Approved
consistent with the understanding that community pharmacies
voluntarily submit their data to the database. Since the voluntary
organizations are not a random sample of the community pharmacy
population, and only a small percentage of all community pharmacies
may choose to participate, the submitting pharmacies are not
representative of all community pharmacies in the U.S. Estimates
based on this self-selected group may produce biased estimates of
the population and it is not possible to compute estimates of
precision from such a self-selected group. The first Pharmacy SOPS
Database in 2015 represented less than 0.5% of pharmacies in the
U.S. Therefore, AHRQ will communicate to users how to review the
database outcomes with these significant limitations in mind using
language on the SOPS Database webpage and in the published Database
Reports from 2015 onward.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/29/2020
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2017
600
0
1,950
138
0
296
0
0
0
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine
called for health care organizations to develop a “culture of
safety” such that their workforce and processes focus on improving
the reliability and safety of care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err
is Human: Building a Safer Health System). To respond to the need
for tools to assess patient safety culture in health care, AHRQ
developed and pilot tested the Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety
Culture with OMB approval (OMB NO. 0935-0183; Approved 08/12/2011).
The survey is designed to enable pharmacies to assess staff
opinions about patient and medication safety and quality-assurance
issues, and includes 36 items that measure 11 dimensions of patient
safety culture. AHRQ made the survey publicly available along with
a Survey User’s Guide and other toolkit materials in October 2012
on the AHRQ Web site. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine called for
health care organizations to develop a “culture of safety” such
that their workforce and processes focus on improving the
reliability and safety of care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err is
Human: Building a Safer Health System). To respond to the need for
tools to assess patient safety culture in health care, AHRQ
developed and pilot tested the Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety
Culture with OMB approval (OMB NO. 0935-0183; Approved 08/12/2011).
The survey is designed to enable pharmacies to assess staff
opinions about patient and medication safety and quality-assurance
issues, and includes 36 items that measure 11 dimensions of patient
safety culture. AHRQ made the survey publicly available along with
a Survey User’s Guide and other toolkit materials in October 2012
on the AHRQ Web site. The AHRQ Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety
Culture (Pharmacy SOPS) Database consists of data from the AHRQ
Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Pharmacies in the U.S.
are asked to voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ,
through its contractor, Westat. The Pharmacy SOPS Database is
modeled after three other SOPS databases: Hospital SOPS [OMB NO.
0935-0162; Approved 05/04/2010]; Medical Office SOPS [OMB NO.
0935-0196; Approved 06/12/12]; and Nursing Home SOPS [OMB NO.
0935-0195; Approved 06/12/12] that were originally developed by
AHRQ in response to requests from hospitals, medical offices, and
nursing homes interested in viewing other organizations’ patient
safety culture survey results. Rationale for the information
collection. The Pharmacy SOPS survey and the Pharmacy SOPS Database
will support AHRQ’s goals of promoting improvements in the quality
and safety of health care in pharmacy settings. The survey, toolkit
materials, and database results are all made publicly available on
AHRQ’s website. Technical assistance is provided by AHRQ through
its contractor at no charge to pharmacies, to facilitate the use of
these materials for pharmacy patient safety and quality
improvement. This database will: 1) present results from pharmacies
that voluntarily submit their data, 2) presents trend data,
comparing its previous and most recent data, for pharmacies that
have submitted their data more than once, 3) provide data to
pharmacies to facilitate internal assessment and learning in the
patient safety improvement process, and 4) provide supplemental
information to help pharmacies identify their strengths and areas
with potential for improvement in patient safety culture.
US Code:
42
USC Sec.299 Name of Law: Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999
The estimated number of
responses per POC decreased from 10 responses in the previous
information collection request (ICR) to 3 responses in this ICR. As
a result, the total burden hours have decreased from 296 to 138, a
decrease of 158 responses. This updated estimate is based upon the
actual number of responses submitted by POCs in the 2015 Pharmacy
SOPS data submission.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 2 Pharmacy SOPS Database Data Use Agreement
Attachment G - Example Screenshots of Pharmacy SOPS Data Submission Web Site_updated 6-13-17_clean.docx
Attachment F - SOPS Databases TEP List_updated 6-13-17_clean.doc
Data Submission Emails