Department of Health and Human Services November 15, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), Office of Healthcare Quality (OHQ) announces the opportunity to collaborate with HHS. HHS invites public and private professional health related organizations to participate as collaborating co- sponsors in the development and implementation of an innovative program that implements the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (HHS Action Plan), found at https://www.hhs.gov/ash/ initiatives/hai/actionplan/, by using appropriate strategies to achieve one or more of the nine targets for the priority areas identified in the HHS Action Plan, for example, a 50 percent reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) by the end of 2013. A ``co-sponsorship'' refers to the joint development of a program or event related to the goals and objectives of the HHS Action Plan and excludes programs or events that would require funding for their implementation from HHS, OS, OASH, or OHQ.

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: ``Assessing the Feasibility of Disseminating Effective Health Care Products through a Shared Electronic Medical Record Serving Member Organization of a Health Information Exchange.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.