[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49074-49075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20777]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2018-HA-0045]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance 
the following proposal for collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
29, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD Desk Officer, 
at [email protected]. Please identify the proposed 
information collection by DoD Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and title 
of the information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Patient Safety Culture Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-0034.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 9,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 9,200.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,533.
    Needs and Uses: The 2001 National Defense Authorization Act 
contains specific sections addressing patient safety in military and 
veterans' health care systems. This legislation states that the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish a patient care error reporting and 
management system to study occurrences of errors in patient care and 
that one purpose of the system should be to ``identify systemic factors 
that are associated with such occurrences'' and ``to provide for action 
to be taken to correct the identified systemic factors'' (Sec. 754, 
items b2 and b3). In addition, the legislation states that the 
Secretary shall ``continue research and development investments to 
improve communication, coordination, and team work in the provision of 
health care''. (Sec. 754, item d4).
    In its ongoing response to this legislation and in support of its 
mission to ``promote a culture of safety to eliminate preventable 
patient harm by engaging, educating and equipping patient-care teams to 
institutionalize evidence-based safe practices,'' the DoD Patient 
Safety Program plans to field the Department of Defense Patient Safety 
Culture Survey. The Culture Survey is based on the Department of Health 
and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's 
validated survey instrument. The survey obtains MHS staff opinions on 
patient safety issues

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such as teamwork, communications, medical error occurrence and 
response, error reporting, and overall perceptions of patient safety.
    Affected Public: Federal Government; Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: As required.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Cortney Higgins.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID number, and title for this Federal Register document. 
The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of 
the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on 
the internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Licari at [email protected].

    Dated: September 19, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-20777 Filed 9-27-18; 8:45 am]
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