83 FR 15164 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361, Revision

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 68 (April 9, 2018)

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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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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, Revision

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 must be received no later than June 8,
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail Lisa
Wright-Solomon, HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-
29, 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon at paperwork@hrsa.gov or
call 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: Telehealth Resource Center
Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361, Revision.
Abstract: To ensure the best use of public funds and to meet the
Government Performance Review Act requirements, the Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) in collaboration with the Telehealth
Resource Centers (TRCs) created a set of performance measures that
grantees can use to evaluate the technical assistance services provided
by the TRCs. Grantee goals are to provide customized telehealth
technical assistance across the country. The TRCs provide technical
assistance to health care organizations, health care networks and
health care providers in the implementation of cost-effective
telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and
populations.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In order to evaluate
existing programs, data are submitted to OAT through HRSA's Performance
Improvement Management System (PIMS). The data are used to measure the
effectiveness of the technical assistance. There are two data reporting
periods each year; during these biannual reporting periods data are
reported for the previous six months of activity. Programs have
approximately six weeks to enter their data into the PIMS system during
each biannual reporting period.
The instrument was developed with the following four goals in mind:
1. Improving access to needed services,
2. reducing rural 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:
1. Expand the availability of telehealth services in underserved
communities,
2. Improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of telehealth
services, and
3. Promote knowledge exchange and dissemination about efficient and
effective telehealth practices and technology.
4. 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:
1. Determine the value added from the TRC Cooperative Agreement;
2. Justify budget requests;
3. Collect uniform, consistent data which enables OAT to monitor
programs;
4. Provide guidance to grantees on important indicators to track
over time for their own internal program management;
5. Measure performance relative to the mission of OAT/HRSA as well
as individual goals and objectives of the program;
6. Identify topics of interest for future special studies; and
7. Identify changes in healthcare needs within rural communities,
allowing programs to shift focus in order to meet those needs.
This renewal request proposes changes to existing measures. After
compiling data from the previous tool over the last three years, OAT
conducted an analysis of the data and compared the findings with the
program needs. Based on the findings, the measures are being revised to
better capture information necessary to measure the effectiveness of
the program. The measure changes include: Additional demographic
details from organizations requesting technical assistance, streamlined
methods of inquiry, additional topics of technical assistance inquiries
aligning with the current telehealth landscape, streamlined types of
services provided by the grantees, deletion of client satisfaction
survey results, and deletion of telehealth sites developed as a result
of grantee technical assistance.
Likely Respondents: The likely respondents will be telehealth
associations, telehealth providers, rural 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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Telehealth Resource Center 14 42 588 0.07 41
Performance Data Collection
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.

Dated: April 3, 2018.
Lori Roche,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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Number of Average
Number of responses Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents per responses response hours
respondent (in hours)

Telehealth Resource Center Performance Data Collection
Tool ................................................................................... 14 42 588 0.07 41

Total .............................................................................. 14 ........................ 588 ........................ 41

HRSA specifically requests comments 4. Access to Care Services and Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,
on (1) the necessity and utility of the Support to Patients; as amended, to provide expertise and
proposed information collection for the 5. Vaccine and Therapeutics; and review all HHS efforts related to tick-
proper performance of the agency’s 6. Other Tick-Borne Diseases and Co- borne diseases to help ensure
functions, (2) the accuracy of the infections. interagency coordination and minimize
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance DATES: May 10, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to overlap, examine research priorities,
the quality, utility, and clarity of the 6:30 p.m., Eastern Time. and identify and address unmet needs.
information to be collected, and (4) the ADDRESSES: This will be a virtual
In addition, the Working Group will
use of automated collection techniques meeting that is held via webcast. report to the Secretary and Congress on
or other forms of information their findings and any recommendations
Members of the public may attend the
technology to minimize the information for the federal response to tick-borne
meeting via webcast. Instructions for
collection burden. disease prevention, treatment, and
attending this virtual meeting will be
research, and addressing gaps in those
Dated: April 3, 2018. posted one week prior to the meeting at:
areas.
Lori Roche, https://www.hhs.gov/ash/advisory-
Acting Deputy Director, Division of the committees/tickbornedisease/ Dated: April 2, 2018.
Executive Secretariat. index.html. James Berger,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Policy, Alternate Designated Federal Officer,
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Infectious Disease Policy, Office of the [FR Doc. 2018–07217 Filed 4–6–18; 8:45 am]
Assistant Secretary for Health,
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HUMAN SERVICES Services; via email at tickbornedisease@
hhs.gov or by phone at 202–795–7697. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease
Working Group SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HUMAN SERVICES
Working Group invites public comment
AGENCY: Office of HIV/AIDS and on issues related to the Working Group’s National Institutes of Health
Infectious Disease Policy, Office of the charge. Comments may be provided
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of over the phone during the meeting or in National Institute of Nursing Research;
the Secretary, Department of Health and writing. Persons who wish to provide Notice of Meeting
Human Services. comments by phone should review Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
ACTION: Notice. directions at https://www.hhs.gov/ash/ Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
advisory-committees/tickbornedisease/ amended, notice is hereby given of a
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and meetings/index.html before submitting a meeting of the National Advisory
Human Services (HHS) announces the request via email at tickbornedisease@ Council for Nursing Research.
fourth ‘‘on-line’’ meeting of the Tick- hhs.gov on or before May 3, 2018. Phone The meeting will be open to the
Borne Disease Working Group (Working comments will be limited to three public as indicated below, with
Group) on May 10, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. minutes each to accommodate as many attendance limited to space available.
to 6:30 p.m., Eastern Time. For this speakers as possible. A total of 60 Individuals who plan to attend and
fourth meeting, the Working Group will minutes will be allocated to public need special assistance, such as sign
focus on the findings and basis for the comments. If more requests are received language interpretation or other
draft reports from the work of the six than can be accommodated, speakers reasonable accommodations, should
Subcommittee Working Groups that will be randomly selected. The nature of notify the Contact Person listed below
were established on December 12, 2017. the comments will not be considered in in advance of the meeting.
These subcommittees were established making this selection. Public comments The meeting will be closed to the
to assist the Working Group with the may also be provided in writing. public in accordance with the
development of the report to Congress Individuals who would like to provide provisions set forth in sections
and the HHS Secretary as required by written comment should review 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
the 21st Century Cures Act. The directions at https://www.hhs.gov/ash/ as amended. The journals as potential
subcommittees are: advisory-committees/tickbornedisease/ titles to be indexed by the National
1. Disease Vectors, Surveillance and meetings/index.html before sending Library of Medicine and the discussions
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Prevention (includes epidemiology of their comments to tickbornedisease@ could disclose confidential trade secrets
tick-borne diseases); hhs.gov on or before May 3, 2018. or commercial property such as
2. Pathogenesis, Transmission, and Background and Authority: The Tick- patentable material, and personal
Treatment; Borne Disease Working Group was information concerning individuals
3. Testing and Diagnostics (including established on August 10, 2017, in associated with the journals as potential
laboratory-based diagnoses and clinical- accordance with section 2062 of the 21st titles to be indexed by the National
diagnoses); Century Cures Act, and the Federal Library of Medicine, the disclosure of

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Contact		To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, email Lisa Wright-Solomon at [email protected] or call the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443- 1984.
FR Citation		83 FR 15164

83 FR 15164 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361, Revision

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESHealth Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 68 (April 9, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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