27614 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 93 / Wednesday, May 14, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: May 8, 2014. 

Karen White, 

Executive Assistant. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11142 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer Course.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public 

to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@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 doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer Course 

As part of its effort to fulfill its 

mission goals, AHRQ, in collaboration 

with the U.S. Department of Defense’s 

TRICARE Management Activity, 

developed TeamSTEPPS® (aka, Team 

Strategies and Tools for Enhancing 

Performance and Patient Safety) to 

provide an evidence-based suite of tools 

and strategies for training teamworkbased patient safety to health care 

professionals. TeamSTEPPS includes 

multiple tool-kits, which are all tied to 

or are variants of the core curriculum. 

TeamSTEPPS resources have been 

developed for primary care, rapid 

response systems, long-term care, and 

patients with limited English 

proficiency. 

The main objective of the 

TeamSTEPPS program is to improve 

patient safety by training health care 

staff in various teamwork, 

communication, and patient safety 

concepts, tools, and techniques and 

ultimately helping to build national 

capacity for supporting teamwork-based 

patient safety efforts in health care 

organizations. Since 2007, AHRQ’s 

National Implementation Program has 

produced (and continues to produce) 

Master Trainers who have stimulated 

the use and adoption of TeamSTEPPS in 

health care delivery systems. These 

individuals were trained during two-day 

in-person classes using the 

TeamSTEPPS core curriculum at 

regional training centers across the U.S. 

AHRQ has also provided technical 

assistance and consultation on 

implementing TeamSTEPPS and has 

developed various channels of learning 

(e.g., user networks, various educational 

venues) for continued support and the 

improvement of teamwork in health 

care. Since the inception of the National 

Implementation Program, AHRQ has 

trained more than 5,000 participants to 

serve as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers. 

Despite the success of the National 

Implementation program and the 

availability of training through this 

initiative, AHRQ has been unable to 

match the demand for TeamSTEPPS 

Master Training. Wait lists for training 

often exceed 500 individuals at any 

given time. 

To address this prevailing need, 

AHRQ has launched an effort to develop 

and provide TeamSTEPPS training 

online. This program, known as 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

course, will mirror the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 

core curriculum and provide equivalent 

training to the in-person classes offered 

through the National Implementation 

Program. 

As part of this initiative, AHRQ seeks 

to conduct an evaluation of the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program. This evaluation seeks to 

understand the effectiveness of 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Training and what revisions might be 

required to improve the training 

program. 

This research has the following goals: 

(1) Conduct a formative assessment of 

the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer program to determine what 

improvements should be made to the 

training and how it is delivered, and 

(2) Identify how trained participants 

use and implement the TeamSTEPPS 

tools and resources. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, Reingold, 

Inc., 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 health 

care services and with respect to quality 

measurement and improvement, 42 

U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2). 

Method of Collection 

To achieve this project’s goals, AHRQ 

will train participants using the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program and then survey these 

participants six months post-training. 

Each activity is briefly described below. 

1. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer Course. This training program, 

which includes 13 accredited hours of 

training, is based on the TeamSTEPPS 

2.0 instructional materials and will be 

delivered online to 3,000 participants. 

The training will cover the core 

TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies, 

coaching, organizational change, and 

implementation science. 

2. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online PostTraining Survey. This online instrument 

will be administered to all participants 

who completed TeamSTEPPS 2.0 

Online Master Training. The survey will 

be administered six months after 

participants complete the training. 

This is a new data collection for the 

purpose of conducting an evaluation of 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program. The evaluation will be 

primarily formative in nature as AHRQ 

seeks information to improve the 

delivery of the training. 

To conduct the evaluation, the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post-Training 

Survey will be administered to all 

individuals who completed the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program six months after training. The 

purpose of the survey is to assess the 

degree to which participants felt 

prepared by the training and what they 

did to implement TeamSTEPPS. 

Specifically, participants will be asked 

about their reasons for participating in 

the program; the degree to which they 

feel the training prepared them to train 

others in and use TeamSTEPPS; what 

tools they have implemented in their 

organizations; and resulting changes 

they have observed in the delivery of 

care. 


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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondent’s time to participate in the 

study. The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online 

Post-Training Survey will be completed 

by approximately 3,000 individuals. We 

estimate that each respondent will 

answer 10 items (i.e., number of 

responses per respondent) and 

responding to these 10 questions will 

require 20 minutes. The total 

annualized burden is estimated to be 

10,000 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to participate in the 

study. The total cost burden is estimated 

to be $35,930. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1 20/60 1,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 N/A N/A 1,000 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly 

wage rate* 

Total cost 

burden 

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1,000 $35.93 $35,930

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 1,000 N/A 35,930 

* Based on the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29–0000) for the training participant questionnaire and for executives, 

administrators, and managers for the organizational leader questionnaire presented in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages 

in the United States, May 2012, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#37-0000. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 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 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: May 6, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10947 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–14–14YI] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. 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 collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Assessing School-centered HIV/STD 

Prevention Efforts in a Local Education 

Agency—New—Division of Adolescent 

and School Health (DASH), National 


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