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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32237-32238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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 
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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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