Notice2022-11710
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request: Health Center Workforce Well-Being Survey Evaluation and Technical Assistance; OMB No. 0915-xxxx-NEW.
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
June 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
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.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2022)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33173-33174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11710]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request: Health Center Workforce Well-Being Survey
Evaluation and Technical Assistance; OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW.
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: 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.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 1,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#017160716473766e736a41697372602f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90e0f1e0f5e2e7ffe2fbd0f8e2e3f1bef7ffe6">[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#aadacbdacfd8ddc5d8c1eac2d8d9cb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="592938293c2b2e362b3219312b2a38773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting 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: Health Center Workforce Well-
being Survey Evaluation and Technical Assistance OMB No. 0906-XXXX--
New.
Abstract: The Health Center Program, authorized by section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, and administered by
HRSA, Bureau of Primary Health Care, supports the provision of
community-based preventive and primary health care services to millions
of medically underserved and vulnerable people. Health centers employ
over 400,000 health care staff (i.e., physicians, medical, dental,
mental and behavioral health, vision services, pharmacy, enabling
services, quality improvement, and facility and non-clinical support
staff.)
Provider and non-provider staff well-being is essential to
recruiting and retaining staff, thus supporting access to quality
health care and services through the Health Center Program. HRSA has
created a nationwide Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey to
identify and address challenges related to provider and staff well-
being. The survey will be administered to all full-time and part-time
health center staff in the fall of 2022 to identify conditions and
circumstances that affect staff well-being at HRSA funded health
centers, including the scope and nature of workforce well-being, job
satisfaction, and burnout. This information can inform efforts to
improve workforce well-being and maintain high quality patient care.
The Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey aims to collect and
analyze data from no less than 85 percent of health center staff. HRSA
will utilize stakeholder engagement strategies to support survey
completion targets. The HRSA contractor will request email addresses
for all health center staff from health center leadership. Using the
email addresses provided, the contractor will administer the online
survey to ensure data quality and respondent confidentiality.
Participation in the Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey is
voluntary for all health center staff. The contractor will analyze the
responses and provide analytic reports. HRSA will disseminate the
summary level data for public use, including preparing preliminary
findings and analytic reports.
A 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register, 87, FR 14019
(March 11, 2022). One public comment was received and recommended
shortening the survey from the current 30 minutes to 10-15 minutes to
complete and provided suggestions on how to shorten the survey. This
comment also recommended distributing the survey to Look-Alikes (LALs)
to increase the number of survey respondents and for more diverse
survey analysis.
HRSA received four public requests for materials that included one
request for a copy of the draft ICR for the Health Center Workforce
Well-being Survey, and three requests for a copy of the Health Center
Workforce Well-being Survey. In response to receiving a copy of the
Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey, one of the requesters noted
concerns about sending individual health center staff email addresses
to HRSA's contractor carrying out the survey. In response to this
[[Page 33174]]
concern, HRSA informed the commenter that the contractor conducting the
survey would address this by issuing each health center a document ``in
advance of the survey roll out that will detail the extensive
precautions and guarantees regarding the collection, storage, use, and
destruction of the email addresses provided, as well as the data
security, de-identification, and reporting aggregation procedures that
will be utilized to protect the content of the responses and the
confidentiality of the respondents. If a health center has remaining
concerns that are not addressed by those procedures, our team will
directly discuss alternate means by which a tracked and closed response
could be collected from staff at that organization.''
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Health care workforce
burnout has been a challenge even prior to COVID-19 and other recent
public health crises. Clinicians and health care staff have reported
experiencing alarming rates of burnout, characterized as a high degree
of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a low sense of personal
accomplishment at work.\1\ Understanding the factors impacting
workforce well-being and satisfaction, reducing burnout, and applying
evidence-based technical assistance and other quality improvement
strategies around workforce well-being is essential as the health
center program health care workforce continues to respond to and
recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health care
delivery challenges.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ West, CP, Dyrbye, L.N., Satele, D.V, Sloan, J.A., &
Shanafelt, T.D. (2012). Concurrent validity of single-item measures
of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in burnout assessment.
J Gen Intern Med, 27(11 PG-1445-52), 1445-1452. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2015-7">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2015-7</a>.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administration of the Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey
will provide a comprehensive baseline assessment of health center
workforce well-being and identify opportunities to improve workforce
well-being and bolster technical assistance and other strategies. These
efforts will further HRSA's goal of providing access to quality health
care and supporting a robust primary care workforce.
Likely Respondents: Health center staff in HRSA funded health
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Center Workforce Survey.. 400,000 1 400,000 .50 200,000
Health Center Leader Support 1,400 1 1,400 2.00 2,800
Activities.....................
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................... 401,400 .............. 401,400 .............. 202,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 2022-11710 Filed 5-31-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on June 1, 2022.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.