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EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST
Cost component
Total
Annualized cost
Administration ..................................................................................................................................................
Research Plan .................................................................................................................................................
Dissemination Plan ..........................................................................................................................................
Final Report .....................................................................................................................................................
Overhead .........................................................................................................................................................
$24,474
591,788
63,397
46,501
273,816
$8,158
197,263
21,132
15,500
91,272
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................
999,976
333,325
Request for Comments
In accordance with tile 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 healthcare research and
healthcare 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: April 22, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
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
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information collection project:
‘‘Assessing the Impact of the National
Implementation of TeamSTEPPS Master
Training Program.’’ In accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must
he received by July 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: 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
e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Assessing the Impact of the National
Implementation of TeamSTEPPS Master
Training Program
As part of their effort to fulfill their
mission goals, AHRQ, in collaboration
with the Department of Defense’s (DoD)
Tricare Management Activity (TMA),
developed TeamSTEPPS® (aka Team
Strategies and Tools for Enhancing
Performance and Patient Safety) to
provide an evidence-based suite of tools
and strategies for training teamworkbased patient safety to health care
professionals. In 2007, AHRQ and DoD
coordinated the national
implementation of the TeamSTEPPS
program. The main objective of this
program is to improve patient safety by
training a select group of stakeholders
such as Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO) personnel, High
Reliability Organization (HRO) staff and
healthcare system staff in various
teamwork, communication, and patient
safety concepts, tools, and techniques
and ultimately helping to build a
national infrastructure for supporting
teamwork-based patient safety efforts in
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healthcare organizations and at the state
level. The implementation includes the
training of Master Trainers in various
health care systems capable of
stimulating the utilization and adoption
of TeamSTEPPS in their health care
delivery systems, providing technical
assistance and consultation on
implementing TeamSTEPPS, and
developing various channels of learning
(e.g., user networks, various educational
venues) for continuation support and
improvement of teamwork in
healthcare. During this effort, AHRQ has
trained a corps of 2400 participants to
serve as the Master Trainer
infrastructure supporting national
adoption of TeamSTEPPS. Participants
in training become Master Trainers in
TeamSTEPPS and are afforded the
opportunity to observe the tools and
strategies provided in the program in
action. In addition to developing a corps
of Master Trainers, AHRQ has also
developed a series of support
mechanisms for this effort including a
data collection Web tool, a
TeamSTEPPS call support center, and a
monthly consortium to address any
challenges encountered by
implementers of TeamSTEPPS.
To understand the extent to which
this infrastructure of patient safety
knowledge and skills has been created,
AHRQ will conduct an evaluation of the
National Implementation of
TeamSTEPPS Master Training program.
The goals of this evaluation are to
examine the extent to which training
participants have been able to:
(1) Implement the TeamSTEPPS
products, concepts, tools, and
techniques in their home organizations
and,
(2) the extent to which participants
have spread that training, knowledge,
and skills to their organizations, local
areas, regions, and states.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, American
Institutes for Research (AIR), pursuant
to AHRQ’s statutory authority to
conduct and support research on
healthcare and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to the quality,
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effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of healthcare
services and with respect to quality
measurement and improvement. 42
U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this
assessment the following two data
collections will be implemented:
(1) Web-based questionnaire to
examine post-training activities and
teamwork outcomes as a result of
training from multiple perspectives. The
questionnaire is directed to all master
training participants. Items will cover
post-training activities, implementation
experiences, facilitators and barriers to
implementation encountered, and
perceived outcomes as a result of these
activities.
(2) Semi-structured interviews will he
conducted with members from
organizations who participated in the
TeamSTEPPS Master Training program.
Information gathered from these
interviews will be analyzed and used to
draft a ‘‘lessons learned’’ document that
will capture additional detail on the
issues related to participants’ and
organizations’ abilities to implement
and disseminate the TeamSTEPPS posttraining. The organizations will vary in
terms of type of organization (e.g., QIO
or hospital associations versus
healthcare systems) and region (i.e.,
Northeast, Midwest, Southwest,
Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, West Coast). In
addition, we will strive to ensure
representativeness of the site visits by
ensuring that the distribution of
organizations mirrors the distribution of
organizations in the master training
population. For example, if the
distribution of organizations is such that
only one out of every five organizations
is a QIO, we will ensure that a
maximum of two organizations in the
site visit sample are QIOs. The
interviews will more accurately reveal
the degree of training spread for the
organizations included. Interviewees
will be drawn from qualified
individuals serving in one of two roles
(i.e., implementers or facilitators). The
interview protocol will be adapted for
each role based on the respondent group
and to some degree, for each individual,
based on their training and patient
safety experience.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit I shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondent’s time to participate in the
study. Semi-structured interviews will
be conducted with a maximum of 9
individuals from each of 9 participating
organizations and will last about one
hour each. The training participant
questionnaire will be completed by
approximately 10 individuals from each
of about 240 organizations and is
estimated to require 20 minutes to
complete. The total annualized burden
is estimated to be 881 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden based on the
respondents’ time to participate in the
study. The total cost burden is estimated
to be $28,594.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Semi-structured interview ................................................................................
Training participant questionnaire ...................................................................
9
240
9
10
60/60
20/60
81
800
Total ..........................................................................................................
249
NA
NA
881
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Semi-structured interview ................................................................................
Training participant questionnaire ...................................................................
9
240
81
800
$32.64
32.64
$2,644
26,112
Total ..........................................................................................................
249
881
NA
28,756
* Based
upon the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29–0000) for the training participant questionnaire and for executives, administrators, and managers for the organizational leader questionnaire presented in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational
Wages in the United States, May, 2008, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b290000.
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Exhibit 3 shows the total cost for this
one year project; since the project is for
only one year these are also the
annualized costs. The total cost to the
government for this activity is estimated
to be $181,521 to conduct the one-time
questionnaire and conduct nine site
visits, as well as to analyze and present
all results. This amount includes costs
for developing the data collection tools
($24,889); collecting the data ($10,667);
and analyzing the data ($35,061) and
reporting the findings ($12,903).
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EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND
ANNUALIZED COST
Cost component
Total cost
Project Development ................
Data Collection Activities ..........
Data Processing and Analysis
Publication of Results ...............
$24,889
108,667
35,061
12,903
Total ......................................
181,521
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
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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 healthcare research and
healthcare 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)
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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: April 22, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
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: ‘‘National
Hospital Adverse Event Reporting
System: Questionnaire Redesign and
Testing.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3520. AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must
he received by July 2, 2010.
Written comments should
he 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.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Proposed Project
National Hospital Adverse Event
Reporting System: Questionnaire
Redesign and Testing
As provider of operational support to
the chair of the Quality Interagency
Task Force (QuIC), AHRQ coordinated
the Federal response to the Institute of
Medicine’s (IOM) 1999 report on
medical errors and outlined specific
initiatives the QuIC agencies will take.
The Errors Workgroup within the QuIC
identified the need for measures to
evaluate the use of adverse medical
event reporting for managing and
improving patient safety within
healthcare institutions. In response,
AHRQ created the Hospital Adverse
Event Reporting Survey to Provide
national estimates. This survey has been
fielded twice, first in 2005 and again in
2008.
Revisions to the questionnaire and
sample selection are now necessary in
response to the Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Rule (Patient
Safety Rule), 42 CFR Part 3, issued by
the United States Department of Health
and Human Services, which implements
the Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety
Act), 42 U.S.C. 299b–21 through 299b–
26. The Patient Safety Rule and Patient
Safety Act authorize the creation of
Patient Safety Organizations (PSO) to
enhance quality and safety by collecting
patient safety reports of adverse events.
AHRQ started listing PSOs in late 2008
pursuant to the Patient Safety Act.
These organizations have begun
working with hospitals and other
providers to monitor patient safety
events according to common reporting
formats, and to improve patient safety.
This revised survey will be used for the
third round of data collection in 2011,
under a separate OMB clearance, to
assess the impact of the PSOs and the
Patient Safety Act on the use of adverse
event reporting systems and will
incorporate questions about reporting
using the AHRQ Common Formats, and
reporting information to a Patient Safety
Organization.
This project is being conducted by
AHRQ’s contractor, Westat, pursuant to
AHRQ’s statutory mandates to (I)
promote health care quality
improvement by conducting and
supporting research that develops and
presents scientific evidence regarding
all aspects of health care, including
methods for measuring quality and
strategies for improving quality (42
U.S.C. 299(b)(1)(F)) and (2) conduct and
support research on health care and on
systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to
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quality measurement and improvement
(42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(2).
Method of Collection
This project will include the
following data collections:
(1) Semi-structured interviews will be
conducted with one risk manager or
other representative responsible for
adverse event reporting from 7
participating hospitals and with one
person from the two participating PSOs.
These interviews will be conducted to
learn more about the current hospital
adverse event reporting environment
and to understand how adverse event
reporting may have changed in response
to the Patient Safety Act. Survey
developers will use the information
from these interviews to develop
questions for the revised questionnaire.
(2) Cognitive interviews will be
conducted with one risk manager or
other representative responsible for
adverse event reporting in 30
participating hospitals. The purpose of
these cognitive interviews is to test and
refine the revised questionnaire. The
questionnaire will be tested among
respondents in hospitals with no
reporting affiliation with a PSO, with
reporting affiliations with one PSO, and
with reporting affiliations with more
than one PSO.
Results from these interviews will
help inform actions by AHRQ to
encourage effective adverse event
reporting by hospitals, as part of its
patient safety initiative, including
standardization of reporting so that
consistent concepts, information, and
terminology are used in the patient
safety arena. The survey can also serve
as a baseline for changes about hospitalbased adverse event reporting to Patient
Safety Organizations and how the
Patient Safety Act might have affected
reporting structures and processes.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit I shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents time to participate in this
project. Semi-structured interviews will
be conducted with 9 persons
representing 7 hospitals and 2 PSOs and
will last for about an hour. Cognitive
interviews will be conducted with one
person in each of 30 participating
hospitals and are expected to take one
hour to complete. The total annual
burden hours are estimated to be 39
hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annual
cost burden associated with the
respondents’ time to participate in the
research. The total annual cost burden
is estimated to be $1,664.
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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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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: ``Assessing the Impact of the National Implementation of
TeamSTEPPS Master Training Program.'' In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, AHRQ invites the public to comment
on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must he received by July 2, 2010.
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 e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Assessing the Impact of the National Implementation of TeamSTEPPS
Master Training Program
As part of their effort to fulfill their mission goals, AHRQ, in
collaboration with the Department of Defense's (DoD) Tricare Management
Activity (TMA), developed TeamSTEPPS[supreg] (aka Team Strategies and
Tools for Enhancing Performance and Patient Safety) to provide an
evidence-based suite of tools and strategies for training teamwork-
based patient safety to health care professionals. In 2007, AHRQ and
DoD coordinated the national implementation of the TeamSTEPPS program.
The main objective of this program is to improve patient safety by
training a select group of stakeholders such as Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO) personnel, High Reliability Organization (HRO) staff
and healthcare system staff in various teamwork, communication, and
patient safety concepts, tools, and techniques and ultimately helping
to build a national infrastructure for supporting teamwork-based
patient safety efforts in healthcare organizations and at the state
level. The implementation includes the training of Master Trainers in
various health care systems capable of stimulating the utilization and
adoption of TeamSTEPPS in their health care delivery systems, providing
technical assistance and consultation on implementing TeamSTEPPS, and
developing various channels of learning (e.g., user networks, various
educational venues) for continuation support and improvement of
teamwork in healthcare. During this effort, AHRQ has trained a corps of
2400 participants to serve as the Master Trainer infrastructure
supporting national adoption of TeamSTEPPS. Participants in training
become Master Trainers in TeamSTEPPS and are afforded the opportunity
to observe the tools and strategies provided in the program in action.
In addition to developing a corps of Master Trainers, AHRQ has also
developed a series of support mechanisms for this effort including a
data collection Web tool, a TeamSTEPPS call support center, and a
monthly consortium to address any challenges encountered by
implementers of TeamSTEPPS.
To understand the extent to which this infrastructure of patient
safety knowledge and skills has been created, AHRQ will conduct an
evaluation of the National Implementation of TeamSTEPPS Master Training
program. The goals of this evaluation are to examine the extent to
which training participants have been able to:
(1) Implement the TeamSTEPPS products, concepts, tools, and
techniques in their home organizations and,
(2) the extent to which participants have spread that training,
knowledge, and skills to their organizations, local areas, regions, and
states.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
American Institutes for Research (AIR), pursuant to AHRQ's statutory
authority to conduct and support research on healthcare and on systems
for the delivery of such care, including activities with respect to the
quality,
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effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare
services and with respect to quality measurement and improvement. 42
U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this assessment the following two data
collections will be implemented:
(1) Web-based questionnaire to examine post-training activities and
teamwork outcomes as a result of training from multiple perspectives.
The questionnaire is directed to all master training participants.
Items will cover post-training activities, implementation experiences,
facilitators and barriers to implementation encountered, and perceived
outcomes as a result of these activities.
(2) Semi-structured interviews will he conducted with members from
organizations who participated in the TeamSTEPPS Master Training
program. Information gathered from these interviews will be analyzed
and used to draft a ``lessons learned'' document that will capture
additional detail on the issues related to participants' and
organizations' abilities to implement and disseminate the TeamSTEPPS
post-training. The organizations will vary in terms of type of
organization (e.g., QIO or hospital associations versus healthcare
systems) and region (i.e., Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast,
Mid-Atlantic, West Coast). In addition, we will strive to ensure
representativeness of the site visits by ensuring that the distribution
of organizations mirrors the distribution of organizations in the
master training population. For example, if the distribution of
organizations is such that only one out of every five organizations is
a QIO, we will ensure that a maximum of two organizations in the site
visit sample are QIOs. The interviews will more accurately reveal the
degree of training spread for the organizations included. Interviewees
will be drawn from qualified individuals serving in one of two roles
(i.e., implementers or facilitators). The interview protocol will be
adapted for each role based on the respondent group and to some degree,
for each individual, based on their training and patient safety
experience.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit I shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondent's time to participate in the study. Semi-structured
interviews will be conducted with a maximum of 9 individuals from each
of 9 participating organizations and will last about one hour each. The
training participant questionnaire will be completed by approximately
10 individuals from each of about 240 organizations and is estimated to
require 20 minutes to complete. The total annualized burden is
estimated to be 881 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to participate in the study. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $28,594.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semi-structured interview....................... 9 9 60/60 81
Training participant questionnaire.............. 240 10 20/60 800
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 249 NA NA 881
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit 2--Estimated annualized cost burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semi-structured interview....................... 9 81 $32.64 $2,644
Training participant questionnaire.............. 240 800 32.64 26,112
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 249 881 NA 28,756
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\*\ Based upon the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29-0000) for the training participant
questionnaire and for executives, administrators, and managers for the organizational leader questionnaire
presented in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May, 2008, U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Exhibit 3 shows the total cost for this one year project; since the
project is for only one year these are also the annualized costs. The
total cost to the government for this activity is estimated to be
$181,521 to conduct the one-time questionnaire and conduct nine site
visits, as well as to analyze and present all results. This amount
includes costs for developing the data collection tools ($24,889);
collecting the data ($10,667); and analyzing the data ($35,061) and
reporting the findings ($12,903).
Exhibit 3--Estimated Total and Annualized Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cost component Total cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project Development........................................ $24,889
Data Collection Activities................................. 108,667
Data Processing and Analysis............................... 35,061
Publication of Results..................................... 12,903
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Total.................................................... 181,521
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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 healthcare research and healthcare 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)
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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: April 22, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-10199 Filed 4-30-10; 8:45 am]
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