[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76363-76364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26402]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this 
ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the 
public during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than December 
2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Telehealth Outcome Measures 
OMB No. 0915-0311--Revision.
    Abstract: To help carry out its mission, the Office for the 
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of performance measures 
that grantees use to evaluate the effectiveness of their services 
programs and monitor their progress through the use of performance 
reporting data.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: As required by the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, all federal agencies 
must develop strategic plans describing their overall goal and 
objectives. HRSA's

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Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), OAT, has worked with its 
grantees to develop performance measures to be used to evaluate and 
monitor the progress of the grantees. Grantee goals are as follows: To 
improve access to needed services, reduce rural practitioner isolation, 
improve health system productivity and efficiency, and improve patient 
outcomes. In each of these categories, specific indicators were 
designed and are reported through a performance monitoring Web site. 
These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to FORHP. 
The data are used for program improvement and grantees use the data for 
performance tracking and improvement. Revisions include minor additions 
to the OAT Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS) to capture 
minimal data on access to care, population demographics, insurance 
status, quality improvement and clinical measures.
    Likely Respondents: Telehealth Network Grantees.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. 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 
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. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total  burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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PIMS............................             200               2             400               7           2,800
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    Total.......................             200  ..............             400  ..............           2,800
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-26402 Filed 11-1-16; 8:45 am]
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