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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.
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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 an extension of
the currently approved information
SUMMARY:
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collection project: ‘‘Medical Office
Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Database.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Database
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine
called for health care organizations to
develop a ‘‘culture of safety’’ such that
their workforce and processes focus on
improving the reliability and safety of
care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err is
Human: Building a Safer Health
System). To respond to the need for
tools to assess patient safety culture in
health care, AHRQ developed and pilot
tested the Surveys on Patient Safety
Culture® (SOPS®) Medical Office
Survey with OMB approval (OMB
NO.0935–0131; Approved July 5, 2007).
The survey is designed to enable
medical offices to assess provider and
staff perspectives about patient safety
issues, medical error, and error
reporting. The survey includes 38 items
that measure 10 composites of patient
safety culture. In addition to the
composite items, 14 items measure staff
perceptions of how often medical offices
have problems exchanging information
with other settings as well as other
patient safety and quality issues. AHRQ
made the survey publicly available
along with a Survey User’s Guide and
other toolkit materials in January 2009,
on the AHRQ website.
The AHRQ SOPS Medical Office
Database consists of data from the
AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient
Safety Culture and may include
reportable, non-required supplemental
items. Medical offices in the U.S. can
voluntarily submit data from the survey
to AHRQ, through its contractor, Westat.
The SOPS Medical Office Database
(OMB NO. 0935–0196, last approved on
September 24, 2021) was developed by
AHRQ in 2011 in response to requests
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from medical offices 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 medical offices submitting
data. These reports are used to assist
medical office staff in their efforts to
improve patient safety culture in their
organizations.
The goal of the Medical Office Survey
on Patient Safety Culture Database is to
promote improvements in the quality
and safety of healthcare in medical
office 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 medical
offices, to facilitate the use of these
materials for medical office patient
safety and quality improvement.
This database:
(1) Presents results from medical
offices that voluntarily submit their
data,
(2) Provides data to medical offices to
facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety
improvement process, and
(3) Provides supplemental
information to help medical offices
identify their strengths and areas with
potential for improvement in patient
safety culture.
To achieve the goal of this project the
following activities and data collections
will be implemented:
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form—
The medical office point-of-contact
(POC) completes several 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
medical office and initiate the
registration process.
(2) Medical Office Site Information
Form—The purpose of the site
information form, also completed by the
medical office POC, is to collect
background characteristics of the
medical office. This information will be
used to analyze data collected with
SOPS Medical Office Survey.
(3) Data Use Agreement—The purpose
of the data use agreement, completed by
the medical office POC, is to state how
data submitted by medical offices will
be used and provides privacy
assurances.
(4) Data File(s) Submission—POCs
upload their data file(s), using the
medical office data file specifications, to
ensure that users submit their data in a
standardized way (e.g., variable names,
order, coding, formatting).The number
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of submissions to the database is likely
to vary from submission period to
submission period because medical
offices do not administer the survey and
submit data every year. Data submission
is typically handled by one POC who is
either an office manager or a survey
vendor who contracts with a medical
office to collect their data. POCs submit
data on behalf of 20 medical offices, on
average, because many medical offices
are part of a health system that includes
many medical office sites, or the POC is
a vendor that is submitting data for
multiple medical offices.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Westat,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
healthcare and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to: the quality,
effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of healthcare
services; quality measurement and
improvement; and database
development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1), (2),
and (8).
Method of Collection
All information collection for the
SOPS Medical Office Database is done
electronically, except the Data Use
Agreement (DUA) that medical offices
print, sign and return (either via fax, by
scanning and emailing or uploading to
a secure website, or by mailing back).
Registration, submission of medical
office information, and data upload is
handled online through a secure
website. Customized feedback reports
are delivered electronically (the person
submitting the data will enter a
username and password for access to a
secure website from which to download
their reports).
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in the
database. An estimated 85 POCs, each
representing an average of 30 individual
medical offices each, will complete the
database submission steps and forms.
Each POC will submit the following:
1. Eligibility and Registration Form—
Estimated to take 3 minutes to complete.
2. Medical Office Site Information
Form—Estimated to take 5 minutes to
complete.
3. Data Use Agreement—Estimated to
take 3 minutes to complete.
4. Survey Data File(s) Submission—
Estimated to take 1 hour to complete.
The total burden is estimated to be
308 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
$19,891 annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
1.
2.
3.
4.
Number of
responses
per POC
Hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Eligibility/Registration Form .........................................................................
Medical Office Site Information Form ..........................................................
Data Use Agreement ...................................................................................
Data File(s) Submission ..............................................................................
85
85
85
85
1
30
1
1
3/60
5/60
3/60
1
5
213
5
85
Total ..........................................................................................................
NA
NA
NA
308
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Total burden
hours
Form name
1.
2.
3.
4.
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total
cost
burden
Eligibility/Registration Form .....................................................................................................
Medical Office Site Information Form ......................................................................................
Data Use Agreement ...............................................................................................................
Data File(s) Submission ..........................................................................................................
5
213
5
85
$ 64.58
64.58
64.58
64.58
$323
13,756
323
5,489
Total ......................................................................................................................................
308
NA
19,891
* Mean hourly wage rate of $64.58 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2023 National
Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 621100—Offices of Physicians located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_621100.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
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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
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comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: July 25, 2024.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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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 an extension of the currently
approved information collection project: ``Medical Office Survey on
Patient Safety Culture Database.'' In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this
proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine called for health care
organizations to develop a ``culture of safety'' such that their
workforce and processes focus on improving the reliability and safety
of care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err is Human: Building a Safer
Health System). To respond to the need for tools to assess patient
safety culture in health care, AHRQ developed and pilot tested the
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture[supreg] (SOPS[supreg]) Medical Office
Survey with OMB approval (OMB NO.0935-0131; Approved July 5, 2007).
The survey is designed to enable medical offices to assess provider
and staff perspectives about patient safety issues, medical error, and
error reporting. The survey includes 38 items that measure 10
composites of patient safety culture. In addition to the composite
items, 14 items measure staff perceptions of how often medical offices
have problems exchanging information with other settings as well as
other patient safety and quality issues. AHRQ made the survey publicly
available along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit materials
in January 2009, on the AHRQ website.
The AHRQ SOPS Medical Office Database consists of data from the
AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture and may include
reportable, non-required supplemental items. Medical offices in the
U.S. can voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through its
contractor, Westat. The SOPS Medical Office Database (OMB NO. 0935-
0196, last approved on September 24, 2021) was developed by AHRQ in
2011 in response to requests from medical offices 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 medical offices submitting data. These
reports are used to assist medical office staff in their efforts to
improve patient safety culture in their organizations.
The goal of the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Database is to promote improvements in the quality and safety of
healthcare in medical office 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 medical offices, to facilitate the use of these materials for
medical office patient safety and quality improvement.
This database:
(1) Presents results from medical offices that voluntarily submit
their data,
(2) Provides data to medical offices to facilitate internal
assessment and learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
(3) Provides supplemental information to help medical offices
identify their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in
patient safety culture.
To achieve the goal of this project the following activities and
data collections will be implemented:
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form--The medical office point-of-
contact (POC) completes several 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 medical office and initiate the registration
process.
(2) Medical Office Site Information Form--The purpose of the site
information form, also completed by the medical office POC, is to
collect background characteristics of the medical office. This
information will be used to analyze data collected with SOPS Medical
Office Survey.
(3) Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the medical office POC, is to state how data submitted by
medical offices will be used and provides privacy assurances.
(4) Data File(s) Submission--POCs upload their data file(s), using
the medical office data file specifications, to ensure that users
submit their data in a standardized way (e.g., variable names, order,
coding, formatting).The number
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of submissions to the database is likely to vary from submission period
to submission period because medical offices do not administer the
survey and submit data every year. Data submission is typically handled
by one POC who is either an office manager or a survey vendor who
contracts with a medical office to collect their data. POCs submit data
on behalf of 20 medical offices, on average, because many medical
offices are part of a health system that includes many medical office
sites, or the POC is a vendor that is submitting data for multiple
medical offices.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on healthcare and on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to: the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare services; quality
measurement and improvement; and database development. 42 U.S.C.
299a(a)(1), (2), and (8).
Method of Collection
All information collection for the SOPS Medical Office Database is
done electronically, except the Data Use Agreement (DUA) that medical
offices print, sign and return (either via fax, by scanning and
emailing or uploading to a secure website, or by mailing back).
Registration, submission of medical office information, and data upload
is handled online through a secure website. Customized feedback reports
are delivered electronically (the person submitting the data will enter
a username and password for access to a secure website from which to
download their reports).
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 85 POCs,
each representing an average of 30 individual medical offices each,
will complete the database submission steps and forms. Each POC will
submit the following:
1. Eligibility and Registration Form--Estimated to take 3 minutes
to complete.
2. Medical Office Site Information Form--Estimated to take 5
minutes to complete.
3. Data Use Agreement--Estimated to take 3 minutes to complete.
4. Survey Data File(s) Submission--Estimated to take 1 hour to
complete.
The total burden is estimated to be 308 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 $19,891 annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents POC response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Eligibility/Registration Form................ 85 1 3/60 5
2. Medical Office Site Information Form......... 85 30 5/60 213
3. Data Use Agreement........................... 85 1 3/60 5
4. Data File(s) Submission...................... 85 1 1 85
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... NA NA NA 308
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name hours wage rate * burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Eligibility/Registration Form................................ 5 $ 64.58 $323
2. Medical Office Site Information Form......................... 213 64.58 13,756
3. Data Use Agreement........................................... 5 64.58 323
4. Data File(s) Submission...................................... 85 64.58 5,489
-----------------------------------------------
Total....................................................... 308 NA 19,891
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* Mean hourly wage rate of $64.58 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11-9111) was obtained from
the May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 621100--Offices of
Physicians located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_621100.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: July 25, 2024.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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