[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46058-46059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23134]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Providers as
Information Customers
Clinicians in the field of substance abuse treatment are
increasingly turning to information products and services in managing
the care of their patients, accessing new knowledge about treatment,
and organizing their management systems. This study will help SAMHSA's
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) to be better able to
synthesize and disseminate knowledge by providing a representative
assessment of the information products and services that currently
exist in the substance abuse treatment industry.
Program directors and clinicians will be surveyed in a 15-minute
telephone interview asking about their perceptions of information
products and services that are currently being used, and their
perceived need or interest in such new or improved products being
developed and made available. The instrument that will be used to
survey the providers and clinical staff will include a series of
questions around a taxonomy and list of information products and
services that are or might be used in the substance abuse treatment
provider industry. A nationally representative target sample of 275
facilities will be drawn, and interviews will be completed with program
facility directors and clinical staff. The estimated annualized burden
for a one-year data collection period is summarized below.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total
respondents responses/ response burden
respondent (hours) hours
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Facility Directors.......................................... 275 1 .25 69
Clinical Staff.............................................. 467 1 .25 117
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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 176
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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: August 24, 1998.
Patricia S. Bransford,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-23134 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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