Notice2022-18855
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
September 1, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Abstract
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database." This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 3rd, 2022 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ did not receive comments from members of the public during this period. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53749-53750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18855]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative
Database.'' This proposed information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on June 3rd, 2022 and allowed 60 days
for public comment. AHRQ did not receive comments from members of the
public during this period. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#395d564b504a17555c5f52564e504d437978716b681751514a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8ccc7dac1db86c4cdcec3c7dfc1dcd2e8e9e0faf986c0c0db86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.''
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Hospital SOPS) is
designed to enable hospitals to assess provider and staff perspectives
about patient safety issues, medical error, and error reporting. The
Hospital SOPS includes 42 items that measure 12 composites of patient
safety culture. AHRQ first made the Hospital SOPS publicly available,
along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit materials, in
November 2004, on the AHRQ website.
The Hospital SOPS Database consists of data from the AHRQ Hospital
Survey on Patient Safety Culture and may include reportable, non-
required supplemental items. Hospitals in the U.S. can voluntarily
submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through its contractor, Westat.
The Hospital SOPS Database (OMB No. 0935-0162, last approved on August
21, 2019) was developed by AHRQ in 2006 in response to requests from
hospitals interested in tracking their own survey results. Those
organizations submitting data receive a feedback report, as well as a
report of the aggregated de-identified findings of the other hospitals
submitting data. These reports are used to assist hospital staff in
their efforts to improve patient safety culture in their organizations.
Rationale for the information collection. The Hospital SOPS and the
Hospital SOPS Database support AHRQ's goals of promoting improvements
in the quality and safety of health care in hospital settings. The
survey, toolkit materials, and database results are all made publicly
available on AHRQ's website. Technical assistance is provided by AHRQ
through its contractor at no charge to hospitals, to facilitate the use
of these materials for hospital patient safety and quality improvement.
This database will:
(1) present results from hospitals that voluntarily submit their
data,
(2) provide data to hospitals to facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
(3) provide supplemental information to help hospitals identify
their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in patient
safety culture.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness, and value of healthcare services and with
respect to surveys and database development. 42 U.S.C 299a(a)(1) and
(8).
Method of Collection
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form--The hospital point-of-
contact (POC) completes a number of data submission steps and forms,
beginning with the completion of an online Eligibility and Registration
Form. The purpose of this form is to collect basic demographic
information about the hospital and initiate the registration process.
(2) Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the hospital POC, is to state how data submitted by
hospitals will be used and provide privacy assurances.
(3) Hospital Site Information Form--The purpose of the site
information form, also completed by the hospital POC, is to collect
background characteristics of the hospital. This information will be
used to analyze data collected with the Hospital SOPS survey.
(4) Data Files Submission--POCs upload their data file(s), using
hospital data file specifications, to ensure that users submit
standardized and consistent data in the way variables are named, coded,
and formatted. The number of submissions to the database is likely to
vary each year because hospitals do not administer the survey and
submit data every year. Data submission is typically handled by one POC
who is either a patient safety manager in the hospital or a survey
vendor who contracts with a hospital to collect and submit their data.
POCs submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on average, because many
hospitals are part of a health system that includes many hospitals, or
the POC is a vendor that is submitting data for multiple hospitals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 340
POCs, representing an average of 3 individual hospitals each, will
complete the database submission steps and forms annually. Each POC
will submit the following:
<bullet> Eligibility and registration form (completion is estimated
to take about 3 minutes).
<bullet> Data Use Agreement (completion is estimated to take about
3 minutes).
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<bullet> Hospital Information Form (completion is estimated to take
about 5 minutes).
<bullet> Survey data submission will take an average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are estimated to be 459 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to submit their data. The cost burden is estimated to
be $28,044.90 annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of
Form name respondents/ responses per Hours per Total burden
POCs POC response hours
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Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 1 3/60 17
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 1 3/60 17
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 3 5/60 85
Data Files Submission........................... 340 1 1 340
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Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A 459
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of
Form name respondents/ Total burden Average hourly Total cost
POCs hours wage rate * burden
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Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 17 $61.10 $1,038.70
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 17 61.10 1,038.70
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 85 61.10 5,193.50
Data Files Submission........................... 340 340 61.10 20,744.00
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Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A $28,044.90
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* Mean hourly wage of $61.10 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11-9111) was obtained from the
May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000--Hospitals,
located at <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_622000.htm">http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_622000.htm</a>.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, comments on AHRQ's information collection are requested with
regard to any of the following: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ's health
care research and health care information dissemination functions,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) 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 upon
the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 26, 2022.
Mamatha Pancholi,
Acting Chief of Staff, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18855 Filed 8-31-22; 8:45 am]
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