Meeting for Software Developers on the Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection, 71361-71362 [2023-22575]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2023 / Notices corresponding health and safety procedures. To access the meeting virtually, go to the commission’s website www.fec.gov and click on the banner to be taken to the meeting page. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Proposed Directive Regarding Investigations Conducted by the Office of General Counsel Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on Citizens for Waters (A21–01) Proposed Final Audit Report on Steve Daines for Montana (A21–04) Management and Administrative Matters CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer. Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Individuals who plan to attend in person and who require special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Laura E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040 or secretary@fec.gov, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date. (Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b) Laura E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2023–22810 Filed 10–12–23; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Notice of Request for Additional Information The Commission gives notice that it has formally requested that the parties to the below listed agreements provide additional information pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 40304(d). This action prevents the agreements from becoming effective as originally scheduled. Interested parties may submit comments, relevant information, or documents regarding the agreements to the Secretary by email at Secretary@fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20573. Comments may be filed up to fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice appears in the Federal Register. Agreement No.: 201234–006. Title: Agreement by Ocean Common Carriers to Participate on the Exchange Board. Parties: CMA CGM SA; Hapag-Lloyd AG; COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd; COSCO Shipping Co., Ltd.; HMM Company Limited; Maersk A/S; and Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE). By Order of the Federal Maritime Commission. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 Oct 13, 2023 Jkt 262001 Dated: October 10, 2023. Carl Savoy, Federal Register Alternate Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–22740 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730–02–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Meeting for Software Developers on the Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting to discuss implementation of the Common Formats with software developers and other interested parties. This meeting is designed as an interactive forum where software developers can provide input on use of the formats. AHRQ especially requests participation by and input from those entities which have used AHRQ’s technical specifications and implemented, or plan to implement, the Common Formats electronically. DATES: The meeting will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erofile Gripiotis, Program Analyst, 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; TTY (local): (301) 427– 1130; Email: pso@ahrq.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AHRQ coordinates the development of sets of standardized definitions and formats (Common Formats) that make it possible to collect, aggregate, and analyze uniformly structured information about health care quality and patient safety for local, regional, and national learning. The Common Formats include technical specifications to facilitate the collection of electronically comparable data by Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) and other entities. Additional information about the Common Formats can be obtained through AHRQ’s PSO website at https://pso.ahrq.gov/common-formats and the PSO Privacy Protection Center’s website at https://www.psoppc.org/ PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71361 psoppc_web/publicpages/ commonFormatsOverview. Background The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21 to 299b–26 (Patient Safety Act), and the related Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR part 3 (Patient Safety Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70731– 70814, provide for the Federal listing of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information (patient safety work product) regarding the quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety Act requires PSOs, to the extent practical and appropriate, to collect patient safety work product from providers in a standardized manner that permits valid comparisons of similar cases among similar providers. (42 U.S.C. 299b–24(b)(1)(F)). The Patient Safety Act also authorizes the development of data standards, known as the Common Formats, to facilitate the aggregation and analysis of nonidentifiable patient safety data collected by PSOs and reported to the network of patient safety databases (NPSD). (42 U.S.C. 299b–23(b)). The Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule can be accessed at: https://www.pso.ahrq.gov/ legislation/. AHRQ has issued Common Formats for Event Reporting (CFER) for three settings of care—hospitals, nursing homes, and community pharmacies. AHRQ has also issued Common Formats for Event Reporting—Diagnostic Safety (CFER–DS) designed for use in all healthcare settings. Federally listed PSOs can meet the requirement to collect patient safety work product in a standardized manner to the extent practical and appropriate by using AHRQ’s Common Formats. The Common Formats are also available in the public domain to encourage their widespread adoption. An entity does not need to be listed as a PSO or working with one to use the Common Formats. However, the Federal privilege and confidentiality protections only apply to information developed as patient safety work product by providers and PSOs working under the Patient Safety Act. Agenda, Registration, and Other Information About the Meeting The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will be hosting this fully virtual meeting to discuss implementation of the Common Formats with members of the public, including software developers and other interested E:\FR\FM\16OCN1.SGM 16OCN1 71362 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2023 / Notices parties. Agenda topics will include discussion of a new Common Formats commenting tool and presentation from the HIMSS EHR Association. Active participation and discussion by meeting participants is encouraged. AHRQ requests that interested persons send an email to SDMeetings@ infinityconferences.com for registration information. Before the meeting, an agenda and logistical information will be provided to registrants. Dated: October 6, 2023. Marquita Cullom, Associate Director. [FR Doc. 2023–22575 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160–90–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day–24–24AA; Docket No. CDC–2023– 0083] Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program. The RPE Program is designed to assess how recipients are improving prevention infrastructure, implementing, and evaluating prevention strategies to expand efforts to prevent sexual assault, and using data to inform prevention action. DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 15, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 0083 by either of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 Oct 13, 2023 Jkt 262001 Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments to www.regulations.gov. Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking portal (www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@ cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help: 1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses; and 5. Assess information collection costs. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Proposed Project Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program—New—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health problem, one in three women and one in four men experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetimes. Nearly one in five women and one in 38 men have experienced completed or attempted rape. Sexual violence starts early: one in three female and one in four male rape victims experienced it for the first time between 11–17 years old. The Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE) provides funding to health departments and sexual violence coalitions in all 50 States, the District of Columbia (DC), and U.S. Territories, as well as up to 10 Tribal coalitions. CDC will collect data from RPE Program recipients to assess how recipients are improving prevention infrastructure, implementing, and evaluating prevention strategies to expand efforts to prevent sexual assault, and using data to inform prevention action. Recipients will have an opportunity to: (1) continue to build program and partner capacity to facilitate and monitor the implementation of SV prevention programs, practices, and policies; (2) continue to support State and Territorial health departments’ implementation of community-and societal-level programs, practices, and policies to prevent SV; (3) continue to support the implementation of datadriven, comprehensive, evidence-based SV primary prevention strategies, and approaches focused mainly on health equity; and (4) continuously conduct data to action activities to inform changes or adaptations to existing SV strategies or on selected and implemented additional strategies. RPE Program recipients or designated delegates will submit data annually into an online data system. Recipients will monitor and report progress on their goals, objectives, and activities, as well as relevant information on the implementation of their prevention strategies, outcomes, evaluation, and State action plan. Information will be collected via online web-based survey software. Descriptive analyses (e.g., frequencies and crosstabs) will be performed on numeric or categorical data, and content analyses (e.g., categorization) on open-ended or text data. Information to be collected will provide crucial data for program E:\FR\FM\16OCN1.SGM 16OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71361-71362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Meeting for Software Developers on the Common Formats for Patient 
Safety Data Collection

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting to discuss 
implementation of the Common Formats with software developers and other 
interested parties. This meeting is designed as an interactive forum 
where software developers can provide input on use of the formats. AHRQ 
especially requests participation by and input from those entities 
which have used AHRQ's technical specifications and implemented, or 
plan to implement, the Common Formats electronically.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, 
October 25, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erofile Gripiotis, Program Analyst, 
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; TTY 
(local): (301) 427-1130; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AHRQ coordinates the development of sets of 
standardized definitions and formats (Common Formats) that make it 
possible to collect, aggregate, and analyze uniformly structured 
information about health care quality and patient safety for local, 
regional, and national learning. The Common Formats include technical 
specifications to facilitate the collection of electronically 
comparable data by Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) and other 
entities. Additional information about the Common Formats can be 
obtained through AHRQ's PSO website at https://pso.ahrq.gov/common-formats and the PSO Privacy Protection Center's website at https://www.psoppc.org/psoppc_web/publicpages/commonFormatsOverview.

Background

    The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 
299b-21 to 299b-26 (Patient Safety Act), and the related Patient Safety 
and Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR part 3 (Patient Safety 
Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008, 73 FR 
70731-70814, provide for the Federal listing of Patient Safety 
Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze 
confidential information (patient safety work product) regarding the 
quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety Act 
requires PSOs, to the extent practical and appropriate, to collect 
patient safety work product from providers in a standardized manner 
that permits valid comparisons of similar cases among similar 
providers. (42 U.S.C. 299b-24(b)(1)(F)). The Patient Safety Act also 
authorizes the development of data standards, known as the Common 
Formats, to facilitate the aggregation and analysis of non-identifiable 
patient safety data collected by PSOs and reported to the network of 
patient safety databases (NPSD). (42 U.S.C. 299b-23(b)). The Patient 
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule can be accessed at: https://www.pso.ahrq.gov/legislation/.
    AHRQ has issued Common Formats for Event Reporting (CFER) for three 
settings of care--hospitals, nursing homes, and community pharmacies. 
AHRQ has also issued Common Formats for Event Reporting--Diagnostic 
Safety (CFER-DS) designed for use in all healthcare settings.
    Federally listed PSOs can meet the requirement to collect patient 
safety work product in a standardized manner to the extent practical 
and appropriate by using AHRQ's Common Formats. The Common Formats are 
also available in the public domain to encourage their widespread 
adoption. An entity does not need to be listed as a PSO or working with 
one to use the Common Formats. However, the Federal privilege and 
confidentiality protections only apply to information developed as 
patient safety work product by providers and PSOs working under the 
Patient Safety Act.

Agenda, Registration, and Other Information About the Meeting

    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will be 
hosting this fully virtual meeting to discuss implementation of the 
Common Formats with members of the public, including software 
developers and other interested

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parties. Agenda topics will include discussion of a new Common Formats 
commenting tool and presentation from the HIMSS EHR Association. Active 
participation and discussion by meeting participants is encouraged.
    AHRQ requests that interested persons send an email to 
[email protected] for registration information. Before 
the meeting, an agenda and logistical information will be provided to 
registrants.

    Dated: October 6, 2023.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-22575 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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