82 FR 39435 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)

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This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to request that the Office of Management and Budget approve the proposed information collection project: ``TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course.'' This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2017, 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.

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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.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality to request that the Office of
Management and Budget approve the proposed information collection
project: ``TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on May 18, 2017, 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 September 18, 2017.

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

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course

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:
``TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course.'' In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed information collection.
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. As part of its effort to fulfill
its mission goals, AHRQ, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of
Defense's TRICARE Management Activity, developed TeamSTEPPS[supreg]
(Team Strategies and Tools for Enhancing Performance and Patient
Safety) to provide an evidence-based suite of tools and strategies for
training teamwork-based patient safety to health care professionals.
TeamSTEPPS includes multiple toolkits, which are all tied to, or are
variants of, the core curriculum. TeamSTEPPS resources have been
developed for primary care, rapid response systems, long-term care, and
patients with limited English proficiency.
The main objective of the TeamSTEPPS program is to improve patient
safety by training health care staff in various teamwork,
communication, and patient safety concepts, tools, and techniques and
ultimately helping to build national capacity for supporting teamwork-
based patient safety efforts in health care organizations.
Created in 2007, AHRQ's National Implementation Program trains
Master Trainers who have stimulated the use and adoption of TeamSTEPPS
in health care delivery systems. These individuals were trained during
two-day, in-person classes using the TeamSTEPPS core curriculum at
regional training centers across the U.S. AHRQ has also provided
technical assistance and consultation on implementing TeamSTEPPS and
has developed user networks, various educational venues, and other
channels of learning for continued support and the improvement of
teamwork in health care. Since the inception of the National
Implementation Program, AHRQ has trained more than 6,000 participants
to serve as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers.
The success of the National Implementation Program resulted in
increased requests for in-person training, with wait lists for training
at times exceeding 500 individuals. AHRQ has been unable to match the
demand for TeamSTEPPS Master Training.
To address this prevailing need, AHRQ developed TeamSTEPPS 2.0
Online Master Trainer course, which mirrors the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 core
curriculum and provides equivalent training to the in-person classes
offered through the National Implementation Program.
As part of this initiative, AHRQ seeks to continue to conduct an
evaluation of the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program. This
evaluation seeks to understand the effectiveness of TeamSTEPPS 2.0
Online Master Training and what revisions might be required to improve
the training program.
This research has the following goals:
(1) Conduct a formative assessment of the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online
Master Trainer program to determine what improvements should be made to
the training and how it is delivered, and
(2) Identify how trained participants use and implement the
TeamSTEPPS tools and resources.
The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program is led by
Reingold, Inc. This study is being conducted by Reingold's
subcontractor, IMPAQ International (IMPAQ). This study is being
conducted 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 health care services and with
respect to quality measurement and improvement, 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1)
and (2).

Method of Collection

To achieve this project's goals, AHRQ will train participants using
the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program and then survey these
participants 6 months post-training. Each activity is briefly described
below.
1. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course. This training
program, which includes 13 accredited hours of

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training, is based on the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 instructional materials and
will be delivered online to 3,000 participants. The training will cover
the core TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies, coaching, organizational
change, and implementation science.
2. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post-Training Survey. This online
instrument will be administered to all participants who complete the
TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Training. The survey will be administered
6 months after participants complete the training program.
This data collection is for the purpose of conducting an evaluation
of the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program which was last
approved by OMB on November 14, 2014 (OMB Control Number is 0935-0224),
and will expire November 30, 2017. The evaluation is primarily
formative in nature as AHRQ seeks information to improve the delivery
of the training.
This is a new data collection for the purpose of conducting an
evaluation of TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program. The
evaluation will be primarily formative in nature as AHRQ seeks
information to improve the delivery of the training.
The OMB Control Number for the MEPS-HC and MPC is 0935-0118, which
was last approved by OMB on December 20, 2012, and will expire on
December 31, 2015.
To conduct the evaluation, the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post-Training
Survey will be administered to all individuals who completed the
TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program, 6 months after completing
training. The purpose of the survey is to assess the degree to which
participants felt prepared by the training and what they did to
implement TeamSTEPPS. Specifically, participants will be asked about
their reasons for participating in the program; the degree to which
they feel the training prepared them to train others in and use
TeamSTEPPS; what tools they have implemented in their organizations;
and resulting changes they have observed in the delivery of care.

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondent's time to participate in the study. The TeamSTEPPS 2.0
Online Post-Training Survey will be completed by approximately 3,000
individuals. We estimate that each respondent will require 20 minutes
to complete the survey. The total annualized burden is estimated to be
1,000 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to participate in the study. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $45,320.

Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Training participant questionnaire.............. 3,000 1 20/60 1,000
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Total....................................... 3,000 N/A N/A 1,000
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Average
Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
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Training participant questionnaire.............. 3,000 1,000 $45.32 $45,320
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Total....................................... 3,000 1,000 N/A $45,320
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* Based on the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29-0000) and wages for medical and health
services managers (11-9111) for the training participant questionnaire presented in the National Compensation
Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2016, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).

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.

Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
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The FTC Act and other laws that the Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 technical assistance and consultation on
Commission administers permit the (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by implementing TeamSTEPPS and has
collection of public comments to email at OIRA_submission@ developed user networks, various
consider and use in this proceeding as omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk educational venues, and other channels
appropriate. The Commission will officer). of learning for continued support and
consider all timely and responsive FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the improvement of teamwork in health
public comments that it receives on or Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports care. Since the inception of the National
before September 18, 2017. For Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by Implementation Program, AHRQ has
information on the Commission’s email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. trained more than 6,000 participants to
privacy policy, including routine uses SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
serve as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers.
permitted by the Privacy Act, see The success of the National
https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ Proposed Project Implementation Program resulted in
privacy-policy. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer increased requests for in-person
Comments on the information Course training, with wait lists for training at
collection requirements subject to times exceeding 500 individuals. AHRQ
review under the PRA should This notice announces the intention has been unable to match the demand
additionally be submitted to OMB. If of the Agency for Healthcare Research for TeamSTEPPS Master Training.
sent by U.S. mail, they should be and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the To address this prevailing need,
addressed to Office of Information and Office of Management and Budget AHRQ developed TeamSTEPPS 2.0
Regulatory Affairs, Office of (OMB) approve the proposed Online Master Trainer course, which
Management and Budget, Attention: information collection project: mirrors the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 core
Desk Officer for the Federal Trade ‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master curriculum and provides equivalent
Commission, New Executive Office Trainer Course.’’ In accordance with the training to the in-person classes offered
Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. through the National Implementation
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to Program.
20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. comment on this proposed information As part of this initiative, AHRQ seeks
postal mail are subject to delays due to collection. to continue to conduct an evaluation of
In accordance with the Paperwork the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
heightened security precautions. Thus,
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– Trainer program. This evaluation seeks
comments instead can also be sent via
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ to understand the effectiveness of
email to wliberante@omb.eop.gov.
invites the public to comment on this TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
David C. Shonka, proposed information collection. As Training and what revisions might be
Acting General Counsel. part of its effort to fulfill its mission required to improve the training
[FR Doc. 2017–17445 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] goals, AHRQ, in collaboration with the program.
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U.S. Department of Defense’s TRICARE This research has the following goals:
Management Activity, developed (1) Conduct a formative assessment of
TeamSTEPPS® (Team Strategies and the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
Tools for Enhancing Performance and Trainer program to determine what
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Patient Safety) to provide an evidence- improvements should be made to the
HUMAN SERVICES
based suite of tools and strategies for training and how it is delivered, and
Agency for Healthcare Research and training teamwork-based patient safety (2) Identify how trained participants
Quality to health care professionals. use and implement the TeamSTEPPS
TeamSTEPPS includes multiple tools and resources.
Agency Information Collection toolkits, which are all tied to, or are The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
Activities: Proposed Collection; variants of, the core curriculum. Trainer program is led by Reingold, Inc.
Comment Request TeamSTEPPS resources have been This study is being conducted by
developed for primary care, rapid Reingold’s subcontractor, IMPAQ
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research response systems, long-term care, and International (IMPAQ). This study is
and Quality, HHS. patients with limited English being conducted pursuant to AHRQ’s
ACTION: Notice. proficiency. statutory authority to conduct and
The main objective of the support research on health care and on
SUMMARY: This notice announces the TeamSTEPPS program is to improve systems for the delivery of such care,
intention of the Agency for Healthcare patient safety by training health care including activities with respect to the
Research and Quality to request that the staff in various teamwork, quality, effectiveness, efficiency,
Office of Management and Budget communication, and patient safety appropriateness, and value of health
approve the proposed information concepts, tools, and techniques and care services and with respect to quality
collection project: ‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 ultimately helping to build national measurement and improvement, 42
Online Master Trainer Course.’’ capacity for supporting teamwork-based
This proposed information collection U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
patient safety efforts in health care
was previously published in the Federal organizations. Method of Collection
Register on May 18, 2017, and allowed Created in 2007, AHRQ’s National To achieve this project’s goals, AHRQ
60 days for public comment. AHRQ did Implementation Program trains Master will train participants using the
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not receive any substantive comments. Trainers who have stimulated the use TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer
The purpose of this notice is to allow an and adoption of TeamSTEPPS in health program and then survey these
additional 30 days for public comment. care delivery systems. These individuals participants 6 months post-training.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be were trained during two-day, in-person Each activity is briefly described below.
received by September 18, 2017. classes using the TeamSTEPPS core 1. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
ADDRESSES: Written comments should curriculum at regional training centers Trainer Course. This training program,
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk across the U.S. AHRQ has also provided which includes 13 accredited hours of

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training, is based on the TeamSTEPPS This is a new data collection for the feel the training prepared them to train
2.0 instructional materials and will be purpose of conducting an evaluation of others in and use TeamSTEPPS; what
delivered online to 3,000 participants. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer tools they have implemented in their
The training will cover the core program. The evaluation will be organizations; and resulting changes
TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies, primarily formative in nature as AHRQ they have observed in the delivery of
coaching, organizational change, and seeks information to improve the care.
implementation science. delivery of the training.
2. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post- The OMB Control Number for the Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Training Survey. This online instrument MEPS–HC and MPC is 0935–0118,
will be administered to all participants which was last approved by OMB on Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
who complete the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 December 20, 2012, and will expire on annualized burden hours for the
Online Master Training. The survey will December 31, 2015. respondent’s time to participate in the
be administered 6 months after To conduct the evaluation, the study. The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online
participants complete the training TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post-Training Post-Training Survey will be completed
program. Survey will be administered to all by approximately 3,000 individuals. We
This data collection is for the purpose individuals who completed the estimate that each respondent will
of conducting an evaluation of the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer require 20 minutes to complete the
TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer program, 6 months after completing survey. The total annualized burden is
program which was last approved by training. The purpose of the survey is to estimated to be 1,000 hours.
OMB on November 14, 2014 (OMB assess the degree to which participants
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
Control Number is 0935–0224), and will felt prepared by the training and what
expire November 30, 2017. The they did to implement TeamSTEPPS. annualized cost burden based on the
evaluation is primarily formative in Specifically, participants will be asked respondents’ time to participate in the
nature as AHRQ seeks information to about their reasons for participating in study. The total cost burden is estimated
improve the delivery of the training. the program; the degree to which they to be $45,320.

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
Number of Hours per Total burden
Form name responses per
respondents response hours
respondent

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1 20/60 1,000

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 N/A N/A 1,000

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Average
Number of Total burden Total cost
Form name hourly wage
respondents hours burden
rate *

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1,000 $45.32 $45,320

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 1,000 N/A $45,320
* Based on the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29–0000) and wages for medical and health services managers (11–
9111) for the training participant questionnaire presented in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May
2016, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).

Request for Comments automated collection techniques or DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
In accordance with the Paperwork other forms of information technology. HUMAN SERVICES
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s Comments submitted in response to
Centers for Disease Control and
information collection are requested this notice will be summarized and
Prevention
with regard to any of the following: (a) included in the Agency’s subsequent
Whether the proposed collection of request for OMB approval of the
information is necessary for the proper [30Day–17–17ABD]
proposed information collection. All
performance of AHRQ health care comments will become a matter of Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
research and health care information public record. Reduction Act Review
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have Sharon B. Arnold, The Centers for Disease Control and
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Deputy Director. Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including [FR Doc. 2017–17502 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] following information collection request
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enhance the quality, utility, and clarity accordance with the Paperwork
of the information to be collected; and Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the the proposed information collection is
collection of information upon the published to obtain comments from the
respondents, including the use of public and affected agencies.

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82 FR 39435 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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