[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42076-42077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20000]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-09AA]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    BioSense--Recruitment of Data Sources--Existing Data Collection 
Without an OMB Number--National Center for Public Health Informatics 
(NCPHI), Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service 
(CCHIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism 
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which requires specific 
activities related to bioterrorism preparedness and response. This 
congressional mandate outlines the need for improving the overall 
public's health through electronic surveillance. The Department of 
Health and Human Services outlined strategies aimed at achieving this 
goal via the Public Health IT Initiative thereby creating the BioSense 
program.
    BioSense is a national, human health surveillance system designed 
to improve the nation's capabilities for disease detection, monitoring, 
and real-time health situational awareness. This work is enhanced by 
providing public health real-time access to existing data from 
healthcare organizations, state syndromic surveillance systems, 
national laboratories, and others for just in time public health 
decisionmaking; this information is made available to users in the 
BioSense Application. The application provides data, charts, graphs, 
and maps through a secure Web-based interface which can be accessed by 
CDC and authorized users from state and local public health departments 
and healthcare organizations.
    In order to meet the congressional mandate, the BioSense program 
must have access to electronic health data. Recruitment of data sources 
includes collecting information on the types of data available, the 
types of computer systems used, and the approximate record volume. This 
information is used by BioSense personnel and contractors to determine 
technical requirements for linking a data source into the BioSense 
program. To collect this information, a series of questionnaires in an 
Excel spreadsheet have been designed. Information collection will take 
place during and after on-site visits by BioSense personnel and 
contractors. We estimate that such information will be collected from 
20 new entities (each representing many facilities or clinics) each 
year.
    Since the publication of the 60-day Federal Register Notice, the 
information collection instrument for the provision of access to the 
BioSense Application has been included in this information collection 
request. Access to the BioSense Application is obtained using an 
automated data collection form. This form is completed on the Internet 
via the CDC Secure Data Network (SDN) in which a prospective user 
identifies what

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activities are requested. Potential users must request and receive 
permission to view the BioSense Application. Federal rules mandate that 
this permission be renewed each year. We estimate about 800 users per 
year will need to request new or continued access to the BioSense 
Application.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annual burden hours are 147 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                    Type of respondents                         Number of       responses per     per response
                                                               respondents       respondent        (in hours)
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                                 Recruitment of Prospective Data Source Entities
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Federal, State & Local Governments, Private Sector........                20                 1                 4
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                                         Access to BioSense Application
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Federal, State & Local Governments, Private Sector........               800                 1              5/60
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    Dated: August 14, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-20000 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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