The Office of the National Coordinator
for Health IT (ONC) in coordination with Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) seeks to conduct a survey
in 2017 of SAMSHA to examine the adoption and use of health IT as
well as interoperability across community behavioral health care
settings. Data from the survey will help ONC and SAMSHA monitor
progress and enhance programs and policy to improve the use of
health IT and expand interoperability across these settings. In
2015, ONC outlined a strategy by which both private and public
stakeholders would work together to improve interoperability. This
strategy called for measuring and reporting on the state of
interoperability across the care continuum, including for
behavioral health care providers; however, there are no recent
national data available for this care setting.
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.