[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32237-32238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12961]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DoD-2014-HA-0086]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection
and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August
4, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments.
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number,
form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the Defense Health
Agency (DHA), ATTN: Clinical Support Division, Healthcare Operations
Directorate, 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, VA 22042-5101, or
call (703) 681-0064.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: DoD Patient Safety Survey;
OMB Control Number 0720-0034.
Needs and Uses: The 2001 National Defense Authorization Act
contains specific sections addressing patient safety in military and
veterans health care systems. This legislation states that the
Secretary of Defense shall establish a patient care error reporting and
management system to study occurrences of errors in patient care and
that one purpose of the system should be to ``identify systemic factors
that are associated with such occurrences'' and ``to provide for action
to be taken to correct the identified systemic factors'' (Sec. 754,
items b2 and b3). In addition, the legislation states that the
Secretary shall ``continue research and development investments to
improve communication, coordination, and team work in the provision of
health care'' (Sec. 754, item d4).
In its ongoing response to this legislation and in support of its
mission to ``promote a culture of safety to eliminate preventable
patient harm by engaging, educating and equipping patient-care teams to
institutionalize evidence-based safe practices,'' the DoD Patient
Safety Program plans to field the Tri-service Patient Safety Culture
Survey. The Culture Survey is based on the Department of Health and
Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's validated
survey instrument. Previously administered in 2005/6 and 2008, the
survey obtains MHS staff opinions on patient safety issues such as
teamwork, communications, medical error occurrence and response, error
reporting, and overall perceptions of patient safety. The purpose of
the survey is to assess the current status of patient safety in MHS
facilities and to assess patient safety improvement over time. Two
versions of the survey will be available for administration. The
inpatient survey tool is the same, OMB-approved tool that was
administered in previous years. There will also be a corresponding
outpatient survey tool, with congruous questions tailored to the
ambulatory or clinic setting. Respondents will select the survey
corresponding to their care survey.
Affected Public: Federal Government; Individuals or Households.
Annual Burden Hours: 2,337 hours.
Number of Respondents: 14,022.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 14,022.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
The Web-based survey will be administered on a voluntary-basis to
all
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staff working in Army, Navy, and Air Force Military Health System (MHS)
direct care facilities in the U.S. and internationally, including
Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) hospitals as well as ambulatory and
dental services. Responses and respondents will remain anonymous. There
are two versions of the survey that may be administered, corresponding
to the setting in which care is delivered, either Hospital (inpatient)
or Ambulatory (outpatient/clinic setting).
Dated: May 30, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12961 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
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