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Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
Background and Brief Description
NEHRS is a national survey of officebased physicians conducted by the
National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). NEHRS is sponsored
by the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (ONC), Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
The survey is conducted under
authority of Section 306 of the Public
Health Service Act (41 U.S.C. 242k).
NEHRS data collection years are for
2020, 2021 and 2022.
The purpose of this study is to collect
information on office-based physicians’
adoption and use of electronic health
record (EHR) systems, practice

type, and ownership) over time. These
annual data, together with trend data,
may be used to monitor the effects of
change in the health care system,
provide new insights into ambulatory
medical care, and stimulate further
research on the use, organization, and
delivery of ambulatory care.
Data from NEHRS has been used by
researchers in reports and programs
such as Health, United States and
Healthy People 2020, in addition to
various other reports and research
across federal, public, and international
communities. The results of the data
will help provide more information
about the use and adoption of EHRs by
office-based physicians both nationally
and by state. CDC requests approval for
5,151 annual burden hours. There are
no costs to respondents other than their
time.

information, patient engagement,
controlled substances prescribing
practices, use of health information
exchange, and documentation and
burden associated with medical record
systems. The respondents are a sample
of office-based physicians. The data
collection is done directly through a
self-administered web questionnaire,
self-administered paper questionnaire or
computer-assisted telephone interview.
NEHRS collects information on
characteristics of U.S. office-based
physicians practicing ambulatory
medical care, including specific focus
on EHR adoption and use. Having data
that can identify a physician office’s
ability to perform specific computerized
tasks helps track the adoption and use
of new health information technologies
across various physician and practice
characteristics (e.g., specialty, office

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Office-based Physicians or office staff .............................

NEHRS .............

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1

30/60

5,151

Total ...........................................................................

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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–19BLE; Docket No. CDC–2019–
0062]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY:

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This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled ‘Templates for Extramural Data
Management Plans.’ The aim of this
collection is to provide Cooperative
Agreement applicants and awardees
with templates for the creation of Data
Management Plans (DMP).
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before October 7, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0062 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and

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instruments, contact Jeffrey Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;

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2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project
Templates for Extramural Data
Management Plans—New—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).

recipients to external websites for
examples on how to construct a DMP.
This new ICR is being developed by
CDC’s National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP) to create
standardized templates for DMPs so that
they will be easier to create, easier to
review, better ensure compliance with
CDC’s requirements, and increase the
likelihood of first time approval by
project officers. DMPs will be submitted
as standalone sections of the Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and
annual continuation applications;
revisions can also be submitted by the
awardees as needed. CDC requests
approval for 933 Burden Hours. There
are no costs to respondents other than
their time.

Background and Brief Description
Data management plans (DMPs) are
required of entities using CDC funds to
collect or generate public health data.
DMPs will be submitted to CDC by grant
and cooperative agreement awardees for
assessment to verify that they are
concordant with CDC’s data sharing
policy. Currently, CDC does not have a
standard template for a DMP. DMPs can
be a checklist, paragraph, or any other
format. Due to this fact, CDC has had to
refer extramural applicants and

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Total
burden
(in hours)

Applicants and Awards Recipients ...

DMP .................................................
Template ..........................................

933

1

60/60

933

Total ...........................................

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–0987; Docket No. CDC–2019–
0064]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY:

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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Form name

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Type of
respondents

This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Qualitative Information Collection
on Emerging Diseases among the
Foreign-born in the U.S. that enables
CDC improve the planning and
implementation of disease prevention
and control strategies targeting
communicable diseases and other
emerging health issues among high-risk
foreign-born communities in specific
and limited geographic areas in the
United States where high numbers of
those populations live.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before October 7, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0064 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal

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(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, of
the Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:

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