Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2022 / Notices 33795 

Dated: May 27, 2022. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11943 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–P 

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: 

‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture Comparative Database.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by August 2, 2022. 

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 

‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture Comparative Database’’ 

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture (Hospital SOPS) is designed to 

enable hospitals to assess provider and 

staff perspectives about patient safety 

issues, medical error, and error 

reporting. The Hospital SOPS includes 

42 items that measure 12 composites of 

patient safety culture. AHRQ first made 

the Hospital SOPS publicly available, 

along with a Survey User’s Guide and 

other toolkit materials, in November, 

2004, on the AHRQ website. 

The Hospital SOPS Database consists 

of data from the AHRQ Hospital Survey 

on Patient Safety Culture and may 

include reportable, non-required 

supplemental items. Hospitals in the 

U.S. can voluntarily submit data from 

the survey to AHRQ, through its 

contractor, Westat. The Hospital SOPS 

Database (OMB NO. 0935–0162, last 

approved on August 21, 2019) was 

developed by AHRQ in 2006 in 

response to requests from hospitals 

interested in tracking their own survey 

results. Those organizations submitting 

data receive a feedback report, as well 

as a report of the aggregated deidentified findings of the other hospitals 

submitting data. These reports are used 

to assist hospital staff in their efforts to 

improve patient safety culture in their 

organizations. 

Rationale for the information 

collection. The Hospital SOPS and the 

Hospital SOPS Database support 

AHRQ’s goals of promoting 

improvements in the quality and safety 

of health care in hospital settings. The 

survey, toolkit materials, and database 

results are all made publicly available 

on AHRQ’s website. Technical 

assistance is provided by AHRQ through 

its contractor at no charge to hospitals, 

to facilitate the use of these materials for 

hospital patient safety and quality 

improvement. This database will: 

(1) present results from hospitals that 

voluntarily submit their data, 

(2) provide data to hospitals to 

facilitate internal assessment and 

learning in the patient safety 

improvement process, and 

(3) provide supplemental information 

to help hospitals identify their strengths 

and areas with potential for 

improvement in patient safety culture. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, Westat, 

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 healthcare 

services and with respect to surveys and 

database development. 42 U.S.C. 

299a(a)(1) and (8). 

Method of Collection 

(1) Eligibility and Registration Form— 

The hospital point-of-contact (POC) 

completes a number of data submission 

steps and forms, beginning with the 

completion of an online Eligibility and 

Registration Form. The purpose of this 

form is to collect basic demographic 

information about the hospital and 

initiate the registration process. 

(2) Data Use Agreement—The 

purpose of the data use agreement, 

completed by the hospital POC, is to 

state how data submitted by hospitals 

will be used and provide privacy 

assurances. 

(3) Hospital Site Information Form— 

The purpose of the site information 

form, also completed by the hospital 

POC, is to collect background 

characteristics of the hospital. This 

information will be used to analyze data 

collected with the Hospital SOPS 

survey. 

(4) Data Files Submission—POCs 

upload their data file(s), using hospital 

data file specifications, to ensure that 

users submit standardized and 

consistent data in the way variables are 

named, coded, and formatted. The 

number of submissions to the database 

is likely to vary each year because 

hospitals do not administer the survey 

and submit data every year. Data 

submission is typically handled by one 

POC who is either a patient safety 

manager in the hospital or a survey 

vendor who contracts with a hospital to 

collect and submit their data. POCs 

submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on 

average, because many hospitals are part 

of a health system that includes many 

hospitals, or the POC is a vendor that is 

submitting data for multiple hospitals. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondents’ time to participate in the 

database. An estimated 340 POCs, 

representing an average of 3 individual 

hospitals each, will complete the 

database submission steps and forms 

annually. Each POC will submit the 

following: 

• Eligibility and registration form 

(completion is estimated to take about 3 

minutes). 

• Data Use Agreement (completion is 

estimated to take about 3 minutes). 

• Hospital Information Form 

(completion is estimated to take about 5 

minutes). 

• Survey data submission will take an 

average of one hour. 

The total annual burden hours are 

estimated to be 459 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to submit their data. 

The cost burden is estimated to be 

$28,044.90 annually. 


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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name 

Number of 

respondents/ 

POCs 

Number of 

responses 

per POC 

Hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Eligibility/Registration Form ............................................................................. 340 1 3/60 17 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 340 1 3/60 17 

Hospital Information Form ............................................................................... 340 3 5/60 85 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 340 1 1 340 

Total .......................................................................................................... N/A N/A N/A 459 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name 

Number of 

respondents/ 

POCs 

Total 

burden hours 

Average 

hourly 

wage rate * 

Total 

cost burden 

Eligibility/Registration Form ............................................................................. 340 17 $61.10 $1,038.70 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 340 17 61.10 1,038.70 

Hospital Information Form ............................................................................... 340 85 61.10 5,193.50 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 340 340 61.10 20,744.00 

Total .......................................................................................................... N/A N/A N/A 28,044.90 

* Mean hourly wage of $61.10 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000—Hospitals, located at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_

622000.htm. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 

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’s 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 27, 2022. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11882 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; Office of 

Community Services Data Collection 

for the Low Income Home Energy 

Assistance Program Quarterly 

Performance and Management Reports 

(0970–0589) 

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Community 

Services (OCS), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is requesting an 

extension of approval for an information 

request to collect data from Low Income 

Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP) grant recipients. This 

information collection was originally 

approved for 6 months as an emergency 

approval. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB is required to make a 

decision concerning the collection of 

information between 30 and 60 days 

after publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The proposed LIHEAP 

Quarterly Performance and Management 

Report will provide OCS information 

necessary to oversee recipients’ 

performance in administering historic 

levels of LIHEAP funding and reaching 

the most vulnerable households. The 

report solicits data on total households 

assisted (and the total households 

assisted during the same quarter of the 

previous FY for comparison); the 

number of occurrences that LIHEAP 

prevented the loss of home energy/the 

number of occurrences that LIHEAP 

restored home energy; estimated use of 

LIHEAP funds by LIHEAP funding 

source; LIHEAP information (e.g., 

training and technical assistance needs, 

changes to program policies, 

collaboration with other federal utility 

assistance programs, etc.); and any 

explanation needed regarding the 

reliability and/or validity of the 

responses in prior sections. The 

quarterly report is not an abbreviated 

version of the LIHEAP Annual Report or 


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