Notice2022-26897
Request for Information on Creating a National Healthcare System Action Alliance To Advance Patient Safety
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December 12, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Abstract
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), seeks public comment about advancing patient and healthcare workforce safety through the development of a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety (Action Alliance) in partnership with healthcare systems, patients, families and caregivers, HHS and other Federal agencies, and other stakeholders to support sustained improvements in patient safety. Specifically, the RFI seeks input on how the Action Alliance can be most effective. In addition, the RFI seeks comments about innovative models of care, approaches, promising strategies, and solutions for overcoming some of the common impediments to safety being experienced in healthcare today. This request for information will inform HHS's work and more specifically the work of the Action Alliance.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 237 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76046-76048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26897]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Request for Information on Creating a National Healthcare System
Action Alliance To Advance Patient Safety
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on
behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), seeks
public comment about advancing patient and healthcare workforce safety
through the development of a National Healthcare System Action Alliance
to Advance Patient Safety (Action Alliance) in partnership with
healthcare systems, patients, families and caregivers, HHS
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and other Federal agencies, and other stakeholders to support sustained
improvements in patient safety. Specifically, the RFI seeks input on
how the Action Alliance can be most effective. In addition, the RFI
seeks comments about innovative models of care, approaches, promising
strategies, and solutions for overcoming some of the common impediments
to safety being experienced in healthcare today. This request for
information will inform HHS's work and more specifically the work of
the Action Alliance.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 26, 2023.
AHRQ will not respond individually to responders but will consider all
comments submitted by the deadline.
ADDRESSES: Please submit all responses to the following email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c5959684a6b1acaaab84a9a9aca4aba6a085848d9794ebadadb6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0b0b3a18394898f8ea18c8c89818e8385a0a1a8b2b1ce888893ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Milli O'Brien, AHRQ Executive
Secretary via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82cfebeeeeebaccde0f0ebe7ecc2e3eaf0f3aceaeaf1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a775356565314755848535f547a5b52484b14525249145d554c">[email protected]</span></a> or call 301-427-1919.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AHRQ, on behalf of HHS, is seeking public
comment about the development of a National Healthcare System Patient
Safety Action Alliance (Action Alliance) as a vehicle to advance
patient and workforce safety. The Action Alliance is intended to
support improvements across healthcare delivery settings (e.g.,
hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory care settings, home
care) and between settings of care. The Action Alliance will welcome
all types of healthcare systems, including public, not-for-profit, and
for-profit health systems; rural, suburban, and urban systems; and
systems focused on caring for diverse populations. While focused on the
delivery of care, the Action Alliance will bring together multiple
stakeholders including healthcare systems, clinicians, patients,
families, caregivers, professional societies, organizations focused on
patient and workforce safety, the digital healthcare sector, healthcare
services researchers, industry, employers, payors, and anyone committed
to advancing patient and workforce safety. Recognizing that healthcare
is not safe until it is safe for all, the Alliance will consider issues
of equity as it strives to advance patient and workforce safety.
As HHS renews its commitment to advancing patient and workforce
safety, it recognizes that the nation's healthcare systems and
professionals have long been committed to patient and workforce safety.
The pandemic uncovered weaknesses and inequities in the healthcare
delivery system that have negatively affected patient outcomes and our
workforce. HHS also recognizes that as the U.S. healthcare delivery
systems recover, emerge, and transform from the COVID-19 pandemic there
are many priorities, including, but not limited to improving equity,
addressing staffing shortages, caring for people with Long COVID,
harnessing the potential of telehealth and data sciences, responding to
climate change, expanding access to behavioral healthcare, and
supporting the well-being of workers. Patient and workforce safety,
however, are integral to all of these priorities. Patient and workforce
safety are not separate priorities they are central to everything
healthcare systems do.
In order to make the Action Alliance as effective as possible, HHS
seeks information on the following questions:
1. What can HHS bring to the Action Alliance in terms of
coordination, alignment, tools, training, and other non-financial
resources to support the effectiveness of the Action Alliance in
assisting healthcare delivery systems and others in advancing patient
and healthcare worker safety?
2. How can the voluntary Action Alliance most effectively support
healthcare delivery systems and other stakeholders in advancing patient
and workforce safety? Are there specific priorities for different types
of systems or setting of care? What stakeholders should be part of the
Action Alliance to make it most effective?
3. What are other national patient and workforce safety initiatives
that the Action Alliance should be aware of and how can the Action
Alliance best collaborate, coordinate, and avoid duplication with them?
4. How can the Action Alliance best support healthcare systems in
advancing healthcare equity within their patient and workforce safety
efforts, including through redesign of care delivery?
5. Are there specific practices or innovations that healthcare
delivery systems or others have implemented during or post-pandemic,
including practices focused on populations that experience health
disparities and individuals living in rural communities, that others
could benefit from learning about? Please share any specific details
and sharable outcomes data regarding innovations if applicable.
6. What are the main challenges healthcare delivery systems and
others are facing in meeting their commitments to advancing patient and
healthcare worker safety as they emerge from the pandemic? Are there
challenges that are specific to different types of systems, settings of
care, or populations of people?
HHS is interested in answers to all of the questions listed above,
but respondents are welcome to address as many or as few as they choose
and may provide additional information about how to make the Action
Alliance most effective. When responding, please identify the question
to which a particular answer corresponds.
Who should respond?
Anyone may respond. For example, HHS seeks information from:
<bullet> Healthcare system leaders (e.g., CEOs, CMOs, Boards of
Directors).
<bullet> Healthcare delivery organizations.
<bullet> Clinicians and other healthcare personnel who work to
provide safe, effective care to patients.
<bullet> Healthcare quality leaders whose work supports refining
clinical practice and providing data for the purpose of improvement.
<bullet> People, their families, and caregivers who have
experienced a harm or a ``close call'' event as part of their
interaction with the healthcare delivery system.
<bullet> Researchers and implementers developing interventions to
improve patient and workforce safety.
<bullet> Clinical decision support developers who have insights
into interventions that would support clinicians in making care safer
for both patients and healthcare workers.
<bullet> Patient advocacy groups and organizations focused on
safety and health equity.
<bullet> Clinical professional societies.
<bullet> Payers.
<bullet> Health IT vendors who implement and manage health IT and
other systems that may support patient and workforce safety.
<bullet> Organizations that facilitate health information exchange
(i.e., regional, or local health information exchanges, vendor-driven
networks, and others) who may support sharing of healthcare quality and
safety data across systems.
<bullet> Representatives from human service agencies and/or
community organizations, or people with experience in addressing social
determinants of health and reducing healthcare disparities for patients
and communities.
<bullet> Higher education institutions that train clinicians and
healthcare personnel.
This RFI is for planning purposes only and should not be construed
as a policy, solicitation for applications, or as an obligation on the
part of the Government to provide support for any ideas in response to
it. HHS will use the information submitted in response to this RFI at
its discretion and will not
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provide comments to any respondent's submission. However, responses to
this RFI may be reflected in future initiatives, solicitation(s), or
policies. The information provided will be analyzed and may appear in
reports. Respondents will not be identified in any published reports.
Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to
acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to
respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary,
classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in
your response. The contents of all submissions may be made available to
the public in the future. Submitted materials should therefore be
publicly available or be able to be made public.
Dated: December 7, 2022.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-26897 Filed 12-9-22; 8:45 am]
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