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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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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 extension
without change of the information
collection project ‘‘Nursing Home
Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Database,’’ OMB No. 0935–0195.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
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SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Proposed Project
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Database
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine
called for healthcare organizations to
develop a safer health system. To
respond to the need for tools to assess
patient safety culture in healthcare,
AHRQ developed and pilot tested the
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture®
(SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey with
OMB approval (OMB No. 0935–0132).
The survey is designed to enable
nursing homes to assess provider and
staff perspectives about patient safety
issues, medical error, and error
reporting. AHRQ made the survey
publicly available along with a Survey
User’s Guide and other toolkit materials
in November 2008 on the AHRQ
website.
The AHRQ SOPS Nursing Home
Database consists of data from the
AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient
Safety Culture and may include
reportable, non-required supplemental
items. Nursing homes in the U.S. can
voluntarily submit data from the survey
to AHRQ through its contractor, Westat.
The SOPS Nursing Home Database was
developed by AHRQ in 2011 in
response to requests from nursing
homes interested in viewing their
organizations’ patient safety culture
survey results. Organizations submitting
data receive a feedback report, as well
as a report on the aggregated, deidentified findings of the other nursing
homes submitting data. These reports
are used to assist nursing home staff in
their efforts to improve patient safety
culture in their organizations.
Rationale for the information
collection. The SOPS Nursing Home
Survey and SOPS Nursing Home
Database support AHRQ’s goals of
promoting improvements in the quality
and safety of healthcare in nursing
home 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 nursing
homes, to facilitate the use of these
materials for nursing home patient
safety and quality improvement.
This research has the following goals:
• Present results from nursing homes
that voluntarily submit their data,
• Provide data to nursing homes to
facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety
improvement process, and
• Provide supplemental information
to help nursing homes identify their
strengths and areas with potential for
improvement in patient safety culture.
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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; quality measurement and
improvement; and database
development. 42 U.S.C 299a(a)(1), (2),
and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project the
following activities and data collections
will be implemented:
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form—
The nursing home (or parent
organization) 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 nursing home and
initiate the registration process.
(2) Nursing Home Site Information—
The purpose of the site information
form, completed by the nursing home
POC, is to collect background
characteristics of the nursing home.
This information will be used to analyze
data collected with the SOPS Nursing
Home Survey.
(3) Data Use Agreement—The purpose
of the data use agreement, completed by
the nursing home POC, is to state how
data submitted by nursing homes will
be used and provides confidentiality
assurances.
(4) Data File(s) Submission—POCs
upload their data file(s) using the data
file specifications, to ensure that users
submit their data in a standardized way
(e.g., variable names, order, coding,
formatting). The number of submissions
to the database is likely to vary from
submission period to submission period
because nursing homes do not
administer the survey and submit data
every database year. Data submission is
typically handled by one POC who is
either a corporate level healthcare
manager for a Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO), a survey vendor
who contracts with a nursing home to
collect their data, or a nursing home
Director of Nursing or nurse manager.
POCs submit data on behalf of 1 nursing
home, on average, because many
nursing homes are part of a QIO or
larger nursing home or health system
that includes many nursing home sites,
or the POC is a vendor that is submitting
data for multiple nursing homes.
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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in the
database. An estimated 50 POCs, each
representing an average of 1 individual
nursing home each, will complete the
database submission steps and forms.
Each POC will submit the following:
1. Eligibility and registration form
(completion is estimated to take about 3
minutes).
2. Data Use Agreement (completion is
estimated to take about 3 minutes).
3. Nursing Home Site Information
Form (completion is estimated to take
about 5 minutes).
4. Survey data submission will take
an average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are
estimated to be 61 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
$3,853 annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
1.
2.
3.
4.
Number of
responses
per POC
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Eligibility/Registration Form .........................................................................
Data Use Agreement ...................................................................................
Nursing Home Site Information Form ..........................................................
Data Files Submission .................................................................................
50
50
50
50
1
1
1
1
3/60
3/60
5/60
1
3
3
5
50
Total ..........................................................................................................
NA
NA
NA
61
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Total burden
hours
Form name
1.
2.
3.
4.
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Eligibility/Registration Forms ...................................................................................................
Data Use Agreement ...............................................................................................................
Nursing Home Site Information Form .....................................................................................
Data Files Submission .............................................................................................................
3
3
5
50
$64.64
64.64
64.64
64.64
$194
194
233
3,232
Total ......................................................................................................................................
61
NA
3,853
* Mean hourly wage rate of $64.64 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 623000—Nursing and Residential Care Facilities located at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_623000.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
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comments will become a matter of
public record.
Mamatha Pancholi,
Deputy Director.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘CDC–RFA–
DP–23–0002 Healthy Schools Program
Evaluation’’ to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on December
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11, 2023 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received three comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) 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
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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 extension without change of the
information collection project ``Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Database,'' OMB No. 0935-0195.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
[email protected].
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine called for healthcare
organizations to develop a safer health system. To respond to the need
for tools to assess patient safety culture in healthcare, AHRQ
developed and pilot tested the Surveys on Patient Safety
Culture[supreg] (SOPS[supreg]) Nursing Home Survey with OMB approval
(OMB No. 0935-0132). The survey is designed to enable nursing homes to
assess provider and staff perspectives about patient safety issues,
medical error, and error reporting. AHRQ made the survey publicly
available along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit materials
in November 2008 on the AHRQ website.
The AHRQ SOPS Nursing Home Database consists of data from the AHRQ
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture and may include
reportable, non-required supplemental items. Nursing homes in the U.S.
can voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ through its
contractor, Westat. The SOPS Nursing Home Database was developed by
AHRQ in 2011 in response to requests from nursing homes interested in
viewing their organizations' patient safety culture survey results.
Organizations submitting data receive a feedback report, as well as a
report on the aggregated, de-identified findings of the other nursing
homes submitting data. These reports are used to assist nursing home
staff in their efforts to improve patient safety culture in their
organizations.
Rationale for the information collection. The SOPS Nursing Home
Survey and SOPS Nursing Home Database support AHRQ's goals of promoting
improvements in the quality and safety of healthcare in nursing home
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 nursing homes,
to facilitate the use of these materials for nursing home patient
safety and quality improvement.
This research has the following goals:
Present results from nursing homes that voluntarily submit
their data,
Provide data to nursing homes to facilitate internal
assessment and learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
Provide supplemental information to help nursing homes
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; quality
measurement and improvement; and database development. 42 U.S.C
299a(a)(1), (2), and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project the following activities and
data collections will be implemented:
(1) Eligibility and Registration Form--The nursing home (or parent
organization) 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 nursing home and
initiate the registration process.
(2) Nursing Home Site Information--The purpose of the site
information form, completed by the nursing home POC, is to collect
background characteristics of the nursing home. This information will
be used to analyze data collected with the SOPS Nursing Home Survey.
(3) Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the nursing home POC, is to state how data submitted by
nursing homes will be used and provides confidentiality assurances.
(4) Data File(s) Submission--POCs upload their data file(s) using
the data file specifications, to ensure that users submit their data in
a standardized way (e.g., variable names, order, coding, formatting).
The number of submissions to the database is likely to vary from
submission period to submission period because nursing homes do not
administer the survey and submit data every database year. Data
submission is typically handled by one POC who is either a corporate
level healthcare manager for a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO),
a survey vendor who contracts with a nursing home to collect their
data, or a nursing home Director of Nursing or nurse manager. POCs
submit data on behalf of 1 nursing home, on average, because many
nursing homes are part of a QIO or larger nursing home or health system
that includes many nursing home sites, or the POC is a vendor that is
submitting data for multiple nursing homes.
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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 50 POCs,
each representing an average of 1 individual nursing home each, will
complete the database submission steps and forms. Each POC will submit
the following:
1. Eligibility and registration form (completion is estimated to
take about 3 minutes).
2. Data Use Agreement (completion is estimated to take about 3
minutes).
3. Nursing Home Site Information Form (completion is estimated to
take about 5 minutes).
4. Survey data submission will take an average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are estimated to be 61 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 $3,853 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Eligibility/Registration Form................ 50 1 3/60 3
2. Data Use Agreement........................... 50 1 3/60 3
3. Nursing Home Site Information Form........... 50 1 5/60 5
4. Data Files Submission........................ 50 1 1 50
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... NA NA NA 61
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name hours wage rate * burden
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1. Eligibility/Registration Forms............................... 3 $64.64 $194
2. Data Use Agreement........................................... 3 64.64 194
3. Nursing Home Site Information Form........................... 5 64.64 233
4. Data Files Submission........................................ 50 64.64 3,232
-----------------------------------------------
Total....................................................... 61 NA 3,853
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* Mean hourly wage rate of $64.64 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 623000--Nursing and
Residential Care Facilities located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_623000.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.
Mamatha Pancholi,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-17737 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am]
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