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assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the designated contact person at least fourteen (14) business days prior to the meeting. Members of the public will have an opportunity to provide comments at the meeting. Public

comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker. Individuals who

would like to submit written statements

should mail or fax their comments to the Office of Minority Health at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting. Any members of the public who wish to have printed material

distributed to ACMH committee

members should submit their materials to the Designated Federal Officer, ACMH, Tower Building, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland 20852, prior to close of business Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

Dated: June 11, 2014.

J. Nadine Gracia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND**

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**National Preparedness and Response Science Board (previously known as** 

**the ‘‘National Biodefense Science Board’’) Call for Nominees** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The deadline for all application submissions to the National Preparedness and Response Science Board (NPRSB), previously known as the National Biodefense Science Board, is extended from June 15, 2014, to June
29, 2014, at 11:59 p.m.. The Office of the Secretary is accepting application submissions from qualified individuals

who wish to be considered for membership on the NPRSB; seven members have membership expiration dates of December 31, 2014; therefore, seven new voting members will be

selected for the Board. Nominees are being accepted in the following categories: Industry, academia, practicing health care, pediatrics, and organizations representing other appropriate stakeholders. Please visit

the NPRSB Web site at www.phe.gov/ nprsb for all application submission

information and instructions. All members of the public are encouraged to apply. **DATES :**  The deadline for all application submissions is June 29, 2014, at 11:59

p.m.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Please submit any inquiries to CAPT Charlotte Spires, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Executive Director and Designated Federal Official, National Preparedness and Response Science Board, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building, Room Number 14F18, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20024; Office: 202–260–0627, Email

address: charlotte.spires@hhs.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The

NPRSB is authorized under Section 319M of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) as added by

Section 402 of the Pandemic and AllHazards Preparedness Act of 2006 and amended by Section 404 of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness

Reauthorization Act and Section 222 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. § 217a). The Board provides expert advice and guidance to the Secretary on scientific, technical, and other matters of special interest to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding current and future chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological agents, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate. The Board also provides advice and guidance to the Secretary and/or the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on other matters related to public health emergency preparedness and response.

Description of Duties: The Board shall advise the Secretary and/or ASPR on current and future trends, challenges, and opportunities presented by advances in biological and life sciences, biotechnology, and genetic engineering with respect to threats posed by naturally occurring infectious diseases and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. At the request of the Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall review and consider any information and findings received from the working groups established under 42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b). At the request of the Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall provide recommendations and findings for expanded, intensified, and

coordinated biodefense research and development activities. The Board shall also provide any recommendation, finding, or report provided to the Secretary on these matters to the appropriate committees of Congress. Additional advisory duties concerning public health emergency preparedness and response may be assigned at the discretion of the Secretary and/or ASPR. Structure: The Board shall consist of 13 voting members, including the Chairperson; additionally, there may be non-voting ex officio members. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(a), members and the Chairperson shall be appointed by the Secretary from among the nation’s preeminent scientific, public health, and medical experts as follows: (a) Such federal officials as the Secretary determines are necessary to support the functions of the Board; (b) four individuals from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device industries; (c) four individuals representing academia; and (d) five other members as determined appropriate by the Secretary, one of whom must be a practicing health care professional; one

of whom shall be an individual from an organization representing health care consumers; one of whom shall be an individual with pediatric subject matter expertise; and one of whom shall be a state, tribal, territorial, or local public health official. Nothing in the membership requirements shall preclude a member of the Board from satisfying two or more of these requirements described in item (d). A member of the Board described in (b), (c), and (d) shall serve for a term of three years, and may serve not more than two

consecutive terms.

Members who are not full-time or permanent part-time federal employees shall be appointed by the Secretary as Special Government Employees.

Dated: June 11, 2014.

Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

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**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: ‘‘Evaluation of the Educating the Educator (EtE) Workshop.’’ In accordance with the Paperwork


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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.

This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 28th, 2014 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose

of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice must be received by July 17, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Letkowitz, 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

Evaluation of the Educating the Educator (EtE) Workshop

AHRQ’s Educating the Educator (EtE) workshop training project is an Agency knowledge translation and dissemination project that aims to increase knowledge about and use of AHRQ’s EHC Program products among health care professionals. For the EtE project, AHRQ is sponsoring thedevelopment of an accredited, inperson, train-the-trainer workshop program for health care professionals to educate them on how to use AHRQ’s EHC Program materials and resources in shared decision making (SDM) withpatients/caregivers. As a train-thetrainer program, the workshop also provides education on effectively training other health care professionals to facilitate the dissemination of the key competencies taught by the program. Additionally, as part of the EtE project,

a collection of new stand-alone tools are being developed to facilitate the implementation and use of AHRQ EHC Program materials. The new tools will be integrated into the EtE workshop training program and made available to workshop participants. These new tools also will be publicly-accessible through the AHRQ Web site for easy referral, access, and use by both workshop participants and other health care professionals. Ten EtE workshops, with 25–50 participants each, will be held each year for four years around the United States. Primary trainees will then be able to go back to their home institutions or organizations to train other secondary trainees.

AHRQ recognizes the importance of ensuring that its dissemination activities are useful, well implemented, and effective in achieving their intended goals. Therefore, an evaluation is associated with the EtE project. The EtE evaluation is comprised of two key components. One component has beendesigned to support both a processoriented formative evaluation and a summative (impact) evaluation of the EtE train-the-trainer workshop program. The other component is designed to assess the impact of new tools developed through this project in supporting the implementation of AHRQ EHC Program materials.

The specific goals of the EtE train-thetrainer workshop evaluation (component 1) are to examine the following:

• Who is participating in both the primary train-the-trainer sessions, and in subsequent, secondary trainings offered by primary trainees?

• The uptake of and confidence among primary trainees in training others on the key competencies of the

curriculum

• How the workshop implementation

or course content should be modified to improve the quality of the training (e.g., instructor, materials, modules, etc.)?

• The extent to which workshop participants have been able to conduct additional trainings, start new PCOR education programs based on the workshop curriculum, or integrate the workshop curriculum into existing training programs in their local settings.

• What the results of subsequent trainings by workshop participants were among secondary participants (i.e., individuals who received training from a workshop participant) in terms of their

use of PCOR information and the practice of SDM with patients?

• Whether workshop participants have participated in other project activities, such as ongoing webinars or the learning network that are planned as part of the EtE project.

• How workshop participants are using what they have learned from the training program in their own practice?

The specific goals of the EtE new tools evaluation (component 2) are to examine the following:

• If and how workshop trainees and other health care professionals are using the new tools developed during this project to support their implementation of AHRQ EHC Program resources?

• How useful clinicians find AHRQ EHC Program resources to be in their practice? • How frequently new tools are being accessed and used by workshop trainees and other health care professionals?

• Suggestions for improving tools to meet health care professionals’ needs when serving their patients?

This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, AFYA, Inc., and The Lewin Group, pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority to support the agency’s dissemination of comparative clinical effectiveness research findings. 42 U.S.C. 299b–37(a)– (c).

Method of Collection

To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections will be implemented:

(1) Pre-Training Survey of Primary Participants. This pen and paper survey

will be administered to train-the-trainer workshop participants (also referred to as Primary Workshop Participants)immediately prior to the start of the inperson train-the-trainer workshop

sessions. Information collected includes (1) non-identifying demographic information about respondents (e.g., type of clinician; practice setting); (2) participants knowledge of core concepts and objectives of the workshop; and (3) their confidence in training others. This

instrument will also collect information about participants’ use of and exposure to AHRQ EHC Program products for comparison at later time points.

(2) Post-Training Survey of Primary Participants. This pen and paper survey

will be administered to train-the-trainer workshop participants immediatelyfollowing the conclusion of the inperson train-the-trainer workshop

sessions. Information collected includes (1) post-training knowledge of core concepts presented in workshop; and (2) post-training confidence in training others. The post-training instrument

will also collect information about participants’ reaction to the training (e.g., instructor, the content, the presentation style, the schedule, etc.), a requirement for accreditation purposes.

(3) Six-Month Post-Training Survey of Primary Participants. This survey will be administered to primary workshop participants six months following their participation in the train-the-trainerworkshop. The survey will be Webenabled, and a link to the survey will be emailed to participants. Information to be collected includes (1) behaviors and experiences of primary workshop participants in training others (i.e., secondary participants); (2) the numbers of individuals they have trained; and (3) barriers they have encountered in training others. This instrument will also collect (4) data on primary


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participants’ early experiences in applying what they learned in the workshop training in their own clinical practice with patients; and (5) their use of AHRQ EHC resources and tools which will be compared to baseline

measures.

(4) One-Year Post-Training Survey of Primary Participants. This survey will be administered to primary workshop participants one year following their participation in the train-the-trainerworkshop. The survey will be Webenabled, and a link to the survey will be emailed to participants. This survey will

collect the same information as collected in the 6-month survey. This

instrument will also collect new information from participants about their use/participation in continued training that will be offered (e.g., participating in training and technical assistance webinars and the learning network that will be created).

(5) One-Year Post Survey of Secondary Workshop Participants. This survey will be administered to secondary workshop participants one year following their receipt of continuing education (CE) credits for participating in locally-delivered workshops by primary workshop participants. The questions of interest include (1) non-identifying demographic information about respondents (e.g., type of clinician; practice setting); (2) their use of AHRQ EHC program products; (3) how useful they thought the training they received was in developing their patient engagement and SDM skills; (4) barriers they have encountered when implementing what they learned in practice; (5) the types of changes they or their organization have made related to involving patients in health care decision making and their use of decision support tools, since participating in the workshop; and (6) any changes that they have observed in their patients since they participated in the training.

(6) New Tool Users. This survey will be deployed on the AHRQ Web site on a quarterly basis. More specifically, it

will be made available on the new tools Web landing page on the AHRQ Web site so that it targets users of the new tools from this project. Information to be collected includes (1) non-identifying demographic information about respondents (e.g., type of clinician; practice setting); (2) whether or not they have participated in the workshop training associated with this project; (3) how often respondents use tools on the AHRQ tools landing page; and (4) how useful respondents find the tools to be and new tools that they would like to

see added.

AHRQ and the EHC Program staff will use the information collected through this Information Collection Request to assess the short- and long-term progress in achieving the dissemination and implementation aims of the EtE project.

The information collected will facilitate real-time adjustments in the strategies and tactics that are used to promote and deliver the new tools and workshop training. The summative evaluation will assess the impact of this EtE workshop training program and new tools on increased awareness, understanding, and use of AHRQ’s EHC Program products in clinical practice with patients. The specific purpose and use

of each of the data collection

instruments is described below.

(1) Pre- and Post-Training Surveys of Primary Workshop Participants—These

data collections will be used to assess the effectiveness of the training intransferring course concepts to train-thetrainer participants. They will be used to measure what participants learned during the training relative to their knowledge of core concepts and objectives of the workshop, and their confidence in training others as assessed prior to the training (pre-training survey). The pre-training survey also will establish a baseline level regarding workshop participants’ use and exposure to AHRQ EHC Program products for comparison at later time points. The post-training assessment also will be used to assess workshop participants’ reaction to the training. This is important for the process evaluation component of this project as it will provide information on participants’ reactions to specific components of the program (e.g., instructor, the content, the presentation style, the schedule, etc.), a requirement for accreditation purposes, and help to identify where minor tweaking of the program may be needed to better meet participants’ needs.

(2) Six-Month Post-Training Survey, of Primary Participants—This data

collection will be used to assess the behaviors and experiences of workshop participants in training others (i.e., secondary participants), and whether the training has promoted changes to participants’ use of PCOR resources in SDM with their patients. This survey

will also be used to assess whether the use of AHRQ EHC Program products has increased since participating in the

survey.

(3) One-Year Post-Training Survey of Primary Participants—This data

collection will be used to assess the long-term impact of the train-the-trainer workshop on participants’ use of PCOR resources in SDM with patients in clinical practice. The assessment will determine if the training results in or contributes to changes in participants’ continued use of key training concepts

relative to baseline and 6-month

assessments. This assessment also will provide information on the numbers of other individuals (i.e., secondary participants) who have received trainingat subsequent time points by the trainthe-trainer workshop participants and the impact of training those secondary participants on their organizational practices regarding using AHRQ EHC Program products in SDM with their patients.

(4) One-Year Post Training Survey of Secondary Workshop Participants—This

data collection will be used to assess the

effectiveness of the train-the-trainer format on disseminating knowledge among the health care community. The questions of interest include the following:

Æ Are participants from the train-thetrainer workshop able to effectively transfer or share key competencies from their training to other locally-based health care professionals (i.e., secondary participants)?

Æ Do secondary participants taught by AHRQ-sponsored train-the-trainer workshop participants increase their use of AHRQ EEC Program products in SDM with their patients?

(5) New Tool Survey—This data collection will be used to gather information on AHRQ Web site users experiences with the available new tools including who uses these tools and if they are useful.

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated

annualized burden hours for the respondents’ time to participate in this evaluation. For the longitudinal evaluation, four questionnaires will be completed by approximately 1,500 primary trainees who participate in the AHRQ-sponsored EtE train-the-trainer workshop, at the specified intervals, and each will require 10 or 15 minutes to complete. The annual survey of secondary participants will be completed by 3,000 secondary trainees (individuals who receive training from primary trainees) over the 3 years. Based on previous experience with convenience-based Web-based surveys,we estimate that the quarterly Webbased survey of new tool users will be completed by approximately 1,200 respondents over the 3-year period.

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated

annualized cost burden based on the respondents’ time to participate in this


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project. The total cost burden is estimated to be $91,668.



### EXHIBIT 

### 1—E STIMATED 

### ANNUALIZED 

### B URDEN 

### H OURS

Form name Number of respondents Number of

responses per

respondent Hours per

response Total burden
hours

Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) ..................................... * 1500 1 15/60 375 Post-training survey (time point #2) ................................................................. * 1500 1 15/60 375 6-month post training survey (time point #3) ................................................... * 1500 1 10/60 250 12-month post training survey (time point #4) ................................................. * 1500 1 10/60 250 Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) ................................. 3000 1 10/60 500 Quarterly survey of new tool users .................................................................. 1200 1 5/60 100

Total .......................................................................................................... ** 5,700 NA NA 1850

* These individuals are the same 1500 individuals (primary trainees) and will be assessed at four different time points. ** Estimated total number of unique respondents.



### EXHIBIT 

### 2—E STIMATED 

### ANNUALIZED 

### COST 

### B URDEN

Form name Number of respondents Total burden
hours Average hourly wage
rate *

($) Total cost
burden

($)

Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) ..................................... 1500 375 * 49.55 18,581 Post-training survey (time point #2) ................................................................. 1500 375 * 49.55 18,581 6-month post training survey (time point #3) ................................................... 1500 250 * 49.55 12,388 12-month post training survey (time point #4) ................................................. 1500 250 * 49.55 12,388 Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) ................................. 3000 500 * 49.55 24,775 Quarterly survey of new tool users .................................................................. 1200 100 * 49.55 4,955

Total .......................................................................................................... ** 5,700 1,850 NA91,668

* Average hourly wage based on the weighted average of wages for 1 Family and General Practitioner (29–1062, $81.78), 1 Internist (29– 1063, $86.20), 1 Physician Assistant (29–1071, $44.96), 1 Psychiatrist (29–1066, $95.33), 1 Nurse Practitioner (29–1171, $44.48), 3 RegisteredNurses (29–1141, $34.23), 1 Pharmacist (29–1051, $59.87), 1 Licensed Practical or Licensed Vocational Nurse (29–2061, $21.17), 1 Health Educator (21–1091, $20.52), and 1 Administrative Services Manager (11–3011, $37.61). Data Source: National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in the United States, May 2012, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’’ (available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4 621400.htm ). ** Estimated total number of unique respondents.

Request for Comments

In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 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 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: June 6, 2014.

Richard Kronick,

AHRQ Director.

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**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: ‘‘The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator

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Submission Guidelines.’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed

information collection.

This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 28th, 2014 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose

of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice must be received by July 17, 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