[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71171-71172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28860]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2012-HA-0142]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs announces the proposed extension of a public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. 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 
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:

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     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to TRICARE Management 
Activity (TMA), Portfolio Management Division, ATTN: Karen Saddoris, 
CDFM-A, Project Officer, 5202 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1100, Falls Church, 
VA 22041, or call TMA, at (703) 681-8448.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Military Health Systems 
DHSS/DHIMS Information Systems User Satisfaction Survey, 0720-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to enable the Military Health Systems (MHS) Chief Information Officer 
(CIO) to employ a standardized approach to gather and report data 
across 20 to 25 MHS-deployed systems/applications, for both Defense 
Military Health Systems (DHSS) and Defense Health Information 
Management Systems (DHIMS) in a repeatable process for continued 
monitoring of user satisfaction using established quantifiable outcome-
based performance measures. Parallel efforts include the need to meet 
the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requirement imposed by 
Congress in bill H.R. 6523.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 350.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 7 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are staff contracted to the Department of Defense who 
use any of the approximately 20-25 MHS-deployed systems/applications. 
These systems/applications are used by the Army, Navy, and Air Force at 
their respective Command Headquarters, Surgeon's General Office, Bureau 
of Medicine, Military Treatment Facilities, and at TMA Headquarters. 
The survey will determine user satisfaction with overall ease of use, 
access to information needed to perform their job, level of training, 
system response time when entering or accessing the information, and 
system availability/minimal downtime. In addition to the quantitative 
measures, the survey will gather qualitative data to help identify 
customer ``pain points'' concerning each system. Final analysis will 
provide insight to the MHS organization on how best to improve the 
quality of care through existing health care systems.

    Dated: November 26, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-28860 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am]
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