[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81 (Friday, April 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 21020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8049]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0000]; [30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: A National Survey to Measure the 
Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) among Physicians and Group 
Practices.
    Frequency: One year.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-New.
    Use: The Office of the Secretary will evaluate barriers and 
facilitators to acquisition of electronic record keeping in medical 
practices. This will allow the Secretary to identify policy choices to 
encourage use of EHR thereby improving the flow of medical information.
    Frequency: One time reporting.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours: 1500.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at 
the address below: OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources 
and Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB 0990-New), New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 17, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-8049 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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