[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46097-46098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18945]


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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, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (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.

Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool (OMB No. 0915-
xxxx)-[New]

    To ensure the best use of public funds and to meet the Government 
Performance Review Act (GPRA) requirements, HRSA's Office for the 
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT), in collaboration with the Telehealth 
Resource Centers (TRCs), created a set of performance measures that 
grantees can use to evaluate the technical assistance services provided 
by the TRCs. Grantee goals are to customize the provision of telehealth 
technical assistance across the country. The TRCs provide technical 
assistance to health care organizations, health care networks and 
health care providers in the implementation of cost-effective 
telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and 
populations. The TRC Performance Indicator Data Collection Tool 
contains the data elements that would need to be collected by the TRCs 
in order to report on the performance metrics. This tool can be easily 
translated into the web-based data collection system, Performance 
Improvement and Measurement System (PIMS). Reporting via PIMS allows 
the TRCs and OAT to track project performance. The tool assists in the 
production of annual reports, available to Congress, that demonstrate 
the value added from the TRC Grant Program.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Telehealth Resource Center                    14              72           1,008            0.07           70.56
 Performance Data Collection
 Tool...........................
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    Total.......................              14  ..............           1,008  ..............           70.56
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    Email comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: July 25, 2012.
Wendy Ponton,
Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-18945 Filed 8-1-12; 8:45 am]
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