[Federal Register: August 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 160)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-09-09AA]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
BioSense--Recruitment of Data Sources--Existing Data Collection
Without an OMB Number--National Center for Public Health Informatics
(NCPHI), Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service
(CCHIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which requires specific
activities related to bioterrorism preparedness and response. This
congressional mandate outlines the need for improving the overall
public's health through electronic surveillance. The Department of
Health and Human Services outlined strategies aimed at achieving this
goal via the Public Health IT Initiative thereby creating the BioSense
program.
BioSense is a national, human health surveillance system designed
to improve the nation's capabilities for disease detection, monitoring,
and real-time health situational awareness. This work is enhanced by
providing public health real-time access to existing data from
healthcare organizations, state syndromic surveillance systems,
national laboratories, and others for just in time public health
decisionmaking; this information is made available to users in the
BioSense Application. The application provides data, charts, graphs,
and maps through a secure Web-based interface which can be accessed by
CDC and authorized users from state and local public health departments
and healthcare organizations.
In order to meet the congressional mandate, the BioSense program
must have access to electronic health data. Recruitment of data sources
includes collecting information on the types of data available, the
types of computer systems used, and the approximate record volume. This
information is used by BioSense personnel and contractors to determine
technical requirements for linking a data source into the BioSense
program. To collect this information, a series of questionnaires in an
Excel spreadsheet have been designed. Information collection will take
place during and after on-site visits by BioSense personnel and
contractors. We estimate that such information will be collected from
20 new entities (each representing many facilities or clinics) each
year.
Since the publication of the 60-day Federal Register Notice, the
information collection instrument for the provision of access to the
BioSense Application has been included in this information collection
request. Access to the BioSense Application is obtained using an
automated data collection form. This form is completed on the Internet
via the CDC Secure Data Network (SDN) in which a prospective user
identifies what
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activities are requested. Potential users must request and receive
permission to view the BioSense Application. Federal rules mandate that
this permission be renewed each year. We estimate about 800 users per
year will need to request new or continued access to the BioSense
Application.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden hours are 147 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Recruitment of Prospective Data Source Entities
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Federal, State & Local Governments, Private Sector........ 20 1 4
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Access to BioSense Application
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Federal, State & Local Governments, Private Sector........ 800 1 5/60
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Dated: August 14, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-20000 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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