In line with the organization’s goals,
AHRQ has developed the Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR). By
providing a centralized point of collection for information about
all patient registries in the United States, the RoPR furthers
AHRQ’s goals by enhancing patient registry information, extracted
from ClinicalTrials.gov or modeled based on the ClinicalTrials.gov
data elements, to further describe the quality, appropriateness,
and effectiveness of health services (and patient registries in
particular) in a more readily available, central location. AHRQ is
now proposing the development of the Outcome Measure Repository
(OMR), a web-based database intended to house detailed information
about outcome measures currently used in patient registries. This
system will be linked to RoPR in two key ways. First, users
entering registry information in the RoPR system will be able to
associate OMR measure records with the RoPR registry records.
Second, measure stewards listing a measure record in the OMR system
will be able to associate the measure with an existing RoPR patient
registry. Users will be able to access both databases with a single
account (i.e., users with a RoPR account will be able to log
in/access the OMR using that account, and vice versa). The OMR
database system aims to achieve the following objectives: 1)
Provide a searchable database of outcome measures used in patient
registries in the United States (to promote collaboration, reduce
redundancy, and improve transparency); 2) Facilitate the use of
standardized data elements and outcome measures; 3) Facilitate the
identification of potential areas of harmonization; To achieve the
three objectives of this project, the following data collections
will be implemented: 1) Collect information on outcome measures and
related sub-elements from measure stewards who populate the OMR
database system.
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USC 299 Name of Law: Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999
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.