The Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology's (ONC) Office of Economic
Analysis, Evaluation, and Modeling in the Department of Health
& Human Services (HHS) requests Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to conduct a national survey of clinical
laboratories to assess laboratory information exchange capacity, as
part of the evaluation of the State Health Information Exchange
(HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program. The Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009
seeks to improve American health care delivery and patient care
through an unprecedented investment in health information
technology. ONC is the chief federal entity charged with
coordinating nationwide efforts to implement a health IT
infrastructure to enable the electronic use and exchange of health
information.
US Code:
42
USC 3013 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
US Code: 13
USC 111-5 Name of Law: The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.