[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 95 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22828-22830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10066]


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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 (AHRQ) to request that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection 
project: ``TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course.''

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 17, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at 
[email protected].
    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 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer Course

    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 
channel 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.
    Due to the success of the National Implementation Program, which 
resulted in increased requests for in-person training, AHRQ had been 
unable to match the demand for TeamSTEPPS Master Training, and wait 
lists for training at times exceeded 500 individuals.
    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

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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 six 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 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 
six 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 14th 2014 (OMB Control Number is 0935-
0224), and will expire November 30th, 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 20th, 2012, and will expire on 
December 31st, 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, six 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

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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.
[FR Doc. 2017-10066 Filed 5-17-17; 8:45 am]
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