The AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process and Improving Antibiotic Use
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/21/2023
03/20/2023
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2026
36 Months From Approved
11,100
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0
5,581
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This program aims to improve two at-risk areas among telemedicine practices by implementing the AHRQ- and Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (JHAI)-developed Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) approach: 1) the diagnostic process for breast, colorectal, and lung cancer; and 2) antibiotic stewardship (AS). The CUSP approach improves safety culture at the practice level, enables harm prevention, and engages providers who are on the front lines while integrating technical and adaptive/cultural approaches to making sustainable change. This program constitutes the first large-scale implementation of a quality improvement effort for the cancer diagnostic process and AS in telemedicine. Given the need for clearer guidance and evidence-based telemedicine practices for clinicians and potential for positive impact on outcomes, as described below, these two areas were chosen.
US Code:
42 USC 299b-2
Name of Law: Health Care 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;
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