Notice2022-00328
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361-Extension
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Published
January 11, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1421-1422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00328]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Telehealth Resource Center Performance
Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361--Extension
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 March 14,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f88899889d8a8f978a93b8908a8b99d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="116170617463667e637a51796362703f767e67">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91e1f0e1f4e3e6fee3fad1f9e3e2f0bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="413120312433362e332a01293332206f262e37">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting
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HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information collection request title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Telehealth Resource Center
Performance Measurement Tool OMB No. 0915-0361--Extension
Abstract: HRSA requests an extension of their Telehealth Resource
Center Performance Measurement Tool. The Telehealth Resource Centers
(TRC) deliver telehealth technical assistance. There are two types of
HRSA TRC programs:
<bullet> Two National Telehealth Resource Center Programs focus on
policy and technology.
<bullet> 12 Regional Telehealth Resource Center Programs host
activities and provide resources to rural and underserved areas.
The HRSA Telehealth Resource Centers:
<bullet> Provide training and support
<bullet> Publicize information and research findings
<bullet> Support collaboration and partnerships
<bullet> Promote effective partnerships
<bullet> Promote the use of telehealth by providing health care
information and education to the public and medical specialists.
The TRCs share expertise through individual consults, training,
webinars, conference presentations, and the web.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In order to evaluate
existing programs, data are submitted to HRSA's Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) through HRSA's Performance Improvement
Management System (PIMS). The data are used to measure the
effectiveness of the technical assistance (TA). There is one data
reporting period each year; during these reporting periods, data are
reported for the previous twelve months of activity. Programs have
approximately six weeks to enter their data into the PIMS system during
each annual reporting period.
The instrument was developed with the following four goals in mind:
1. Improving access to needed services,
2. Reducing rural and underserved population practitioner
isolation,
3. Improving health system productivity and efficiency, and
4. Improving patient outcomes.
The TRCs currently report on existing performance data elements
using PIMS. The performance measures are designed to assess how the TRC
program is meeting its goals to:
<bullet> Expand the availability of telehealth services in
underserved communities;
<bullet> Improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
telehealth services;
<bullet> Promote knowledge exchange and dissemination about
efficient and effective telehealth practices and technology; and
<bullet> Establish sustainable TA centers providing quality,
unbiased TA for the development and expansion of effective and
efficient telehealth services in underserved communities.
Additionally, the PIMS tool allows OAT to:
<bullet> Determine the value added from the TRC Cooperative
Agreement;
<bullet> Justify budget requests;
<bullet> Collect uniform, consistent data which enables OAT to
monitor programs;
<bullet> Provide guidance to grantees on important indicators to
track over time for their own internal program management;
<bullet> Measure performance relative to the mission of OAT/HRSA as
well as individual goals and objectives of the program;
<bullet> Identify topics of interest for future special studies;
and
<bullet> Identify changes in health care needs within rural and
underserved communities, allowing programs to shift focus in order to
meet those needs.
Likely Respondents: The likely respondents will be telehealth
associations, telehealth providers, rural and underserved health
providers, clinicians that deliver services via telehealth, technical
assistance providers, research organizations and academic medical
centers.
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
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Telehealth Resource Center 14 42 588 0.07 41
Performance Measurement Tool...
14 .............. 588 .............. 41
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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.
[FR Doc. 2022-00328 Filed 1-10-22; 8:45 am]
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