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By direction of the Commission.
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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: ‘‘Focus
Groups on Consumer Engagement in
Developing Electronic Health
Information Systems.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ
invites the public to comment on this
proposed information collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on December 28th, 2007 and
allowed 60 days for public comment.
Comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
Comments on this notice must be
received by May 13, 2008.
DATES:
Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.letkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Proposed Project: ‘‘Focus Groups on
Consumer Engagement in Developing
Electronic Health Information Systems’’
This project will consist of focus
groups to gain insights into healthcare
consumers’ awareness and perceptions
of Health Information Technology (IT),
and how best to engage consumers in
the development of these technologies.
AHRQ has so far invested significant
resources in initiatives to promote the
planning and development of new
Health IT that should improve
healthcare, lower healthcare costs, and
improve patient safety. For such
benefits to be maximized, it is important
to understand how consumers view
Heath IT and how to engage them in the
design and implementation of future
innovations.
AHRQ will conduct 20 focus groups
(in addition to two pretest groups) with
healthcare consumers, that is persons
who have visited a healthcare provider
(either for their own health or the health
of a family member) in the previous two
years. For the most part, the groups will
be homogenous with respect to the
presence or absence of either of the
following characteristics: (a) Managing a
chronic health condition (or the
condition of a close family member), or
(b) Having visited at least three
healthcare providers in the past two
years.
Participants will be covered by a
range of health insurance plans, and
persons not covered by health insurance
will also be recruited. Some groups will
include only persons 2 enrolled in a
Health Maintaince Organization (HMO).
The data to be collected for this
project will be in two form a) answers
to a screener questionnaire designed to
identify and recruit eligible participants,
and b) verbal reports—i.e., focus group
participants’ answers to questions posed
by the moderator and reactions to
comments of other group members. The
focus group discussions will be audiotaped with participants’ consent and
transcribed for analysis purposes.
Method of Collection
Participants will be screened for
eligibility and recruited for the focus
groups by telephone. The focus group
sessions will be conducted in-person
with approximately 10 persons per
group. The focus group discussion will
take approximately 2 hours, and we
have assumed a 20-minute travel time
(each way) per participant. Thus, focus
group participation will require 2.67
hours per response. Estimated Annual
Respondent Burden
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TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Hours per response
Recruiting Screener Focus Group Discussion ................................................
Guide ...............................................................................................................
2,200
220
1
1
5/60
2.67
183
587
Total ..........................................................................................................
2,420
na
na
770
Average hourly wage rate*
Total cost burden
Form name
Total burden
hours
TABLE 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Recruiting Screener Focus Group Discussion ................................................
Guide ...............................................................................................................
2,200
220
183
587
$17
17
3,111
9,979
Total ..........................................................................................................
2,420
770
na
13,090
* Based upon the mean hourly wage of full-time workers, third-quarter of 2007. Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Based on the current budget for the
project, the total cost to the Federal
Government is $257,474 ($251, 114 of
contractor costs + $6,360 of travel and
time cost for AHRQ employees) for the
18-month period from Oct. 1st, 2007 to
March 31st, 2009. The annualized cost
is approximately $171,649. This amount
includes all direct and indirect costs of
the design, data collection, analysis, and
reporting phases of the study. The costs
of Federal employees for monitoring the
contract are $5,660.
Dated: March 5, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
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 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.
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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:
‘‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
AHRQ’s Grant-Supported Research on
Healthcare Costs, Productivity, and
Market Forces.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on December 28th, 2007 and
allowed 60 days for public comment. No
public comments were received. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 14, 2008.
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Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477 or by
email at doris.1efkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Proposed Project: ‘‘Evaluation of the
Effectiveness of AHRQ’s GrantSupported Research on Healthcare
Costs, Productivity, and Market Forces’’
The proposed information collection
will support AHRQ’s efforts to
systematically review the effectiveness
of its grant-supported research on
healthcare costs, productivity, and
market forces since the late 1990s. In the
first phase of its ongoing evaluation,
AHRQ determined it had funded 149
grants in the area of cost, productivity,
organization and market forces since the
late 1990s (Krissik, Lake and Gold,
2007). Prior to this proposed
information collection, no evaluation of
these grants and their effects has been
conducted. Collecting such information
through a survey of the 149 grantees
will assist AHRQ in its mission of
supporting the synthesis and
dissemination of available scientific
evidence for use by patients, consumers,
practitioners, providers, purchasers,
policymakers, and educators. The
survey will provide information on
grant activities that is not currently
available, including update-to-date
information on grantee dissemination
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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: ``Focus Groups on Consumer Engagement in Developing Electronic
Health Information Systems.'' In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed information collection.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on December 28th, 2007 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. Comments were received. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 13, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.letkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project: ``Focus Groups on Consumer Engagement in Developing
Electronic Health Information Systems''
This project will consist of focus groups to gain insights into
healthcare consumers' awareness and perceptions of Health Information
Technology (IT), and how best to engage consumers in the development of
these technologies. AHRQ has so far invested significant resources in
initiatives to promote the planning and development of new Health IT
that should improve healthcare, lower healthcare costs, and improve
patient safety. For such benefits to be maximized, it is important to
understand how consumers view Heath IT and how to engage them in the
design and implementation of future innovations.
AHRQ will conduct 20 focus groups (in addition to two pretest
groups) with healthcare consumers, that is persons who have visited a
healthcare provider (either for their own health or the health of a
family member) in the previous two years. For the most part, the groups
will be homogenous with respect to the presence or absence of either of
the following characteristics: (a) Managing a chronic health condition
(or the condition of a close family member), or (b) Having visited at
least three healthcare providers in the past two years.
Participants will be covered by a range of health insurance plans,
and persons not covered by health insurance will also be recruited.
Some groups will include only persons 2 enrolled in a Health Maintaince
Organization (HMO).
The data to be collected for this project will be in two form a)
answers to a screener questionnaire designed to identify and recruit
eligible participants, and b) verbal reports--i.e., focus group
participants' answers to questions posed by the moderator and reactions
to comments of other group members. The focus group discussions will be
audio-taped with participants' consent and transcribed for analysis
purposes.
Method of Collection
Participants will be screened for eligibility and recruited for the
focus groups by telephone. The focus group sessions will be conducted
in-person with approximately 10 persons per group. The focus group
discussion will take approximately 2 hours, and we have assumed a 20-
minute travel time (each way) per participant. Thus, focus group
participation will require 2.67 hours per response. Estimated Annual
Respondent Burden
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Table 1.--Estimated annualized burden hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Recruiting Screener Focus Group Discussion...... 2,200 1 5/60 183
Guide........................................... 220 1 2.67 587
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Total....................................... 2,420 na na 770
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Table 2.--Estimated annualized cost burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents hours wage rate* burden
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Recruiting Screener Focus Group Discussion...... 2,200 183 $17 3,111
Guide........................................... 220 587 17 9,979
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Total....................................... 2,420 770 na 13,090
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* Based upon the mean hourly wage of full-time workers, third-quarter of 2007. Current Population Survey, U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Based on the current budget for the project, the total cost to the
Federal Government is $257,474 ($251, 114 of contractor costs + $6,360
of travel and time cost for AHRQ employees) for the 18-month period
from Oct. 1st, 2007 to March 31st, 2009. The annualized cost is
approximately $171,649. This amount includes all direct and indirect
costs of the design, data collection, analysis, and reporting phases of
the study. The costs of Federal employees for monitoring the contract
are $5,660.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act
legislation, 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 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: March 5, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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