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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 59 / Thursday, March 26, 2020 / Notices

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 [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
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
[email protected] 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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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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standards adoption and makes
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 [email protected], 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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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