[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47302-47303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18132]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2021-HA-0086]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Health Agency announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 October 
25, 2021.

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: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket 
listed above.
    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.

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, ATTN: Dr. Kimberely Aiyelawo, 7700 Arlington Blvd., Suite 5101, 
Falls Church, VA 22042 or call 703-681-3636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Patient Safety Culture 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

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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 Department of Defense 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. 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.
    Affected Public: Federal Government, Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,251.2.
    Number of Respondents: 7,820.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 7,820.
    Average Burden per Response: 0.16 hours.
    Frequency: As required.

    Dated: August 17, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-18132 Filed 8-23-21; 8:45 am]
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