The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) Office of Economic Analysis, Evaluation, and Modeling in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to conduct a national survey of clinical laboratories to assess laboratory information exchange capacity, as part of the evaluation of the State Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 seeks to improve American health care delivery and patient care through an unprecedented investment in health information technology. ONC is the chief federal entity charged with coordinating nationwide efforts to implement a health IT infrastructure to enable the electronic use and exchange of health information.
US Code:
42 USC 3013
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
US Code:
13 USC 111-5
Name of Law: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.