[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45723-45724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15612]


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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) 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) will publish 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, 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

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burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques of other forms of 
information technology.

Proposed Project: The Sentinel Centers Network (SCN) Core Data Set (OMB 
No. 0915-0268)--Extension.

    HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) established the 
Sentinel Centers Network (SCN) to assist in addressing critical policy 
issues. Health centers identified as having adequate infrastructure and 
commitment through the competitive contract process have generated data 
for quality and program analyses and for projects on topics that have 
immediate programmatic impact. Health centers submit core data 
periodically extracted from existing information systems. These core 
data comprise patient, encounter, and practitioner level information 
including patient demographics, insurance status, clinical diagnoses 
and procedures, outcomes, and practitioner characteristics. Since all 
data obtained from the participant health centers is extracted/compiled 
from existing information systems, and not through primary data 
collection, burden is minimized. In addition, each participant site 
receives technical assistance as needed to reduce burden and facilitate 
data submission.
    The annual burden estimate for this activity is as follows:

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     Type of           Number of        Responses per                           Hours per         Total burden
    respondent         responses         respondents      Total responses        response            hours
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           Sites                 43                  2                 86                  8                688
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: August 1, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-15612 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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