[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66787-66788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19377]


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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, 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.

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Proposed Project: Health Resources and Services Administration Core 
Clinical Measures Implementation Feasibility Study

    In response to the Health and Human Service's Department-wide 
objectives and HRSA's strategic goals, a set of core clinical 
performance measures have been established. These measures will assist 
in the evaluation of HRSA program performance in defined clinical areas 
to facilitate quality improvement activities for HRSA and its grantees. 
The purpose of the proposed voluntary feasibility study is to learn 
from HRSA's health service delivery grantees, which have different 
reporting capacities, about their abilities to report national 
standardized measures. More specifically, the study will help HRSA to 
understand: (1) The factors involved in the HRSA grantee decision 
making processes around measure selection/choice; (2) Grantees' data 
collection capacity including tools, processes and infrastructure; (3) 
Level of grantee effort involved in measure reporting; and (4) How the 
performance process will impact the grantees' quality improvement 
efforts. Overall the feasibility study will allow HRSA to query its 
grantees related to the newly introduced core clinical performance 
measure set.
    The feasibility study includes the actual data collection of the 
proposed clinical measures along with a report form to assess burden, 
data collection and reporting capacity, and technical assistance needs. 
Additionally, the study will provide HRSA with the opportunity to 
refine instructions and performance measure definitions accordingly in 
preparation for the actual implementation of the clinical measures.
    The estimated annualized response burden is as follows:

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                                    Number of    Responses  per       Total         Hours per       Total hour
                                   respondents      respondent      responses        response         burden
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Clinical Measures..............              50               1              50             40             2,000
Report Form....................              50               1              50              1.5              75
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    Total......................              50  ..............              50  ...............            2075
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., 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: November 8, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-19377 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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