Notice2022-06486
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361-Extension
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Published
March 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this Notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17309-17310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06486]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; 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 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the
30-day comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 27,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97e7f6e7f2e5e0f8e5fcd7ffe5e4f6b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="235342534651544c5148634b5150420d444c55">[email protected]</span></a> or
call (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Telehealth Resource Center
(TRC) Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361--Extension.
Abstract: HRSA requests an extension of their TRC Performance
Measurement Tool. The TRCs 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> Twelve Regional Telehealth Resource Center Programs host
activities and provide resources to rural and underserved areas.
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The HRSA TRCs:
<bullet> Provide training and support,
<bullet> Publicize information and research findings,
<bullet> Support collaboration and partnerships,
<bullet> Promote effective partnerships, and
<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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 87 FR 1421
(January 11, 2022). There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In order to evaluate
existing programs, data are submitted to the Office for the Advancement
of Telework (OAT) through HRSA's Performance Improvement Management
System (PIMS). The data are used to measure the effectiveness of the
technical assistance. There is one data reporting period each year;
during these reporting periods, data are reported for the previous 12
months of activity. Programs have approximately 6 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 technical assistance (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, TA
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...
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Total....................... 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. 2022-06486 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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