[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51873-51874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13462]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2024-HA-0068]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs (OASD(HA)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Health Agency (DHA) announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

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clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the information collection on respondents, including through 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 
19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 
08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to Defense Health 
Agency, 7700 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042, Amanda Grifka, 
703-681-1771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense (DoD) 
Patient Safety Culture Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-0034.
    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 teamwork 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 DoD 
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 Military 
Health System staff opinions on patient safety issues such as teamwork, 
communications, medical error occurrence and response, error reporting, 
and overall perceptions of patient safety.
    Affected Public: Federal government; individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,228.
    Number of Respondents: 7,370.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 7,370.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: As required.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-13462 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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