Nursing Home Survey on
Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/15/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2024
400
320
77
61
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 Nursing Home Survey on Patient
Safety Culture with OMB approval (OMB NO. 0935-0132; Approved July
5, 2007). The survey is designed to enable nursing homes to assess
provider and staff opinions about patient safety issues, medical
error, and error reporting and includes 42 items that measure 12
dimensions of patient safety culture. AHRQ made the survey publicly
available along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit
materials in November 2008 on the AHRQ Web site (located at
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/index.html).
The AHRQ Nursing Home SOPS Comparative Database consists of data
from the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
Nursing homes in the U.S. are asked to voluntarily submit data from
the survey to AHRQ through its contractor, Westat. The Nursing Home
SOPS database (OMB NO. 0935-0195, last approved on October 26,
2021) was developed by AHRQ in 2011 in response to requests from
nursing homes interested in knowing how their patient safety
culture survey results compare to those of other nursing homes in
their efforts to improve patient safety. The survey and database
have the following goals: 1) Promote improvements in the quality
and safety of healthcare in nursing home settings, 2) Present
results from nursing homes that voluntarily submit their data, 3)
Provide data to nursing homes to facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety improvement process, and 4) Provide
supplemental information to help nursing homes identify their
strengths and areas with potential for improvement in patient
safety culture.
US Code:
42
USC 299 Name of Law: Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999
The estimated number of POCs
decreased from 60 in the previous information collection request
(ICR) to 50 in this ICR. This updated estimate is based upon the
actual number of POCs in the 2022 SOPS Nursing Home data
submission. As a result of fewer POCs submitting data, the total
burden hours decreased from 91 to 60.
Michelle Roberts 301 427-1645
michelle.roberts@ahrq.hhs.gov
No
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.