sentinel Centers Network (SCN) Core Data Set--New

    HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) established the 
Sentinel Centers Network (SCN) to assist in addressing critical policy 
issues. Thirty-eight BPHC supported health centers and NHSC sites have 
been awarded funds through sub-contracts in this first year of 
operation. These health centers were identified as having adequate 
infrastructure and commitment through the competitive contract process 
to serve as ``laboratories'' that will generate data for timely policy 
analyses and conducting projects on topics that have immediate policy 
impact.
    A protocol for core data collection and retrieval, timelines, 
expectations, and evaluation of the Network sites is currently 
underway. It is expected that sites will submit these core data, or 
have these data extracted from their existing information systems 
periodically. These core data may include provider level, encounter 
level, and user level information regarding, for example, data on 
service delivery, utilization, payer sources, demographics, clinical 
diagnoses and outcomes, staffing, and costs. Since all data obtained 
from the participant sites will be extracted/compiled from existing 
information systems, and not through primary data collection, burden 
will therefore be minimized. In addition, each participant site will 
receive technical assistance both on site and via telephone to reduce 
burden as much as possible.
    Estimated burden hours:

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                                 Number of      Responses per                       Hours per      Total burden
     Type of respondent         respondents       respondent    Total responses     responses          hours
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Sites.......................              38                4              152                8            1,216
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: September 12, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-23848 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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