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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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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: ‘‘AHRQ
Grants Reporting System (GRS).’’ 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 be
received by November 1, 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.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
AHRQ Grants Reporting System (GRS)
AHRQ seeks to renew the Agency’s
Grants Reporting System (GRS), a
systematic method for its grantees to
report project progress and important
preliminary findings for grants funded
by the Agency. This system was first
approved by OMB on November 10th,
2004 (OMB Control Number 0935–
0122). The system addressed the
shortfalls in the previous reporting
process and established a consistent and
comprehensive grants reporting solution
for AHRQ. The GRS provides a
centralized repository of grants research
progress and additional information that
can be used to support initiatives within
the Agency. This includes future
research planning and support to
administration activities such as
performance monitoring, budgeting,
knowledge transfer as well as strategic
planning.
The overall intent of the GRS project
is to establish and document a
systematic process that provides
grantees with the ability to submit
critical information in a timely manner
throughout the lifecycle of a grant. In
addition, the GRS project includes an
infrastructure that is scalable and
flexible to support information
exchange throughout the Agency.
The GRS is based on a review of the
previous processes that supported the
solicitation and submission of data
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associated with patient safety grants.
Following this review, a recommended
process was prepared and presented to
AHRQ stakeholders. The project team
developed an initial system that
addresses the immediate needs of the
stakeholder community.
The project team, in conjunction with
the stakeholder community will
establish follow-on activities which will
expand the capabilities of the initial
system to meet the longer term goals of
the project as directed by the executive
management team of the agency. The
specific activities that were
accomplished in the short term and
those established for the longer term are
outlined below.
Short-Term Objectives
The following initial objectives for the
GRS project have been:
Æ Establish and document a
systematic process which supports the
voluntary reporting of project progress
and important preliminary findings
associated with patient safety research
grants.
Æ Collect, document, and prioritize
the long-term objectives of the GRS.
Æ Establish an infrastructure that
satisfies the short-term objectives of the
project and can be leveraged to meet the
long-term objectives and anticipated
expansion.
Æ Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be used by
grantees, regardless of mechanism, for
reporting to AHRQ.
Æ Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be utilized by
Agency staff for preparing, distributing,
and reviewing reporting requests to
patient safety grantees.
Æ Ensure that the necessary security
requirements are established and
implemented in order to maintain the
intellectual property or publication
rights of grantees.
Æ Establish a solution that is
consistent with the AHRQ enterprise
architecture model and aligned with
AHRQ systems development standards.
Long-Term Objectives
The AHRQ project team will continue
to enhance the GRS to establish a single,
common reporting system for research
related activities by:
Æ Enhancing the initial system as
necessary to accommodate features not
addressed by the short-term solution.
Æ Modifying the short-term solution
to address new requirements and refine
existing functionality for use across the
agency for other programs and
mechanisms.
Æ Expanding the deployment of the
system to accommodate additional
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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
grants programs and other agency
information exchange mechanisms.
Method of Collection
Grantees are required to enter data
related to the progress of their grant
funded research quarterly through a
secure online interface which requires a
user id and password.
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents. It will take grantees an
estimated 10 minutes to enter the
necessary data into the Grant Reporting
System (GRS) and reporting will occur
four times annually. The total
annualized burden hours are estimated
to be 333 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden for the
respondents. The total estimated cost
burden for respondents is $11,159.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Data entry into GRS ........................................................................
500
4 ..............................
10/60 .....................
333
Total .........................................................................................
500
na ............................
na ..........................
333
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
Data entry into GRS .................................................................................
500
333
$33.51 ..................
$11,159
Total ...................................................................................................
500
333
na .........................
11,159
* Based upon the average wages for Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations (29–0000), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
The annual cost to the government is
$100,000 for licensing, support and
maintenance.
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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)
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.
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Dated: August 16, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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:
‘‘Avoiding Readmissions in Hospitals
Serving Diverse Patients.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on June 21st, 2010 and allowed
60 days for public comment. One
comment was received. The purpose of
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this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer).
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
Avoiding Readmissions in Hospitals
Serving Diverse Patients
An important part of AHRQ’s mission
is to disseminate information and tools
that can support improvement in quality
and safety in the U.S. health care
community. The transition process from
the hospital to the outpatient setting is
nonstandardized and frequently
inadequate in quality. One in five
hospital discharges is complicated by an
adverse event (AE) within 30 days, often
leading to an emergency department
visit and/or rehospitalization. Many
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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: ``AHRQ Grants Reporting System (GRS).'' 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 be received by November 1, 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
AHRQ Grants Reporting System (GRS)
AHRQ seeks to renew the Agency's Grants Reporting System (GRS), a
systematic method for its grantees to report project progress and
important preliminary findings for grants funded by the Agency. This
system was first approved by OMB on November 10th, 2004 (OMB Control
Number 0935-0122). The system addressed the shortfalls in the previous
reporting process and established a consistent and comprehensive grants
reporting solution for AHRQ. The GRS provides a centralized repository
of grants research progress and additional information that can be used
to support initiatives within the Agency. This includes future research
planning and support to administration activities such as performance
monitoring, budgeting, knowledge transfer as well as strategic
planning.
The overall intent of the GRS project is to establish and document
a systematic process that provides grantees with the ability to submit
critical information in a timely manner throughout the lifecycle of a
grant. In addition, the GRS project includes an infrastructure that is
scalable and flexible to support information exchange throughout the
Agency.
The GRS is based on a review of the previous processes that
supported the solicitation and submission of data associated with
patient safety grants. Following this review, a recommended process was
prepared and presented to AHRQ stakeholders. The project team developed
an initial system that addresses the immediate needs of the stakeholder
community.
The project team, in conjunction with the stakeholder community
will establish follow-on activities which will expand the capabilities
of the initial system to meet the longer term goals of the project as
directed by the executive management team of the agency. The specific
activities that were accomplished in the short term and those
established for the longer term are outlined below.
Short-Term Objectives
The following initial objectives for the GRS project have been:
[cir] Establish and document a systematic process which supports
the voluntary reporting of project progress and important preliminary
findings associated with patient safety research grants.
[cir] Collect, document, and prioritize the long-term objectives of
the GRS.
[cir] Establish an infrastructure that satisfies the short-term
objectives of the project and can be leveraged to meet the long-term
objectives and anticipated expansion.
[cir] Establish an automated user-friendly resource that will be
used by grantees, regardless of mechanism, for reporting to AHRQ.
[cir] Establish an automated user-friendly resource that will be
utilized by Agency staff for preparing, distributing, and reviewing
reporting requests to patient safety grantees.
[cir] Ensure that the necessary security requirements are
established and implemented in order to maintain the intellectual
property or publication rights of grantees.
[cir] Establish a solution that is consistent with the AHRQ
enterprise architecture model and aligned with AHRQ systems development
standards.
Long-Term Objectives
The AHRQ project team will continue to enhance the GRS to establish
a single, common reporting system for research related activities by:
[cir] Enhancing the initial system as necessary to accommodate
features not addressed by the short-term solution.
[cir] Modifying the short-term solution to address new requirements
and refine existing functionality for use across the agency for other
programs and mechanisms.
[cir] Expanding the deployment of the system to accommodate
additional
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grants programs and other agency information exchange mechanisms.
Method of Collection
Grantees are required to enter data related to the progress of
their grant funded research quarterly through a secure online interface
which requires a user id and password.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents. It will take grantees an estimated 10 minutes to enter the
necessary data into the Grant Reporting System (GRS) and reporting will
occur four times annually. The total annualized burden hours are
estimated to be 333 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden for the
respondents. The total estimated cost burden for respondents is
$11,159.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of responses Total burden
Form name respondents per respondent Hours per response hours
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Data entry into GRS............... 500 4.................... 10/60................ 333
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Total......................... 500 na................... na................... 333
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly wage rate Total cost
Form name respondents hours * burden
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Data entry into GRS................... 500 333 $33.51.................. $11,159
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Total............................. 500 333 na...................... 11,159
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* Based upon the average wages for Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations (29-0000), ``National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,'' U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
The annual cost to the government is $100,000 for licensing,
support and maintenance.
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) 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 16, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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