Cover Letter

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION UNDER THE

Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DATE OF REQUEST: 01/11/2021

SUB AGENCY (I/C): HHS/AHRQ

TITLE: Stakeholder Interviews for Task 5 of AHRQ’s ACTION III Diagnostic Safety Capacity Building Contract

(TORFP: 75P00119R00265)

GENERIC CLEARANCE UNDER OMB#: 0925-0179 EXP. DATE: 11/30/2023

ABSTRACT:

The MedStar Health Research Institute was awarded a contract with AHRQ to provide program support and expertise related to improving diagnostic safety and quality across five distinct contract tasks. Task 5 of the contract is to develop, pilot test and promote a Resource to improve diagnostic measurement (the Resource). To execute this task, the contractor has assembled an interprofessional team to develop a brief, modular toolkit, that provides clinicians, quality and safety personnel, and healthcare organization leaders with three potential diagnostic safety measurement strategies to implement for the purposes of learning and improvement.

A qualitative approach to data collection (e.g., individual interviews and/or focus groups) and analysis will be used to pilot test the Resource and provide useful insights on stakeholders’ perceptions and opinions, identify barriers and facilitators to adoption, receptivity to the Resource by stakeholders, as well as to explore general stakeholder feedback to enhance the usability of the Resource materials. The approach will not consist of statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population. Pilot testing will occur at up to 20 information collection settings and the feasibility of implementation will be assessed at the stakeholder and setting levels. The information collected from stakeholders will be used to revise the Resource in order to promote widespread adoption.

Organizations that download MONAHRQ and generate reports to help improve health care are referred to as “Host Users.” The Future of MONAHRQ Survey 2014 will be accessible to current and prospective Host Users. Examples of Host Users include: state agencies, public health departments, hospital associations, hospital systems, and individual hospitals, multi-stakeholder alliances and coalitions, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), and health plans.

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN APPROVED: 3,383 Hours Per year

BURDEN USED TO DATE: 1687 hours.

BURDEN THIS REQUEST: 155 hours.

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $18,616_____.

IS RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTED AS REQUIRED?

______YES ______ NO _x____ N/A

OBLIGATION TO RESPOND:

___x___ VOLUNTARY

______ REQUIRED TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN BENEFITS

______ MANDATORY

HOW WILL THIS SURVEY BE OFFERED?

_____ WEB SITE

____ _ TELEPHONE INTERVIEW

_____ MAIL RESPONSE

_____ IN PERSON INTERVIEW

___x__ OTHER: __ Stakeholder interviews and/or focus groups

CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: _Erwin Brown______________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 301.427.1652________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: _ebrown@ahrq.gov________________