[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 20672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08226]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2021-HA-0025]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Health Agency announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 June 21, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: The Department of Defense (DoD) cannot receive written 
comments at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be 
sent electronically to the docket listed above.
    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 the Defense Health 
Agency (DHA), ATTN: Frank Bradt, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Skyline 6, Suite 
701, Falls Church, VA 22041, or call at (202) 380-6107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Enterprise Blood Management 
System (EBMS): Enterprise Blood Management System--Donor (EBMS-D) and 
Enterprise Blood Management System--Transfusion (EBMS-T); ASBP Form 
572; OMB Control Number 0720-0057.
    Needs and Uses: EBMS is a family of related automated information 
systems (AIS) comprised of two separate and distinct commercial-off-
the-shelf (COTS) software applications that provides the Military 
Health System (MHS) with a comprehensive enterprise wide Enterprise 
Blood Management System--Donor (EBMS-D) and a Enterprise Blood 
Management System--Transfusion (EBMS-T). EBMS-D employs two separate 
COTS software applications, Mediware Corporation's LifeTrak 
DonorTM and LifeTrak Lab & DistributionTM. EBMS-D 
is a technology modernization effort intended to enhance the DoD Blood 
Program capabilities for Donor Centers through the seamless integration 
of blood products inventory management, transport, availability, and 
most importantly, blood and blood products traceability from collection 
to disposition within the electronic health record (EHR). EBMS-T 
employs two separate COTS software applications, Mediware Corporation's 
HCLLTM (Transfusion) and KnowledgeTrakTM 
(Learning Management). EBMS-T is an effort intended to enhance the DoD 
Blood Program capabilities for a seamless integration of blood banking 
and transfusion activities, products inventory management, transport, 
availability, and most importantly traceability from transfusion to 
disposition or destruction within the electronic health record (EHR).
    EBMS has built-in safeguards to limit access and visibility of 
personal or sensitive information in accordance with the Privacy Act of 
1974. The application will account for everyone that donates blood and 
receives a blood transfusion in the MHS--Active Duty, Reserves, 
National Guard, government civilian, contractors and volunteers 
assigned or borrowed--this also includes non-appropriated fund 
employees and foreign nationals.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 766.
    Number of Respondents: 4,600.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 4,600.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

    Dated: April 15, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-08226 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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