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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:
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 National Guideline
Clearinghouse.’’ 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 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHIRQ, 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@AHRO.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the National Guideline
Clearinghouse
The mission of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is to enhance the quality,
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appropriateness, and effectiveness of
Health services, and access to such
services, through the establishment of a
broad base of scientific research and
through the promotion of improvements
in clinical and health system practices,
including the prevention of diseases and
other health conditions. 42 U.S.C.
299(b). AHRQ supports the
dissemination of evidence-based
guidelines through its National
Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGC).
The NGC serves as a publicly
accessible Web-based database of
evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines meeting explicit criteria. The
NGC also supports AHRQ’s strategic
goal on effectiveness: to improve health
care outcomes by encouraging the use of
evidence to make informed health care
decisions. The NGC is a vehicle for such
encouragement. The mission of the NGC
is to provide physicians, nurses, and
other health professionals, health care
providers, health plans, integrated
delivery systems, purchasers and others
an accessible mechanism for obtaining
objective, detailed information on
clinical practice guidelines and to
further their dissemination,
implementation and use.
AHRQ proposes to conduct a
comprehensive evaluation of the NGC.
This evaluation will build on the site
trends AHIRQ has already identified,
including growth from 70,000 to
700,000 visits per month, 600 to
approximately 40,000 e-mail
subscribers, 250 to 2,370 guidelines
represented, and 50 to nearly 300
participating guideline developer
organizations from July 1999 to July
2009.
The objectives of the NGC evaluation
are to gain a better understanding of
how:
• The NGC is used.
• The NGC supports dissemination of
evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines and related documents.
• The NGC has influenced efforts in
guideline development and guideline
implementation and use.
• The NGC can be improved.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, AFYA,
Inc. and The Lewin Group (AFYA/
Lewin), pursuant to AJ4RQ’s statutory
authority to conduct and support
research and disseminate information
on healthcare and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to clinical
practice. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(4).
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Method of Collection
To achieve the objectives of this
project the following data collections
will be implemented:
(1) NGC evaluation survey—a webbased survey administered to a
convenience sample of both users and
non-users of the NGC,
(2) Focus groups—conducted with
guideline developers, medical
librarians, informatics specialists,
clinicians, and students, and
(3) Key informant interviews—inperson interviews conducted with
influential individuals in medical
societies, health plans, and quality
improvement organizations as well as
medical librarians, researchers, and
informatics specialists who produce,
use, and disseminate guidelines.
Questions in the survey, focus group,
and key informant discussion guides
will focus on the effectiveness of NGC
in areas of dissemination,
implementation, and use of evidencebased clinical practice guidelines, and
relative to other available guideline
sources. For example, measures to be
gathered through the instruments
include the level of trust of the NGC, the
use of the NGC relative to other
guideline sources, and the influence of
the NGC on various stakeholder groups.
In addition, the instruments will be
used to measure the use of other
guideline resources which are used by
non-NGC users.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in this
evaluation. The NGC evaluation
questionnaire will be completed by
approximately 40,220 persons and will
require 10 minutes to complete for users
of the NGC and about 2 minutes for nonusers. For the purpose of calculating
respondent burden an average of 8
minutes is used and reflects a mix of
users and non-users with most
respondents expected to be users.
Eleven different focus groups
consisting of 9 persons each will be
conducted and are expected to last 90
minutes each. Key informant interviews
will be conducted with 30 individuals
and will last about 60 minutes. The total
annual burden hours are estimated to be
5,542 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden based on the
respondents’ time to participate in this
project. The total annual cost burden is
estimated to be $185,712.
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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Data collection method
Hours per
response
NGC Evaluation Survey .................................................................
Focus Groups ................................................................................
Key Informant Interviews ...............................................................
40,220
99
30
1
1
1
Total ........................................................................................
40,349
NA
Total burden
hours
8/60
1.5
1
5,363
149
30
NA
5,542
Average hourly
wage rate*
Total cost burden
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Data collection method
Total burden
hours
NGC Evaluation Survey ...................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................
Key Informant Interviews .................................................................
40,220
99
30
5,363
149
30
$33.51
33.51
33.51
$179,714
4,993
1,005
Total ..........................................................................................
40,349
5,542
NA
185,712
* Based upon the mean of the average wages for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations (29–0000) presented in the 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
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total
and annualized cost to the government
for this one year project. The total cost
is estimated to be $350,000 to conduct
the one-time survey, 11 focus groups,
and 30 key informant interviews and to
analyze and present their results. This
amount is the contract total for AFYA’s
contract with AHRQ to evaluate the
NGC. This amount includes the costs for
project development and management
($70,000 or 20% of the entire contract
amount); data collection activities
($105,000 or 30% of the entire contract
amount); data processing and analysis
($70,000 or 20% of the entire contract
amount); and administrative support
activities and reporting ($105,000 or
30% of the entire contract amount).
EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST
Cost component
Total cost
Annualized cost
Project Development and Management ..........................................................................................................
Data Collection Activities .................................................................................................................................
Data Processing and Analysis .........................................................................................................................
Administrative Support and Reporting .............................................................................................................
$70,000
105,000
70,000
105,000
$70,000
105,000
70,000
105,000
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................
350,000
350,000
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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.
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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: September 1, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: State Personal Responsibility
Education Program (PREP).
OMB No.: 0970–0380.
Description: The Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, 2010, also
known as health care reform, amends
Title V of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 701 et seq.) as amended by
sections 2951 and 2952(c), by adding
section 513, authorizing the Personal
Responsibility Education Program
(PREP). The President signed into law
the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act on March 23, 2010, Public Law
111–148, which adds the new PREP
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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: ``Evaluation of the National Guideline Clearinghouse.'' 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 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHIRQ, 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@AHRO.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the National Guideline Clearinghouse
The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of
Health services, and access to such services, through the establishment
of a broad base of scientific research and through the promotion of
improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the
prevention of diseases and other health conditions. 42 U.S.C. 299(b).
AHRQ supports the dissemination of evidence-based guidelines through
its National Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGC).
The NGC serves as a publicly accessible Web-based database of
evidence-based clinical practice guidelines meeting explicit criteria.
The NGC also supports AHRQ's strategic goal on effectiveness: to
improve health care outcomes by encouraging the use of evidence to make
informed health care decisions. The NGC is a vehicle for such
encouragement. The mission of the NGC is to provide physicians, nurses,
and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans,
integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible
mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical
practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation
and use.
AHRQ proposes to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the NGC.
This evaluation will build on the site trends AHIRQ has already
identified, including growth from 70,000 to 700,000 visits per month,
600 to approximately 40,000 e-mail subscribers, 250 to 2,370 guidelines
represented, and 50 to nearly 300 participating guideline developer
organizations from July 1999 to July 2009.
The objectives of the NGC evaluation are to gain a better
understanding of how:
The NGC is used.
The NGC supports dissemination of evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines and related documents.
The NGC has influenced efforts in guideline development
and guideline implementation and use.
The NGC can be improved.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, AFYA,
Inc. and The Lewin Group (AFYA/Lewin), pursuant to AJ4RQ's statutory
authority to conduct and support research and disseminate information
on healthcare and on systems for the delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to clinical practice. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(4).
Method of Collection
To achieve the objectives of this project the following data
collections will be implemented:
(1) NGC evaluation survey--a web-based survey administered to a
convenience sample of both users and non-users of the NGC,
(2) Focus groups--conducted with guideline developers, medical
librarians, informatics specialists, clinicians, and students, and
(3) Key informant interviews--in-person interviews conducted with
influential individuals in medical societies, health plans, and quality
improvement organizations as well as medical librarians, researchers,
and informatics specialists who produce, use, and disseminate
guidelines.
Questions in the survey, focus group, and key informant discussion
guides will focus on the effectiveness of NGC in areas of
dissemination, implementation, and use of evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines, and relative to other available guideline sources.
For example, measures to be gathered through the instruments include
the level of trust of the NGC, the use of the NGC relative to other
guideline sources, and the influence of the NGC on various stakeholder
groups. In addition, the instruments will be used to measure the use of
other guideline resources which are used by non-NGC users.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in this evaluation. The NGC evaluation
questionnaire will be completed by approximately 40,220 persons and
will require 10 minutes to complete for users of the NGC and about 2
minutes for non-users. For the purpose of calculating respondent burden
an average of 8 minutes is used and reflects a mix of users and non-
users with most respondents expected to be users.
Eleven different focus groups consisting of 9 persons each will be
conducted and are expected to last 90 minutes each. Key informant
interviews will be conducted with 30 individuals and will last about 60
minutes. The total annual burden hours are estimated to be 5,542 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to participate in this project. The total annual cost
burden is estimated to be $185,712.
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Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Data collection method Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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NGC Evaluation Survey.................. 40,220 1 8/60 5,363
Focus Groups........................... 99 1 1.5 149
Key Informant Interviews............... 30 1 1 30
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Total.............................. 40,349 NA NA 5,542
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Data collection method respondents hours wage rate* burden
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NGC Evaluation Survey................... 40,220 5,363 $33.51 $179,714
Focus Groups............................ 99 149 33.51 4,993
Key Informant Interviews................ 30 30 33.51 1,005
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Total............................... 40,349 5,542 NA 185,712
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* Based upon the mean of the average wages for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations (29-0000)
presented in the 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
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total and annualized cost to the
government for this one year project. The total cost is estimated to be
$350,000 to conduct the one-time survey, 11 focus groups, and 30 key
informant interviews and to analyze and present their results. This
amount is the contract total for AFYA's contract with AHRQ to evaluate
the NGC. This amount includes the costs for project development and
management ($70,000 or 20% of the entire contract amount); data
collection activities ($105,000 or 30% of the entire contract amount);
data processing and analysis ($70,000 or 20% of the entire contract
amount); and administrative support activities and reporting ($105,000
or 30% of the entire contract amount).
Exhibit 3--Estimated Total and Annualized Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cost component Total cost Annualized cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project Development and Management.. $70,000 $70,000
Data Collection Activities.......... 105,000 105,000
Data Processing and Analysis........ 70,000 70,000
Administrative Support and Reporting 105,000 105,000
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Total........................... 350,000 350,000
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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.
Dated: September 1, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-23110 Filed 9-16-10; 8:45 am]
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