[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35164-35165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14359]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-14-14AIO]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to 
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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 collection of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying

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information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Survey of Primary Care Policies for Managing Patients with 
High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, or Diabetes--New--National 
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and disability 
for men and women in the United States, among the most costly health 
problems facing our nation today, and among the most preventable. Risk 
factors for cardiovascular disease include high blood pressure and high 
cholesterol. Because over 50% of diabetics have high blood pressure, 
high cholesterol, or both conditions, the optimal systems to treat 
people with hypertension, high cholesterol, or diabetes are 
interrelated.
    In 2005, CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention 
(DHDSP) began developing evaluation indicators that reflect evidence-
based outcomes from policy, systems, and environmental changes related 
to heart disease and stroke prevention. However, many of the indicators 
for short-term policy and systems changes do not have readily available 
data sources. This is particularly true for outcomes related to health 
care systems changes.
    NCHS proposes to conduct a new information collection, the National 
Survey of Primary Care Policies for Managing Patients with High Blood 
Pressure, High Cholesterol, or Diabetes. This survey will serve as an 
extension of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) (OMB 
No. 0920-0234), NCHS's primary survey on office-based physicians. In 
order to minimize the burden on physicians currently sampled in NAMCS, 
this survey is being launched as a distinct data-collection effort, but 
will use NAMCS definitions, questions, and specifications as 
appropriate. The survey will be targeted to primary care physicians 
specializing in internal medicine or family practice. Respondents will 
be drawn from a nationally representative sample of physicians. 
Physicians working in hospitals, federal facilities, nursing homes, 
rehabilitation centers and correctional facilities will not be eligible 
for the survey. Eligibility will be determined by phone. The survey 
instrument will undergo cognitive testing before administration.
    The mail-based survey will collect information about physician 
practices' use of evidence-based systems, including multidisciplinary 
team approaches for chronic disease treatment, electronic health 
records (EHR) with features appropriate for treating patients with 
chronic disease (e.g., clinical decision supports, patient registries), 
and patient follow-up mechanisms. Approximately 945 physicians will 
participate in the data collection. This is a one-time data collection.
    Information will be used to examine health systems and 
dissemination of health systems technology. Results will be used by 
primary care practices to inform their systems for managing patients 
with chronic conditions and to improve the quality of care delivered. 
Results will be used by NCHS and CDC to improve technical assistance to 
public health partners.
    Because this project was previously submitted by the CDC's National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), a 
60-day notice was previously published by NCCDPHP on April 29, 2011 
(Vol. 76, No. 83, pp. 24029-24030).
    OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation in the 
Survey is voluntary and all responses will be de-identified. There are 
no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 287.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Physician.....................  Cognitive                     10               1           10/60               2
                                 Testing
                                 Screener.
Physician.....................  Cognitive                     10               1           75/60              13
                                 Testing
                                 Protocol.
Medical Secretary.............  NSPCP Screener..           1,000               1           10/60             167
Physician.....................  NSPCP...........             315               1           20/60             105
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             287
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-14359 Filed 6-18-14; 8:45 am]
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