Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
04/18/2025
10/17/2024
OMB is approving this information collection request for a period of three years during which time the agency will request approval to extend or revise the collection if the agency seeks to continue the information collection activity beyond the period approved under this action.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2028
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2025
420
0
400
86
0
121
0
0
0
Background on the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture (ASC SOPS):
The survey is designed to enable ASCs to assess provider and staff perspectives about patient safety issues, medical error, and error reporting. The survey includes 27 items that measure 8 composites of patient safety culture. In addition to the composite items, the survey includes one item measuring how often ASCs document near-misses; one item asking whether the respondent is in the room during surgeries, procedures, or treatments; and three items about communication before and after surgeries, procedures, or treatments. The survey also includes an overall rating item on patient safety, two items about respondent characteristics, and a section for open-ended comments. AHRQ made the survey publicly available along with a Survey Userâs Guide and other toolkit materials in May 2015 on the AHRQ website.
The AHRQ ASC SOPS Database consists of data from the AHRQ ASC Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Ambulatory surgery centers in the U.S. can voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through its contractor, Westat. The ASC SOPS Database (OMB NO. 0935-0242; Approved September 10, 2018) was developed by AHRQ in 2019 in response to requests from ASCs interested in tracking their own survey results. Organizations submitting data receive a feedback report, as well as a report of the aggregated, de-identified findings of the other ASCs submitting data. These reports are used to assist ASC staff in their efforts to improve patient safety culture in their organizations.
Rationale for the information collection. The ASC SOPS and the ASC SOPS Database support AHRQâs goals of promoting improvements in the quality and safety of health care in ASCs. The survey, toolkit materials, and database results are all made publicly available on AHRQâs website. Technical assistance is provided by AHRQ through its contractor at no charge to ASCs, to facilitate the use of these materials for ASC patient safety and quality improvement.
This database will:
1. Present results from ASCs that voluntarily submit their data;
2. Provide data to ASCs to facilitate internal assessment and learning in the patient safety improvement process; and
3. Provide supplemental information to help ASCs identify their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in patient safety culture.
US Code:
42 USC 299
Name of Law: Healthcare Research Quality Act of 1999
The estimated number of POCs decreased from 100 in the previous information request (ICR) to 60 in this ICR. This updated estimate is based upon the actual number of POCs from the 2023 SOPS ASC data submission. As a result of fewer POCs submitting data, the total burden hours have decreased from 121 to 88.
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.
Attachment D - Data Files Submission