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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:
‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Comparative Database.’’ This
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on June 3rd, 2022 and allowed
60 days for public comment. AHRQ did
not receive comments from members of
the public during this period. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
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SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Comparative Database.’’
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture (Hospital SOPS) is designed to
enable hospitals to assess provider and
staff perspectives about patient safety
issues, medical error, and error
reporting. The Hospital SOPS includes
42 items that measure 12 composites of
patient safety culture. AHRQ first made
the Hospital SOPS publicly available,
along with a Survey User’s Guide and
other toolkit materials, in November
2004, on the AHRQ website.
The Hospital SOPS Database consists
of data from the AHRQ Hospital Survey
on Patient Safety Culture and may
include reportable, non-required
supplemental items. Hospitals in the
U.S. can voluntarily submit data from
the survey to AHRQ, through its
contractor, Westat. The Hospital SOPS
Database (OMB No. 0935–0162, last
approved on August 21, 2019) was
developed by AHRQ in 2006 in
response to requests from hospitals
interested in tracking their own survey
results. Those organizations submitting
data receive a feedback report, as well
as a report of the aggregated deidentified findings of the other hospitals
submitting data. These reports are used
to assist hospital staff in their efforts to
improve patient safety culture in their
organizations.
Rationale for the information
collection. The Hospital SOPS and the
Hospital SOPS Database support
AHRQ’s goals of promoting
improvements in the quality and safety
of health care in hospital settings. The
survey, toolkit materials, and database
results are all made publicly available
on AHRQ’s website. Technical
assistance is provided by AHRQ through
its contractor at no charge to hospitals,
to facilitate the use of these materials for
hospital patient safety and quality
improvement. This database will:
(1) present results from hospitals that
voluntarily submit their data,
(2) provide data to hospitals to
facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety
improvement process, and
(3) provide supplemental information
to help hospitals identify their strengths
and areas with potential for
improvement in patient safety culture.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Westat,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
health care and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
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activities with respect to the quality,
effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness, and value of healthcare
services and with respect to surveys and
database development. 42 U.S.C
299a(a)(1) and (8).
Method of Collection
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form—
The hospital point-of-contact (POC)
completes a number of data submission
steps and forms, beginning with the
completion of an online Eligibility and
Registration Form. The purpose of this
form is to collect basic demographic
information about the hospital and
initiate the registration process.
(2) Data Use Agreement—The
purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the hospital POC, is to
state how data submitted by hospitals
will be used and provide privacy
assurances.
(3) Hospital Site Information Form—
The purpose of the site information
form, also completed by the hospital
POC, is to collect background
characteristics of the hospital. This
information will be used to analyze data
collected with the Hospital SOPS
survey.
(4) Data Files Submission—POCs
upload their data file(s), using hospital
data file specifications, to ensure that
users submit standardized and
consistent data in the way variables are
named, coded, and formatted. The
number of submissions to the database
is likely to vary each year because
hospitals do not administer the survey
and submit data every year. Data
submission is typically handled by one
POC who is either a patient safety
manager in the hospital or a survey
vendor who contracts with a hospital to
collect and submit their data. POCs
submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on
average, because many hospitals are part
of a health system that includes many
hospitals, or the POC is a vendor that is
submitting data for multiple hospitals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in the
database. An estimated 340 POCs,
representing an average of 3 individual
hospitals each, will complete the
database submission steps and forms
annually. Each POC will submit the
following:
• Eligibility and registration form
(completion is estimated to take about 3
minutes).
• Data Use Agreement (completion is
estimated to take about 3 minutes).
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• Hospital Information Form
(completion is estimated to take about 5
minutes).
• Survey data submission will take an
average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are
estimated to be 459 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden based on the
respondents’ time to submit their data.
The cost burden is estimated to be
$28,044.90 annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Number of
responses
per POC
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Eligibility/Registration Form .............................................................................
Data Use Agreement .......................................................................................
Hospital Information Form ...............................................................................
Data Files Submission .....................................................................................
340
340
340
340
1
1
3
1
3/60
3/60
5/60
1
17
17
85
340
Total ..........................................................................................................
N/A
N/A
N/A
459
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
Eligibility/Registration Form .............................................................................
Data Use Agreement .......................................................................................
Hospital Information Form ...............................................................................
Data Files Submission .....................................................................................
340
340
340
340
17
17
85
340
$61.10
61.10
61.10
61.10
$1,038.70
1,038.70
5,193.50
20,744.00
Total ..........................................................................................................
N/A
N/A
N/A
$28,044.90
* Mean hourly wage of $61.10 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000—Hospitals, located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_
622000.htm.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
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’s 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.
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 26, 2022.
Mamatha Pancholi,
Acting Chief of Staff, Chief Data Officer.
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Office of the Secretary
Request for Information and
Comments on the 2005 Public Health
Service Policies on Research
Misconduct
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Request for Information (RFI).
The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) seeks the
perspectives of individuals, research
funding agencies, institutional officials,
organizations, institutions, and other
members of the general public on the
2005 Public Health Service Policies on
Research Misconduct to help structure
ORI’s future plans to revise the
regulation. To this end, ORI issues this
RFI to collect input on the current
regulation (see details in
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Responses to the RFI must be
received electronically no later than
5:00 p.m. ET on October 31, 2022.
Mailed paper submissions and
submissions received after the deadline
will not be reviewed.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted electronically to OASH-ORIPublic-Comments@hhs.gov. Include
‘‘Regulations RFI’’ in the subject line of
the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wanda K. Jones, Dr., P.H., MT (ASCP),
Acting Director, Office of Research
Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
240, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–
8200.
DATES:
ORI
oversees and directs Public Health
Service (PHS) research integrity
activities on behalf of the Secretary of
HHS, with the exception of the
regulatory research integrity activities of
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). ORI’s mission is to protect
science and public health and to
conserve public funds by ensuring the
integrity of all PHS-supported
biomedical and behavioral research.
The Public Health Service Policies on
Research Misconduct, 42 CFR parts 50
and 93, established several requirements
regarding the handling of allegations of
possible research misconduct and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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: ``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative
Database.'' This proposed information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on June 3rd, 2022 and allowed 60 days
for public comment. AHRQ did not receive comments from members of the
public during this period. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.''
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Hospital SOPS) is
designed to enable hospitals to assess provider and staff perspectives
about patient safety issues, medical error, and error reporting. The
Hospital SOPS includes 42 items that measure 12 composites of patient
safety culture. AHRQ first made the Hospital SOPS publicly available,
along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit materials, in
November 2004, on the AHRQ website.
The Hospital SOPS Database consists of data from the AHRQ Hospital
Survey on Patient Safety Culture and may include reportable, non-
required supplemental items. Hospitals in the U.S. can voluntarily
submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through its contractor, Westat.
The Hospital SOPS Database (OMB No. 0935-0162, last approved on August
21, 2019) was developed by AHRQ in 2006 in response to requests from
hospitals interested in tracking their own survey results. Those
organizations submitting data receive a feedback report, as well as a
report of the aggregated de-identified findings of the other hospitals
submitting data. These reports are used to assist hospital staff in
their efforts to improve patient safety culture in their organizations.
Rationale for the information collection. The Hospital SOPS and the
Hospital SOPS Database support AHRQ's goals of promoting improvements
in the quality and safety of health care in hospital settings. The
survey, toolkit materials, and database results are all made publicly
available on AHRQ's website. Technical assistance is provided by AHRQ
through its contractor at no charge to hospitals, to facilitate the use
of these materials for hospital patient safety and quality improvement.
This database will:
(1) present results from hospitals that voluntarily submit their
data,
(2) provide data to hospitals to facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
(3) provide supplemental information to help hospitals identify
their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in patient
safety culture.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness, and value of healthcare services and with
respect to surveys and database development. 42 U.S.C 299a(a)(1) and
(8).
Method of Collection
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form--The hospital point-of-
contact (POC) completes a number of data submission steps and forms,
beginning with the completion of an online Eligibility and Registration
Form. The purpose of this form is to collect basic demographic
information about the hospital and initiate the registration process.
(2) Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the hospital POC, is to state how data submitted by
hospitals will be used and provide privacy assurances.
(3) Hospital Site Information Form--The purpose of the site
information form, also completed by the hospital POC, is to collect
background characteristics of the hospital. This information will be
used to analyze data collected with the Hospital SOPS survey.
(4) Data Files Submission--POCs upload their data file(s), using
hospital data file specifications, to ensure that users submit
standardized and consistent data in the way variables are named, coded,
and formatted. The number of submissions to the database is likely to
vary each year because hospitals do not administer the survey and
submit data every year. Data submission is typically handled by one POC
who is either a patient safety manager in the hospital or a survey
vendor who contracts with a hospital to collect and submit their data.
POCs submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on average, because many
hospitals are part of a health system that includes many hospitals, or
the POC is a vendor that is submitting data for multiple hospitals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 340
POCs, representing an average of 3 individual hospitals each, will
complete the database submission steps and forms annually. Each POC
will submit the following:
Eligibility and registration form (completion is estimated
to take about 3 minutes).
Data Use Agreement (completion is estimated to take about
3 minutes).
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Hospital Information Form (completion is estimated to take
about 5 minutes).
Survey data submission will take an average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are estimated to be 459 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to submit their data. The cost burden is estimated to
be $28,044.90 annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of
Form name respondents/ responses per Hours per Total burden
POCs POC response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 1 3/60 17
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 1 3/60 17
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 3 5/60 85
Data Files Submission........................... 340 1 1 340
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A 459
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of
Form name respondents/ Total burden Average hourly Total cost
POCs hours wage rate * burden
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Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 17 $61.10 $1,038.70
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 17 61.10 1,038.70
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 85 61.10 5,193.50
Data Files Submission........................... 340 340 61.10 20,744.00
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Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A $28,044.90
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* Mean hourly wage of $61.10 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11-9111) was obtained from the
May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000--Hospitals,
located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_622000.htm.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, 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's 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.
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 26, 2022.
Mamatha Pancholi,
Acting Chief of Staff, Chief Data Officer.
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