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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request: Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth Outcome
Measures, OMB No. 0915–0311—
Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth Outcome Measures, OMB
No. 0915–0311—Revision.
Abstract: In order to help carry out its
mission, the Office for the Advancement
of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of
performance measures that grantees can
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 Review
Act of 1993, all federal agencies must
develop strategic plans describing their
overall goal and objectives. The Office
for the Advancement of Telehealth has
worked with its grantees to develop
performance measures to use to evaluate
and monitor the progress of the
grantees. Grantee goals are to improve
access to needed services, reduce rural
practitioner isolation, improve health
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than May 26, 2020.
DATES:
Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
ADDRESSES:
system productivity and efficiency, and
improve patient outcomes. In each of
these categories, specific indicators
were designed to be reported through a
performance monitoring website. New
measures are being added to the
Telehealth Network Grant Program to
capture awardee-level and aggregate
data that illustrate the impact and scope
of federal funding along with assessing
these efforts. The measures speak to
OAT’s progress toward meeting the
goals, specifically telehealth services
delivered through Emergency
Departments.
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
Number of
respondents
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Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS) ..
29
1
29
7
203
Total ..............................................................................
29
........................
29
........................
203
HRSA specifically requests comments
on: (1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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Health Information Technology
Advisory Committee 2020 Schedule—
Revised; Meeting
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (ONC), HHS.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting dates.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Health Information
Technology Advisory Committee
(HITAC) was established in accordance
with section 4003(e) of the 21st Century
Cures Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The HITAC, among
other things, identifies priorities for
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recommendations to the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (National Coordinator). The
HITAC will hold public meetings
throughout 2020. See list of public
meetings below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Richie, Designated Federal
Officer, at Lauren.Richie@hhs.gov, or
(202) 205–7674.
Section
4003(e) of the 21st Century Cures Act
(Pub. L. 114–255) establishes the Health
Information Technology Advisory
Committee (referred to as the ‘‘HITAC’’).
The HITAC will be governed by the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Outcome Measures, OMB No. 0915-0311--Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 26,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth Outcome Measures, OMB No. 0915-0311--Revision.
Abstract: In order to help carry out its mission, the Office for
the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of performance
measures that grantees can 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 Review Act of 1993, all federal agencies
must develop strategic plans describing their overall goal and
objectives. The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth has worked
with its grantees to develop performance measures to use to evaluate
and monitor the progress of the grantees. Grantee goals are 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 to be reported through a performance monitoring website. New
measures are being added to the Telehealth Network Grant Program to
capture awardee-level and aggregate data that illustrate the impact and
scope of federal funding along with assessing these efforts. The
measures speak to OAT's progress toward meeting the goals, specifically
telehealth services delivered through Emergency Departments.
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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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Improvement 29 1 29 7 203
Measurement System (PIMS)......
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Total....................... 29 .............. 29 .............. 203
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HRSA specifically requests comments on: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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