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Horizon Scanning System Protocol are
working well and the reasons why they
are working well; and (2) understand
which elements of the AHRQ Healthcare
Horizon Scanning System Protocol can
be improved, how they might be
improved, and the relative importance
of suggested improvements.
All of these information collection
activities will allow for an evaluation of
the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning
System, thereby creating the
opportunity to both maintain and
improve this important national
resource. The findings will be presented
in a report to ECRI Institute and AHRQ.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Mathematica expects a response rate
of 80 percent from the sample of 67
experts for the Expert Survey—54
completed surveys. The Expert Survey
is expected to require about 20 minutes,
on average, to complete. Mathematica
expects that Expert Consultation with
15 experts will be needed to confirm
cases of inaccurate or missing
information identified in the Expert
Survey. The follow-ups should be about
10 minutes.
For the Stakeholder Survey,
Mathematica expects that 30 percent of
the sample of 700 stakeholders will be
ineligible (i.e. will not find any of the
presented reports relevant and therefore
unable to rate a report) and that 65
percent of the eligible sample will
complete, resulting in 319 completes. It
should take about 30 minutes to
complete the Stakeholder Survey.
Mathematica will conduct semistructured Key Informant Interviews, on
average lasting 50 minutes, with 23
respondents.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Expert Survey ..................................................................................................
Expert Consultation .........................................................................................
Stakeholder Survey .........................................................................................
Key Informant Interviews .................................................................................
54
15
319
23
1
1
1
1
.33
.17
.50
.83
18
3
160
19
Total ..........................................................................................................
411
........................
........................
200
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Expert Survey ..................................................................................................
Expert Consultation .........................................................................................
Stakeholder Survey .........................................................................................
Key Informant Interviews .................................................................................
54
15
319
23
17.8
2.5
159.5
19.1
** $92.25
** $92.25
*** $48.72
**** $38.68
$1,642
231
7,771
739
Total ..........................................................................................................
411
........................
........................
$10,383
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* May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** Based on average wage for physicians and surgeons.
*** Based on average wage for medical and health services managers.
**** Based on average wage for social scientists and related workers.
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.
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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: October 22, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
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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), HHS.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice
announces a meeting of the National
Advisory Council for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Friday, November 7, 2014, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
DATES:
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The meeting will be held at
the Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaime Zimmerman, Designated
Management Official, at the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland,
20850, (301) 427–1456. For press-related
information, please contact Alison Hunt
at (301) 427–1244.
If sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Office of Equal Employment
Opportunity and Diversity Management
on (301) 827–4840, no later than Friday,
October 24, 2014. The agenda, roster,
and minutes are available from Ms.
Bonnie Campbell, Committee
Management Officer, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland,
20850. Ms. Campbell’s phone number is
(301) 427-1554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Director presenting an update on
current research, programs, and
initiatives. Following the Director’s
Update, the agenda will include a
presentation on AHRQ’s work to make
health care safer followed by a
discussion on reducing healthcare
disparities. The final agenda will be
available on the AHRQ Web site at
www.AHRQ.gov no later than Friday,
November 1, 2014.
I. Purpose
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting of the
aforementioned committee:
Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., November 18, 2014
8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., November 19,
2014
Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open to the public, limited
only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates
approximately 60 people.
Purpose: The Secretary, Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and by delegation, the Director, CDC
and Administrator, NCEH/ATSDR, are
authorized under Section 301(42 U.S.C.
241) and Section 311(42 U.S.C. 243) of
the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, to: (1) Conduct, encourage,
cooperate with, and assist other
appropriate public authorities, scientific
institutions, and scientists in the
conduct of research, investigations,
experiments, demonstrations, and
studies relating to the causes, diagnosis,
treatment, control, and prevention of
physical and mental diseases and other
impairments; (2) assist states and their
political subdivisions in the prevention
of infectious diseases and other
preventable conditions and in the
promotion of health and well being; and
(3) train state and local personnel in
health work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR
ADDRESSES:
The National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality is
authorized by Section 941 of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. 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
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), on matters related to AHRQ’s
conduct of its mission including
providing guidance on (A) priorities for
health care research, (B) the field of
health care research including training
needs and information dissemination on
health care quality and (C) the role of
the Agency in light of private sector
activity and opportunities for public
private partnerships.
The Council is composed of members
of the public, appointed by the
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio
members specified in the authorizing
legislation.
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II. Agenda
On Friday, November 7, 2014, there
will be a subcommittee meeting for the
National Healthcare Quality and
Disparities Report scheduled to begin at
7:30 a.m. in room 425A. The
subcommittee meeting is open the
public. The Council meeting will
convene at 8:30 a.m., with the call to
order by the Council Chair and approval
of previous Council summary notes. The
meeting is open to the public. The
meeting will begin with the AHRQ
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Richard Kronick,
Director.
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Environmental
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/
ATSDR)
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provides advice and guidance to the
Secretary, HHS; the Director, CDC and
Administrator, ATSDR; and the
Director, NCEH/ATSDR, regarding
program goals, objectives, strategies, and
priorities in fulfillment of the agency’s
mission to protect and promote people’s
health. The board provides advice and
guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR
in ensuring scientific quality,
timeliness, utility, and dissemination of
results. The board also provides
guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work
more efficiently and effectively with its
various constituents and to fulfill its
mission in protecting America’s health.
Matters for Discussion: The agenda
items for the BSC Meeting will include
NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director
updates; NCEH/ATSDR budget process;
soil vapor intrusion; tobacco
biomarkers/E-cigarettes; children’s
environmental health; West Virginia
water contamination; NCEH/ATSDR
program responses to BSC guidance and
action items; updates from the National
Institute for Environmental Health
Services, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.
Department of Energy and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; and
discussion of future BSC agenda topics
and action items.
Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Supplemental Information: The
public comment period is scheduled on
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 3:15
p.m. until 3:30 p.m., and on
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 from
11:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m.
Contact Person for More Information:
Sandra Malcom, Committee
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR,
4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F–61,
Chamblee, Georgia 30345; Telephone
770/488–0575 or 770/488–0577, Fax:
770/488–3377; Email: smalcom@
cdc.gov. The deadline for notification of
attendance is November 11, 2014.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities for both the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Gary Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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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), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces a meeting of the
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 7, 2014, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaime Zimmerman, Designated Management
Official, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 427-1456. For press-
related information, please contact Alison Hunt at (301) 427-1244.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed, please contact the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and
Diversity Management on (301) 827-4840, no later than Friday, October
24, 2014. The agenda, roster, and minutes are available from Ms. Bonnie
Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850. Ms.
Campbell's phone number is (301) 427-1554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
is authorized by Section 941 of the Public Health Service Act, 42
U.S.C. 299c. 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 Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on
matters related to AHRQ's conduct of its mission including providing
guidance on (A) priorities for health care research, (B) the field of
health care research including training needs and information
dissemination on health care quality and (C) the role of the Agency in
light of private sector activity and opportunities for public private
partnerships.
The Council is composed of members of the public, appointed by the
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio members specified in the authorizing
legislation.
II. Agenda
On Friday, November 7, 2014, there will be a subcommittee meeting
for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report scheduled to
begin at 7:30 a.m. in room 425A. The subcommittee meeting is open the
public. The Council meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m., with the call to
order by the Council Chair and approval of previous Council summary
notes. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting will begin with
the AHRQ Director presenting an update on current research, programs,
and initiatives. Following the Director's Update, the agenda will
include a presentation on AHRQ's work to make health care safer
followed by a discussion on reducing healthcare disparities. The final
agenda will be available on the AHRQ Web site at www.AHRQ.gov no later
than Friday, November 1, 2014.
Dated: October 22, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
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