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positive for C. difficile toxin and
abstract data on cases using a
standardized case report form. For a
subset of cases (e.g., communityassociated C. difficile cases) sites will
administer a health interview. Remnant
stool specimens from cases testing
positive for C. difficile toxin will be
submitted to reference laboratories for
culturing, and isolates will be sent to
CDC for confirmation and molecular
typing. Outcomes of this surveillance
project will include the populationbased incidence of community- and
healthcare-associated CDI among
participating EIP sites, characterization
of C. difficile strains that are responsible
for CDI in the population under
surveillance with a focus on strains
from community-associated cases, a
description of the epidemiology of
community- and healthcare-associated
CDI, and hypothesis-generation for
future activities using EIP CDI
surveillance infrastructure.
The proposed surveillance for CDI
through the Emerging Infections
Program will expand CDC capacity to
monitor incidence of C. difficile in
community and healthcare settings as
well as to monitor and detect
antimicrobial resistance. This activity
supports the HHS Action Plan for
elimination of healthcare-associated
infections.
CDC estimates that a total of 7,650
CDI Surveillance Case Report Forms
(CRFs) will be completed during a oneyear study period on incident CDI cases
within the EIP catchment area.
Approximately 3,825 cases will require
a completed CRF; the remaining 3,825
cases will only require a partially
completed CRF. CDC estimates that
1,700 CDI Surveillance Health
Interviews (HI) will be completed
during a one-year study period.
Surveillance Officers at the EIP sites
will complete and submit the case
report forms and health interviews.
There are no costs to respondents.
ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Form name
Respondents
CDI Surveillance Case Report
Form—Complete.
CDI Surveillance Case Report
Form—Partial.
CDI Surveillance Health Interview ....
EIP Surveillance Officer ...................
10
383
1
3,830
EIP Surveillance Officer ...................
10
382
15/60
955
EIP Surveillance Officer ...................
10
170
45/60
1,275
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
6,060
Dated: June 17, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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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
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plans and draft instruments, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443–
1129.
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.
Proposed Project: HRSA/Bureau of
Primary Health Care Capital
Improvement Program Application
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Readiness Checklist (OMB No. 0915–
0325)—Extension
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides $1.5
billion in grants to support
‘‘construction, renovation and
equipment’’, and ‘‘the acquisition of
health information technology systems,
for health centers including health
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center controlled networks receiving
operating grants under section 330’’ of
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 254b). HRSA is
requesting extension of the approval of
the Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Readiness Checklist portion of the
application where applicants must
provide information to demonstrate
readiness for electronic health records if
they propose to use funds for electronic
health record (EHR) related purchases.
Of the $1.5 billion, HRSA will award
approximately $850 million, through
limited competition grants, for one-time
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
grant funding in fiscal year (FY) 2009 to
support existing section 330 funded
health centers. Funding under this
opportunity will address pressing
capital improvement needs in health
centers, such as construction, repair,
renovation, and equipment purchases,
including health information technology
systems. Applicants must provide
information using the EHR Readiness
Checklist that demonstrates
comprehensive planning and readiness
for implementing EHRs.
The estimated annual burden is as
follows:
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Number of
respondents
Form
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
EHR Readiness Checklist ....................................................
568
1
568
.25
142
Total ..............................................................................
568
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568
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142
E-mail comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: June 19, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Health Center Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive
Replacement Award to Community
Health Center of Richmond.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) will be
transferring Health Center Program
(section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act) New Access Point funds originally
awarded to William F. Ryan Community
Health Center, Inc., to the Community
Health Center of Richmond to ensure
the provision of critical primary health
care services to underserved
populations in Staten Island, Richmond
County, New York.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Former Grantee of Record: William F.
Ryan Community Health Center, Inc.
Original Period of Grant Support:
March 1, 2009, to February 28, 2011.
Replacement Awardee: Community
Health Center of Richmond.
Amount of Replacement Award:
$1,300,000.
Period of Replacement Award: The
period of support for the replacement
award is March 1, 2009 to February 28,
2011.
Authority: Section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 245b.
CFDA Number: 93.703.
Justification for the Exception to
Competition: The former grantee,
William F. Ryan Community Health
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Center, Inc., notified HRSA that its
original subrecipient, Community
Health Center of Richmond, will
directly initiate primary health care
services in Staten Island to the more
than 5,250 low income, underserved
and uninsured individuals in the
original service area, Staten Island,
Richmond County, New York, as had
been proposed in a funded New Access
Point grant application.
Community Health Center of
Richmond was identified as the
provider of services on behalf of the
William F. Ryan Community Health
Center under the original application.
Community Health Center of
Richmond is an experienced provider of
care to the original target population,
has a demonstrated record of
compliance with the Health Center
Program statutory and regulatory
requirements, can provide primary
health care services immediately, and is
located in the same geographical area
where the William F. Ryan Community
Health Center, Inc.’s services were to
have been provided.
Community Health Center of
Richmond is a subrecipient of the
former grantee and will be able to
provide continuity of care to patients of
the former grantee. This underserved
target population has an immediate
need for vital primary health care
services and would be negatively
impacted by any delay caused by a
competition. As a result, in order to
ensure that critical primary health care
services are available to the original
target population in a timely manner,
this replacement award will not be
competed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marquita Cullom-Stott via e-mail at
MCullom-Stott@hrsa.gov or 301–594–
4300.
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Request for Tools and Methods Used
by Small- and Medium-Sized Practices
for Analyzing and Redesigning
Workflows Either Before or After
Health Information Technology
Implementation
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for
information.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
information from (1) small- and
medium-sized practices about how they
study or redesign their workflow,
including information on the use of
tools and methods for studying
workflow, and (2) others (e.g., experts,
vendors, professional associations) that
have developed, implemented and used
tools and methods for studying
workflow in the context of health IT
implementation and use. Workflow is
defined as the way work is performed
and patient-related information is
communicated within small- and
medium-sized practices and between
those practices and external
organizations such as community
pharmacies and local hospitals. It is our
understanding that there is currently no
standard description of workflows for
care processes that can be used to guide
decisions of where and how to
incorporate health information
technology. This Request for
Information is part of a three-pronged
effort to scan the environment, the
literature and knowledgeable and
interested parties to produce a useful
list of resources that may assist smalland medium-sized medical practices
and clinics to consider the utility and
potential effectiveness of incorporating
health IT into the way they practice and
communicate patient information. The
responses to this request for information
will be considered for reference and
possible incorporation into an electronic
toolkit to be made available on the
Internet to assist small- and mediumsized practices in analyzing or
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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, e-mail paperwork@hrsa.gov or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
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.
Proposed Project: HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care Capital
Improvement Program Application Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Readiness Checklist (OMB No. 0915-0325)--Extension
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides $1.5
billion in grants to support ``construction, renovation and
equipment'', and ``the acquisition of health information technology
systems, for health centers including health center controlled networks
receiving operating grants under section 330'' of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254b). HRSA is requesting
extension of the approval of the Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Readiness Checklist portion of the application where applicants must
provide information to demonstrate readiness for electronic health
records if they propose to use funds for electronic health record (EHR)
related purchases. Of the $1.5 billion, HRSA will award approximately
$850 million, through limited competition grants, for one-time Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) grant funding in fiscal year (FY) 2009 to
support existing section 330 funded health centers. Funding under this
opportunity will address pressing capital improvement needs in health
centers, such as construction, repair, renovation, and equipment
purchases, including health information technology systems. Applicants
must provide information using the EHR Readiness Checklist that
demonstrates comprehensive planning and readiness for implementing
EHRs.
The estimated annual burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent responses response hours
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EHR Readiness Checklist......... 568 1 568 .25 142
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E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: June 19, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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