[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19141-19142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09104]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0750]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Ethics 
Consultation Feedback Tool (ECFT)

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0750'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of 
Quality, Privacy and Risk (OQPR), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0750'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority:  38 U.S.C. Part 1Chapter 5 Section 527.

    Title: Ethics Consultation Feedback Tool (ECFT); VA Form 10-10065.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0750.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Ethics consultation is a service provided in all Veterans 
Health Administration (VHA) facilities. We define ethics consultation 
as a service provided by an individual ethics consultant, ethics 
consultation team, or ethics committee to help patients, providers, and 
other parties resolve ethical concerns in a health care setting. The 
overall goal of ethics consultation is to improve health care quality 
by facilitating the resolution of ethical concerns. By providing a 
forum for discussion and methods for careful analysis, effective ethics 
consultation:

 Promotes practices consistent with high ethical standards
 helps foster consensus and resolve conflict in an atmosphere 
of respect
 honors participants' authority and values in the decision-
making process
 educates participants to handle current and future ethical 
concerns

    Ensuring the success of the ethics consultation service also 
requires ongoing evaluation, by which we mean systematic assessment of 
the operation and/or outcomes of a program compared to a set of 
explicit or implicit standards, as a means of contributing to the 
continuous improvement of the program. Evaluation is an important

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strategy to improve the process of ethics consultation (i.e., how 
ethics consultation is being performed) as well as its outcomes (i.e., 
how ethics consultation affects participants and the facility).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 82 FR 52972 on November 15, 2017, pages 
52972 and 52973.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 47 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 569.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-09104 Filed 4-30-18; 8:45 am]
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