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aim to administer the surveys in large,
medium and small hospitals.
Mandate for Data Collection;
Sponsorship
In the Fiscal Year 2002 Senate
Appropriations Report for the
Departments of Labor, HHS, and
Education (Report—107–84), AHRQ was
given the following congressional
direction:
The Committee further directs AHRQ
to provide a report detailing the results
of its efforts to reduce medical errors.
The report should include how
hospitals and other healthcare facilities
are reducing medical errors; how these
strategies are being shared among health
care professionals; how many hospitals
and other health care facilities record
and track medical errors; how medical
error information is used to improve
patient safety; what types of incentives
and/or disincentives have helped health
care professionals reduce medical errors
and; a list of the most common root
causes of medical errors.
This project is an AHRQ-funded
activity as part of its Patient Safety
Evaluation Contract.
Method of Collection
The survey and data collection
procedures have been previously
piloted (under OMB #0935–0114 which
expired 01/31/2004). The survey mode
will be an initial survey with two waves
of mailed follow-ups as needed, and a
Computer-Assisted Telephone
Interviewing (CATI) telephone survey
follow-up for the remaining nonresponders.
The CATI survey will be tested by
survey coordinators at the RAND Survey
Research Group prior to fielding to
ensure that the questionnaire items
appear on the interviewer computer
screens as designed, that appropriate
range checks are programmed (so that
interviewers cannot enter out of range
values), that skip patterns are
programmed appropriately, and that the
data recording is being done correctly.
The survey will take approximately 25
minutes to complete. The steps in the
process are as follows:
1. For each hospital, telephone
interviewers will contact the hospital
and ‘‘screen’’ for the Risk Manager’s
name, direct telephone number, and
FAX number and will verify the
hospital’s mailing address. The initial
hospital information will come from the
2002 AHA database.
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It is estimated that 960 Risk Managers
will participate in the 25 minute
national study. This yields a 403.2 hour
burden per year and at an estimated
$27.10 per hour, the annualized cost to
the surveyed 960 (approximately 1000)
hospitals would be a total of $10,926.72
or about $11.38 each. The figures are
summarized in the table below:
Estimated time
per respondent in hours
Estimated total
burden hours
Estimated annual cost to
each hospital
960
.42
(25 minutes)
403.20
$11.38
Risk Manager ...................................................................................................
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on the AHRQ information
collection proposal are requested with
regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and costs) 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 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 request for OMB
approval of the proposed information
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Number of respondents
Type of respondent
Request for Comments
2. All confirmed Risk Managers will
receive an advance letter and a copy of
the survey in the mail.
3. A reminder letter will be sent to
those who have not returned the survey
within 2 weeks of the initial mailing,
and a re-mail of a the survey will be sent
2 weeks after the reminder letter is sent.
4. If a survey has not been returned
after the second re-mail, then a
telephone interviewer will attempt to
complete the survey with the Risk
Manager over the telephone. The
interviewer will record responses
electronically using specially prepared
software.
5. It is anticipated that there will be
a follow-up survey (using a similar
survey strategy) administered 2 or 3
years later.
collection. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
the National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dated: March 10, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory
Council for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
The meeting will be held on
Friday, April 15, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. The morning session (9 a.m.–12
p.m.) is open to the public. The
afternoon session 12:01 p.m. to 4 p.m.
will be closed to the public in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5
U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6). Grant applications are to be
discussed at this meeting. These
discussions are likely to include
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the
applications, confidential research
designs and potentially proprietary
information. This information is exempt
from mandatory disclosure under the
above-cited statutes.
The meeting will be held at
the John Eisenberg Room (800) of the
Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
Department of Health and Human
ADDRESSES:
In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, this notice announces a meeting of
SUMMARY:
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Services, 200 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Queenan, Coordinator of the
Advisory Council, at the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland,
20850, (301) 427–1330. For press-related
information, please contact Karen
Migdail at (301) 427–1855.
If sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact Mr.
Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of
Equal Employment Opportunity
Program, Program Support Center, on
(301) 443–1144 no later than April 8,
2005. Agenda, roster, and minutes are
available from Ms. Bonnie Campbell,
Committee Management Officer, Agency
for Healthcare Quality and Research,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland
20850. Her phone number is (301) 427–
1554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
Section 921 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c) established
the National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality. In
accordance with its statutory mandate,
the Council is to advise the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services and the Director, Agency for
Healtcare Research and Quality (AHRQ),
on matters related to actions of the
Agency to enhance the quality, improve
the outcomes, reduce the costs of health
care services, improve access to such
services through scientific research, and
to promote improvements in clinical
practice and in the organization,
financing, and delivery of health care
services.
The Council is composed of members
of the public appointed by the Secretary
and Federal ex-officio members.
II. Agenda
On Friday, April 15, 2005, the
meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with the
call to order by the Council Chair. The
Director, AHRQ, will present the status
of the Agency’s current research,
programs, and initiatives and a
discussion of strategic planning. The
public portion of the meeting will
adjourn at 12 p.m. The official agenda
will be available on AHRQ’s Web site at
www.ahrq.gov no later than April 8,
2005.
Dated: March 22, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; State Annual LongTerm Care Ombudsman Report and
Instructions for Older Americans Act
Title VII
Administration on Aging, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging
(AoA) is announcing an opportunity for
public comment on the proposed
collection of certain information by the
agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies
are required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on the information
collection requirements relating to State
Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Report and instructions for Older
Americans Act Title VII.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to: sue.wheaton@aoa.gov.
Submit written comments on the
collection of information to:
Administration on Aging, Washington,
DC 20201. Attention: Sue Wheaton.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue
Wheaton, telephone: (202) 357–3587; email: sue.wheaton@aoa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
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.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency request
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, AoA is publishing notice
of the proposed collection of
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information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following collection
of information, AoA invites comments
on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of AoA’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
AoA’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
The reporting system, the National
Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS),
was developed in response to the needs
and directives pertaining to the Long
Term Care Ombudsman Program and
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget for use in FY 1995–96, and
extended with slight modifications for
use in FY 1997–2001 and again for FY
2002–2006.
This request is to continue the use of
the existing information collection,
State Annual Long-Term Care
Ombudsman Report (and Instructions),
from Older Americans Act Title VII
grantees. Under section 712(c), section
712(h)(1) and section 712(h)(B) of the
Older Americans Act, as amended,
states are required to provide
information on ombudsmen activities to
AoA, which AoA is then required to
present to Congress. We are currently
working with the states and local
Ombudsmen on recommendations to
revise and update the form and
instructions for use beginning in FY
2007.
The reporting form would retain the
following elements: A profile of the
cases, complainants and complaints by
type of facility; action taken on the
complaints; a summary of long-term
care issues; a detailed profile of the
program and its activities, including the
number and type of facilities licensed
and operating in the state (and the
number beds this represents); the
staffing and funding of local programs;
and an overview of other ombudsman
activities (including: Training, technical
assistance, consultation to organizations
and individuals, resident visitation,
community education, etc.)
AoA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
Approximately one and one-half hour
per respondent with 52 State Agencies
on Aging responding annually.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research
and Quality
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory
Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, April 15, 2005, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The morning session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.) is open to the public.
The afternoon session 12:01 p.m. to 4 p.m. will be closed to the public
in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, section 10(d) of
5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications are to
be discussed at this meeting. These discussions are likely to include
personal information concerning individuals associated with the
applications, confidential research designs and potentially proprietary
information. This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure under
the above-cited statutes.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the John Eisenberg Room (800) of
the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Department of Health and Human
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Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Queenan, Coordinator of the
Advisory Council, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 427-1330. For
press-related information, please contact Karen Migdail at (301) 427-
1855.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Inniss,
Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program
Support Center, on (301) 443-1144 no later than April 8, 2005. Agenda,
roster, and minutes are available from Ms. Bonnie Campbell, Committee
Management Officer, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, 540
Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Her phone number is (301) 427-
1554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
Section 921 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c)
established the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and
Quality. In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Council is to
advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and
the Director, Agency for Healtcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on
matters related to actions of the Agency to enhance the quality,
improve the outcomes, reduce the costs of health care services, improve
access to such services through scientific research, and to promote
improvements in clinical practice and in the organization, financing,
and delivery of health care services.
The Council is composed of members of the public appointed by the
Secretary and Federal ex-officio members.
II. Agenda
On Friday, April 15, 2005, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with
the call to order by the Council Chair. The Director, AHRQ, will
present the status of the Agency's current research, programs, and
initiatives and a discussion of strategic planning. The public portion
of the meeting will adjourn at 12 p.m. The official agenda will be
available on AHRQ's Web site at www.ahrq.gov no later than April 8,
2005.
Dated: March 22, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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