98-23134. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request  

  • [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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Document Information

Published:
08/28/1998
Department:
Health and Human Services Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-23134
Pages:
46058-46059 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-23134.pdf