Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 168 / Friday, August 29, 2014 / Notices 51567 

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 healthcare 

research and healthcare 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: August 20, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20423 Filed 8–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: 

Voluntary Relinquishment From 

Patient Safety Services, LLC 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Delisting. 

SUMMARY: The Patient Safety and 

Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 

U.S.C. 299b–21 to b–26, (Patient Safety 

Act) and the related Patient Safety and 

Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 

CFR Part 3 (Patient Safety Rule), 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70732– 

70814, provide for the formation of 

Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), 

which collect, aggregate, and analyze 

confidential information regarding the 

quality and safety of health care 

delivery. The Patient Safety Rule 

authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the 

Secretary of NHS, to list as a PSO an 

entity that attests that it meets the 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by 

the Secretary if it is found to no longer 

meet the requirements of the Patient 

Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, 

when a PSO chooses to voluntarily 

relinquish its status as a PSO for any 

reason, or when a PSO’s listing expires. 

AHRQ has accepted a notification of 

voluntary relinquishment from Patient 

Safety Services, LLC of its status as a 

PSO, and has delisted the PSO 

accordingly. 

DATES: The directories for both listed 

and delisted PSOs are ongoing and 

reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The 

delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight 

ET (2400) on July 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: http://

www.pso.AHRQ.gov/listed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality 

Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 

540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; 

Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697; 

Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY 

(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local): 

(301) 427–1130; Email: pso@

AHRQ.hhs.qov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Patient Safety Act authorizes the 

listing of PSOs, which are entities or 

component organizations whose 

mission and primary activity are to 

conduct activities to improve patient 

safety and the quality of health care 

delivery. 

HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to 

implement the Patient Safety Act. 

AHRQ administers the provisions of the 

Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety 

Rule relating to the listing and operation 

of PSOs. The Patient Safety Rule 

authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an 

entity that attests that it meets the 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if 

it is found to no longer meet the 

requirements of the Patient Safety Act 

and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO 

chooses to voluntarily relinquish its 

status as a PSO for any reason, or when 

the PSO’s listing expires. Section 

3.108(d) of the Patient Safety Rule 

requires AHRQ to provide public notice 

when it removes an organization from 

the list of federally approved PSOs. 

AHRQ has accepted a notification 

from Patient Safety Services, LLC, PSO 

number P0129, to voluntarily relinquish 

its status as a PSO. Accordingly, Patient 

Safety Services, LLC was delisted 

effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on 

July 30, 2014. 

More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/

index.html. 

Dated: August 20, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Scientific Information Request on 

Health Information Exchange 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Scientific 

Information Submissions. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking 

scientific information submissions from 

the public. Scientific information is 

being solicited to inform our review of 

Health Information Exchange, which is 

currently being conducted by the 

Evidence-based Practice Centers for the 

AHRQ Effective Health Care Program. 

Access to published and unpublished 

pertinent scientific information will 

improve the quality of this review. 

AHRQ is conducting this systematic 

review pursuant to Section 1013 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003, Public Law 108–173, and Section 

902(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 

42 U.S.C. 299a(a). 

DATES: Submission Deadline on or 

before September 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Online submissions: http:// 

effectivehealthcare.AHRQ.gov/

index.cfm/submit-scientificinformation-packets/. Please select the 

study for which you are submitting 

information from the list to upload your 

documents. Email submissions: SIPS@

epc-src.org. 

Print Submissions 

Mailing Address: Portland VA 

Research Foundation, Scientific 

Resource Center, ATTN: Scientific 

Information Packet Coordinator, P.O. 

Box 69539, Portland, OR 97239. 

Shipping Address (FedEx, UPS, etc.): 

Portland VA Research Foundation, 

Scientific Resource Center, ATTN: 

Scientific Information Packet 

Coordinator, 3710 SW U.S. Veterans 

Hospital Road, Mail Code: R&D 71, 

Portland, OR 97239. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan McKenna, Telephone: 503–220– 

8262 ext. 58653 or Email: SIPS@epcsrc.org. 


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