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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: October 6, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24513 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

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: 

‘‘Continuing Education for Comparative 

Effectiveness Research Survey.’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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 August 4th, 2014 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. 

AHRQ did not receive any substantive 

comments. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

email at OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk 

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 

Continuing Education for Comparative 

Effectiveness Research Survey 

Patient-centered outcomes research 

(PCOR) is an area that has seen 

increased focus from research agencies 

and other government entities. Also 

known as comparative effectiveness 

research, PCOR is the focus of AHRQ’s 

Effective Health Care (EHC) program, 

which has the mission of providing 

health care decisionmakers (e.g., 

patients, health care providers, 

purchasers, and policymakers) with 

recent evidence-based information 

about the harms, benefits, and 

effectiveness of various treatment 

options by comparing medical devices, 

surgeries, tests, drugs, or ways to deliver 

health care. 

The EHC program was created in 

response to Section 1013 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 and became the first federal 

program to conduct PCOR and 

disseminate those findings to the public. 

AHRQ works with researchers, 

academic organizations, and research 

centers through the EHC program on 

work relating to methods, training, and 

dissemination of products to a variety of 

stakeholders to help spread awareness 

and knowledge about PCOR. It is 

important for AHRQ to be able to 

measure the effectiveness of these 

products, which include training 

modules and publications, specifically 

around how they are affecting health 

care professionals’ understanding, 

awareness, and use of PCOR and its 

related concepts. It is also important for 

AHRQ to be able to identify ways to 

improve how this information is being 

disseminated to the medical 

community. 

The Continuing Education for 

Comparative Effectiveness Research 

Project is designed to provide online 

continuing education materials that 

inform physicians and other health care 

providers about patient-centered health 

research from the EHC Program, 

specifically comparative effectiveness 

research reports, and other governmentfunded comparative clinical 

effectiveness research. Online 

multimedia continuing education 

modules based on the Effective Health 

Care Program http://www.

effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/tools-andresources/cmece-activities/ comparative 

effectiveness research reports will be 

planned, developed, disseminated, and 

promoted. In addition, data will be 

collected on the modules to assess their 

effectiveness and impact. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, Hayes Inc. 

(Hayes) and Hayes’ subcontractors, 

Deloitte Consulting LLP (Deloitte), 

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 collection will be 

implemented: (1) Each training module 

will involve one follow-up 

questionnaire that would be 

administered six months after the 

completion of the course for the 

purposes of tracking the longer-term 

effectiveness of the modules. 

This data collection will help to meet 

AHRQ’s objectives to: 

1. Understand the extent to which 

these online continuing education 

modules based on the EHC Program 

comparative effectiveness research 

reports improve knowledge of each 

topic and change participants’ 

awareness of, attitude towards, and/or 

confidence to apply CER in their 

clinical practice. 

2. Track information about the 

dissemination efforts employed for CE/ 

CER information specific to the 

modules, and the uptake of AHRQ’s 

other EHC Program materials as a result 

of the project, including the Clinician 

and Consumer Summaries when 

available. 

3. Determine implementation 

practices (e.g. changes in practice 

behavior or implementation of the 

information conveyed in the modules) 

that occur as a result of the learning. 

4. Identify opportunities for 

improving the presentation and delivery 

of CE modules by gathering information 

on the participants’ reactions to the 

modules and to the faculty presenters 

through the post-event evaluation 

assessment. 

AHRQ will use the information 

collected through this Information 

Collection Request to assess the shortand long-term progress in achieving the 

dissemination and implementation aims 

of the Continuing Education project. 

Estimated Total Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 provides information on the 

estimated time to complete the data 

collection survey. These educational 

activities are enduring training modules 

and will be available for a 2-year period. 

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Survey will be administered to each 

individual 6 months after completing 

the module. On average, respondents 

will spend 5 minutes completing the 

survey. As many as 4,400 health care 

professionals are expected to complete 

the surveys, based on an average of 

2,000 health care providers taking each 

module with a 10% response rate, or 

200; 200 × 22 modules = 4,400. On 

average, respondents will spend 5 

minutes completing the survey. The 

total burden is estimated to be 367 

hours. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED RESPONDENT BURDEN

Estimated number of 

respondents 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

(minutes) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

respondent 

burden 

(minutes) 

Total 

burden per 

respondent 

(minutes) 

Total 

respondent 

burden 

(hours) 

A B C 

(A*B) 

D E 

(C*D) 

F 

(B*D) 

G 

(E/60) 

4400 ................................. 5 22,000 1 22,000 5 367 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

AHRQ Online CME/CE 6-Month Evaluation .................................... 4,400 367 $49.83 $18,288 

Total .......................................................................................... 4,400 367 N/A 18,288 

* Based upon the mean of the average hourly wages for Physicians (29–1069; $92.25), Pharmacists (29–1051; $56.01), Physician Assistants 

(29–1071; $45.36), Nurse Practitioners (29–1171; $45.71), Registered Nurses (29–1111; $33.13), and Healthcare Practitioners (29–9099; 

$26.54), May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, United States, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#29-0000 viewed May 5, 2014. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 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 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: October 9, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24509 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Scientific Information Request on 

Management and Outcomes of Binge 

Eating Disorder (BED) 

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 

Management and Outcomes of Binge 

Eating Disorder, which is currently 

being conducted by AHRQ’s Evidencebased Practice Center (EPC) 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 902(a) of the 

Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 

299a(a). 

DATES: Submission deadline on or 

before November 17, 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, 37105W 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality has commissioned the 

Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) 

Program to complete a review of the 

evidence for Management and 

Outcomes of Binge Eating Disorder. 

The EPC Program is dedicated to 

identifying as many studies as possible 

that are relevant to the questions for 

each of its reviews. In order to do so, we 

are supplementing the usual manual 

and electronic database searches of the 

literature by requesting information 

from the public (e.g., details of studies 

conducted). We are looking for studies 

that report on Management and 


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