[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77501-77502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21627]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(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 
23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372-7574, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Health Agency 
Patient Safety Culture Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-0034.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 30,965.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 30,965.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,161.
    Needs and Uses: The 2001 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 
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). As an ongoing response to this 
legislation, DHA Headquarters has implemented a web-based patient 
safety culture survey to obtain DHA staff opinions on patient safety 
issues. Participation in the DHA Patient Safety Culture Survey also 
fulfills The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditation requirements related 
to assessing patient safety culture and using the results to improve. 
As part of its Leadership Standards, TJC requires facility leaders to 
regularly evaluate the culture of safety and quality using valid and 
reliable tools and prioritize and implement changes identified by the 
evaluation. Additionally, DHA inpatient military treatment facilities 
(MTFs) recently began participating in The Leapfrog Hospital Safety 
Grade, an

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initiative that provides a letter grade rating of a hospital's patient 
safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. 
Participation in the DHA Patient Safety Culture Survey provides MTFs 
with data and information assessed by The Leapfrog Group as part of the 
Hospital Safety Grade calculation.
    Affected Public: Federal government; individuals or households.
    Frequency: As required.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Matt Eliseo.
    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. Reginald Lucas.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

    Dated: September 17, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-21627 Filed 9-20-24; 8:45 am]
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