[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37247-37248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13167]


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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 at (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 estimated 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: Office of Health Information Technology, Health 
Center Controlled Networks Progress Reports--New

    The Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT), Division of 
State and Community Assistance (DSCA) plans to collect network outcome 
measures, conduct evaluation of those measures, and create an 
electronic reporting system for the following new 2007 grant 
opportunities: Health Information Technology Planning Grants, 
Electronic Health Record Implementation Health Center Controlled 
Networks, Health Information Technology Innovations for Health Center 
Controlled Networks, and High Impact Electronic Health Records 
Implementation for Health Center Controlled Networks and Large Multi 
Site Health Centers.
    In order to help carry out its mission, DSCA has created a set of 
performance measures that grantees will use to evaluate the 
effectiveness of their service programs and monitor their progress 
through the use of performance reporting data.
    OHIT will develop an electronic performance measurement reporting 
instrument with HRSA's Office of Information Technology. The instrument 
will be developed to accomplish the following goals: To monitor 
improved access to needed services, to evaluate the productivity and 
efficiency of the networks, and to monitor patient outcome measures. 
Grantees will submit their Progress Reports in a mid-year report and an 
accumulative annual progress report each fiscal year of the grant.
    The estimates of burden are as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Application              respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Planning........................              12               2              24              18             432
Electronic Health Records                      8               2              16              18             288
 Implementation.................
Innovations Category 1..........               7               2              14              18             252
Innovations Category 2..........               5               2              10              18             180
High Impact.....................               8               2              16              18             288
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    Totals......................              40  ..............              80  ..............           1,440
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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: June 28, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
 [FR Doc. E7-13167 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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