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Heather Bach, LaCrosse, Wisconsin;
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WNB Financial, National Association,
both of Winona, Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 26, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
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1. Peoples Bancorp, Inc., Marietta,
Ohio; to acquire Premier Financial
Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly
acquire Premier Bank, Inc., both of
Huntington, West Virginia and Citizens
Deposit and Trust, Inc., Vanceburg,
Kentucky.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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1. First Bancorp of Taylorville, Inc.,
Taylorville, Illinois; to merge with
Mackinaw Valley Financial Services,
Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First
Security Bank, both of Mackinaw,
Illinois.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 26, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Common Formats for Patient Safety
Data Collection
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Availability—New
Common Formats.
AGENCY:
As authorized by the
Secretary of HHS, AHRQ coordinates
the development of common definitions
and reporting formats (Common
Formats) for reporting on health care
quality and patient safety. The purpose
of this notice is to announce the
availability of Common Formats for
Event Reporting—Diagnostic Safety
(CFER–DS) Version 0.1 for public review
and comment.
DATES: July 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Common Formats for
Event Reporting—Diagnostic Safety
(CFER–DS) Version 0.1 can be accessed
electronically at the following website:
https://www.qualityforum.org/
Common_Formats_for_Patient_Safety_
Data.aspx.
SUMMARY:
Dr.
Hamid Jalal, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–
3697; Telephone (local): (301) 427–
1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438–7231;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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TTY (local): (301) 427–1130; Email:
pso@ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background on Common Formats
Development
The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety
Act), 42 U.S.C. 299b-21 to b-26, and the
related Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety
Rule), 42 CFR part 3, published in the
Federal Register on November 21, 2008,
73 FR 70731–70814, provide for the
formation of Patient Safety
Organizations (PSOs), which collect,
aggregate, and analyze confidential
information regarding the quality and
safety of health care delivery. The
collection of patient safety work product
allows for the aggregation of data that
help to identify and address underlying
causal factors of patient safety and
quality issues.
The Patient Safety Act provides for
AHRQ to develop standardized
reporting formats using common
language and definitions (Common
Formats) for reporting on health care
quality and patient safety that will
ensure that data collected by PSOs and
other entities have comparable clinical
meaning. The Common Formats
facilitate aggregation of comparable data
at local, PSO, regional and national
levels. In addition, the Common
Formats are intended to enhance the
reporting of information that is
standardized.
Since February 2005, AHRQ has
convened the Federal Patient Safety
Work Group (PSWG) to assist AHRQ in
developing and maintaining the
Common Formats. The PSWG includes
major health agencies within HHS as
well as the Departments of Defense and
Veterans Affairs. The PSWG helps
assure the consistency of definitions/
formats with those of relevant
government agencies. In addition,
AHRQ has solicited comments from the
private and public sectors, since 2008,
regarding proposed versions of the
Common Formats through a contract
with the National Quality Forum (NQF),
which is a non-profit organization
focused on health care quality. After
receiving comments, the NQF solicits
review of the formats by its Common
Formats Expert Panel. Subsequently,
NQF provides this input to AHRQ who
then uses it to refine the Common
Formats before issuing a production
version.
AHRQ previously developed and
maintains Common Formats for three
settings of care—acute care hospitals,
skilled nursing facilities, and
community pharmacies—for use by
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healthcare providers and PSOs. AHRQlisted PSOs are required to collect
patient safety work product in a
standardized manner to the extent
practical and appropriate, a requirement
the PSO can meet by collecting such
information using Common Formats.
Additionally, health care providers and
other organizations not working with an
AHRQ-listed PSO can use the Common
Formats in their work to improve
quality and safety; however, they cannot
benefit from the federal confidentiality
and privilege protections of the Patient
Safety Act.
The CFER–DS is the first AHRQ
Common Formats for Event Reporting
that can be used across healthcare
settings. It is designed to capture
standardized, structured data to
facilitate the reporting of diagnostic
safety events for the purpose of learning
about how to improve diagnostic safety
and better support clinicians in the
diagnostic process.
The CFER–DS is not designed for
frontline incident reporting. It is
intended to facilitate the collection and
organization of a basic set of meaningful
data about diagnostic safety events that
can be used, aggregated and analyzed
for learning and improvement. Having a
common frame of reference and
standardized data elements is what
makes shared learning possible at local,
regional and national levels. Users
decide if and how to integrate collection
of specific data elements into their
incident reporting systems and other
existing work processes.
AHRQ is specifically interested in
receiving feedback in order to guide
improvement of the CFER–DS V0.1. As
with other Common Formats, the Event
Description is available for public
comment. Additionally, AHRQ is
seeking feedback on a user guide and a
form. Additional supporting
documentation will be finalized and
made available following AHRQ’s
receipt of comment from the public and
NQF’s Common Format Expert Panel.
Information on how to comment is
available at: https://
www.qualityforum.org/Project_Pages/
Common_Formats_for_Patient_Safety_
Data.aspx.
Additional information about the
AHRQ Common Formats can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO website:
https://pso.ahrq.gov/common-formats.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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of automated collection techniques or
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ADDRESSES: Written comments and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Availability--New Common Formats.
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SUMMARY: As authorized by the Secretary of HHS, AHRQ coordinates the
development of common definitions and reporting formats (Common
Formats) for reporting on health care quality and patient safety. The
purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of Common
Formats for Event Reporting--Diagnostic Safety (CFER-DS) Version 0.1
for public review and comment.
DATES: July 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Common Formats for Event Reporting--Diagnostic Safety
(CFER-DS) Version 0.1 can be accessed electronically at the following
website: https://www.qualityforum.org/Common_Formats_for_Patient_Safety_Data.aspx.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Hamid Jalal, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone (local): (301)
427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231;
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TTY (local): (301) 427-1130; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background on Common Formats Development
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient
Safety Act), 42 U.S.C. 299b-21 to b-26, and the related Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule), 42 CFR part
3, published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70731-
70814, provide for the formation of Patient Safety Organizations
(PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information
regarding the quality and safety of health care delivery. The
collection of patient safety work product allows for the aggregation of
data that help to identify and address underlying causal factors of
patient safety and quality issues.
The Patient Safety Act provides for AHRQ to develop standardized
reporting formats using common language and definitions (Common
Formats) for reporting on health care quality and patient safety that
will ensure that data collected by PSOs and other entities have
comparable clinical meaning. The Common Formats facilitate aggregation
of comparable data at local, PSO, regional and national levels. In
addition, the Common Formats are intended to enhance the reporting of
information that is standardized.
Since February 2005, AHRQ has convened the Federal Patient Safety
Work Group (PSWG) to assist AHRQ in developing and maintaining the
Common Formats. The PSWG includes major health agencies within HHS as
well as the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. The PSWG helps
assure the consistency of definitions/formats with those of relevant
government agencies. In addition, AHRQ has solicited comments from the
private and public sectors, since 2008, regarding proposed versions of
the Common Formats through a contract with the National Quality Forum
(NQF), which is a non-profit organization focused on health care
quality. After receiving comments, the NQF solicits review of the
formats by its Common Formats Expert Panel. Subsequently, NQF provides
this input to AHRQ who then uses it to refine the Common Formats before
issuing a production version.
AHRQ previously developed and maintains Common Formats for three
settings of care--acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and
community pharmacies--for use by healthcare providers and PSOs. AHRQ-
listed PSOs are required to collect patient safety work product in a
standardized manner to the extent practical and appropriate, a
requirement the PSO can meet by collecting such information using
Common Formats. Additionally, health care providers and other
organizations not working with an AHRQ-listed PSO can use the Common
Formats in their work to improve quality and safety; however, they
cannot benefit from the federal confidentiality and privilege
protections of the Patient Safety Act.
The CFER-DS is the first AHRQ Common Formats for Event Reporting
that can be used across healthcare settings. It is designed to capture
standardized, structured data to facilitate the reporting of diagnostic
safety events for the purpose of learning about how to improve
diagnostic safety and better support clinicians in the diagnostic
process.
The CFER-DS is not designed for frontline incident reporting. It is
intended to facilitate the collection and organization of a basic set
of meaningful data about diagnostic safety events that can be used,
aggregated and analyzed for learning and improvement. Having a common
frame of reference and standardized data elements is what makes shared
learning possible at local, regional and national levels. Users decide
if and how to integrate collection of specific data elements into their
incident reporting systems and other existing work processes.
AHRQ is specifically interested in receiving feedback in order to
guide improvement of the CFER-DS V0.1. As with other Common Formats,
the Event Description is available for public comment. Additionally,
AHRQ is seeking feedback on a user guide and a form. Additional
supporting documentation will be finalized and made available following
AHRQ's receipt of comment from the public and NQF's Common Format
Expert Panel. Information on how to comment is available at: https://www.qualityforum.org/Project_Pages/Common_Formats_for_Patient_Safety_Data.aspx.
Additional information about the AHRQ Common Formats can be
obtained through AHRQ's PSO website: https://pso.ahrq.gov/common-formats.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2021-11386 Filed 5-28-21; 8:45 am]
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