Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Published date20 May 2019
Citation84 FR 22848
Record Number2019-10451
SectionNotices
CourtAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality,Health And Human Services Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 97 (Monday, May 20, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 22848-22849]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-10451]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
                Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
                Comment Request
                AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
                Health and Human Services (HHS).
                ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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                SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests
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                public comments about the impact and use of Evidence-based Practice
                Center (EPC) Program evidence reviews. Members of the public include
                health care delivery organizations, guideline developers, payers,
                quality measure developers, research funders, and other organizations,
                including patient organizations, that have used AHRQ EPC evidence
                reviews.
                DATES: Comments must be received by xxxx, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: Send responses to [email protected].
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The AHRQ EPC Program at
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established in 1997, the mission of the EPC
                Program (https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/about/epc) is to create
                evidence reviews that improve health care by supporting evidence-based
                decision making by patients, providers, and policymakers. Evidence
                reviews summarize and synthesize existing literature and evidence using
                rigorous methods.
                 Understanding that knowledge synthesis is, by itself, insufficient
                to change health care practice and improve patient outcomes, the EPC
                Program has relied on partners who are committed to using these
                reports. Over the 20 years of its existence, the EPC Program has
                partnered with clinical professional organizations, federal agencies,
                and other health care organizations. These organizations have used EPC
                evidence reviews for a variety of activities, including developing
                clinical practice guidelines, coverage decisions, program planning,
                funding opportunities and more.
                 The EPC Program is committed to innovation and improving the
                utility of its evidence reviews. AHRQ wants to hear specific details
                about how organizations and people have used the information from EPC
                evidence reviews. This is especially important since 2019 is the last
                fiscal year in which funds appropriated to the Patient-Centered
                Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which has funded many EPC evidence
                reviews, will be made available to HHS. Therefore, the EPC Program
                wants to understand the impact of the AHRQ EPC evidence reviews and the
                effectiveness of its partnerships.
                 AHRQ seeks feedback:
                 From clinical professional societies or other groups who
                used AHRQ EPC evidence reviews for developing guidelines
                 From payers who used an AHRQ EPC evidence review to make
                coverage or other decisions
                 From health systems who used an AHRQ EPC evidence review
                to change how health care is practiced or delivered
                 From research funders who used an AHRQ EPC evidence review
                to set a research agenda
                 From other organizations including patient organizations
                that have used AHRQ EPC evidence reviews for various purposes
                 Specific questions of interest to AHRQ include, but are not limited
                to:
                 How you heard about the AHRQ EPC review
                 How you used the AHRQ EPC evidence review
                 How the AHRQ EPC evidence review changed your decision,
                recommendation, or action
                 What you would have done in the absence of an EPC report
                 Was the AHRQ EPC evidence review acknowledged or
                referenced in your decision, recommendation, or action? If so, how? And
                if not, why not?
                 Your assessment of the value of the unique contribution
                provided by AHRQ in conducting evidence reviews for improving patient
                care and outcomes
                 Based on your experiences, suggestions for how the EPC
                program can make its evidence reviews more useful and impactful
                 AHRQ is interested in all of the questions listed above, but
                respondents are welcome to address as many or as few as they choose and
                to address additional areas of interest not listed.
                 This RFI is for planning purposes only and should not be construed
                as a policy, solicitation for applications, or as an obligation on the
                part of the Government to provide support for any ideas in response to
                it. AHRQ will use the information submitted in response to this RFI at
                its discretion, and will not provide comments to any respondent's
                submission. However, responses to the RFI may be reflected in future
                solicitation(s) or policies. Respondents are advised that the
                Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the
                information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to
                any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential or
                sensitive information should be included in your response. The
                Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical
                information in any resultant solicitation(s). The contents of all
                submissions will be made available to the public upon request.
                Submitted materials must be publicly available or able to be made
                public.
                Gopal Khanna,
                Director.
                [FR Doc. 2019-10451 Filed 5-17-19; 8:45 am]
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