Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
| Citation | 84 FR 41989 |
| Record Number | 2019-17652 |
| Published date | 16 August 2019 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 159 (Friday, August 16, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41989-41990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17652]
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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, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project ``Systematic Review Data Repository.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on June 14, 2019 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. There were no substantive comments received by AHRQ. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by 30 days after date
of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ's OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395-6974 (attention: AHRQ's desk officer) or by
email at [email protected] (attention: AHRQ's desk officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. In 1997, AHRQ launched an initiative to promote evidence-
based practice in everyday care through establishment of the Evidence-
based Practice Center (EPC) Program. Since then, the EPCs have been
reviewing all relevant scientific literature on a wide spectrum of
clinical and health services topics to produce various types of
evidence reports. A majority of these evidence reports are systematic
reviews (SRs), which are used as evidence bases for clinical practice
guidelines, research agendas, healthcare coverage, and other health
related policies. Performing SRs is costly in time, labor, and money.
Moreover, there is an increasing expectation of quicker turnaround in
producing SRs to accommodate the fast moving pace of innovations and
new scientific discoveries in healthcare. Some SRs overlap or are
replicated; independent teams of SR producers often extract data from
the same studies, resulting in replication of work. Current methodology
makes it difficult to harness and reuse previous work when updating
SRs.
In an effort to reduce the economic burden of conducting SRs, the
EPC Program undertook development of a collaborative, Web-based
repository of systematic review data called the Systematic Review Data
Repository (SRDR). This resource serves as both an archive and data
extraction tool, shared among organizations and individuals producing
SRs worldwide, enabling the creation of a central database of SR data.
This database is collaboratively vetted, freely accessible, and
integrates seamlessly with reviewers' existing workflows, with the
ultimate goal of facilitating the efficient generation and update of
evidence reviews, and thus speeding and improving policy-making with
regard to health care. Currently, there are two versions of the
database: (1) The original version called ``SRDR''; and (2) an upgraded
version with increased functionality. Further upgrade of the database
is planned for the next year (to be called ``SRDR 2.0''). The SRDR
project encompass there various iterations of the database.
The SRDR project aims to achieve the following goals:
(1) Create online easy-to-use Web-based tools for conducting
systematic reviews to facilitate extraction of data from primary
studies;
(2) Develop an open-access searchable archive of key questions
addressed in systematic reviews;
(3) Maintain a public repository of primary study data including
provision of technical support for repository users; and
(4) Develop a process for making summary data from systematic
reviews digitally shareable to end-users.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, Brown
University, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and
support research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such
care, including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare services, including
database development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections
will be implemented:
(1) Collect registration data and information on SRs from SR
producers who will populate the SRDR system.
SRDR uses a three-tiered categorization of users and collection of
registration data that depends on the type of user: (1)
``Contributors'' are SR producers who use SRDR as a tool to support
production of the SR and share scientific data from their SRs.
Registration data will be collected from these users; (2)
``Commentators''
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provide comments (i.e., opinions) on publicly available scientific data
in SRDR. Registration data will be collected from these users; (3)
``General public'' users only view scientific data publicly available
in SRDR. No data will be collected from these type of users.
All Contributors and Commentators will undergo a simple self-
registration process by providing a username, password, email address,
and institution. Collection of registration data from Contributors and
Commentators is required due to the use of SRDR both as a database and
as a tool for assisting in the production of a SR, including providing
comments in the various sections of a particular project on SRDR. In
addition, provision of an email address and institution information
allows the administrators of SRDR to confirm that requests are being
made by actual people and not potentially malicious software code such
as bots and other cybersecurity threats.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the SRDR. In 2017, 176 users
registered as Commentators and 206 users registered as Contributors.
Registration will take approximately 2 minutes per user. We thus
calculate the total burden hours required for registration for all
users annually is 12.73 hours.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Registration of users as Commentators or 382 1 2/60 12.73
Contributors...................................
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Total....................................... 382 .............. .............. 12.73
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Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden associated with the
respondents' time to participate in the SRDR. The total cost burden to
respondents is estimated at an average of $501.82 annually.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents hours wage rate * burden
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Registration of users as Commentators or 382 12.73 \a\ $39.42 $501.82
Contributors...................................
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Total....................................... 382 12.73 .............. 501.82
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* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2018, ``U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.'' Available at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm.
\a\ Based on the mean wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, 29-0000.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's
information collection are requested with regard to any of the
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ's health care research and
health care information dissemination functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's
estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in AHRQ's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 13, 2019.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2019-17652 Filed 8-15-19; 8:45 am]
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