Cover Letter

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION UNDER THE

Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DATE OF REQUEST: 01.03.2021

SUB AGENCY (I/C): HHS/AHRQ

TITLE: The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) Qualitative Evaluation

GENERIC CLEARANCE UNDER OMB#: 0935-0179 EXP. DATE: 11/30/2023

ABSTRACT:

The AHRQ Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) project is designed to help hospitals implement evidence-based practices to improve outcomes and prevent complications among patients who undergo surgery. Enhanced recovery pathways include preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative practices that decrease complications and accelerate recovery. Through this project, AHRQ helped over 200 hospitals implement surgical practices designed to reduce infections and other complications.

This qualitative evaluation is to understand hospitals’ experiences as they extended the ISCR enhanced recovery intervention from the colorectal surgical line to hip/knee replacement, hip fracture, gynecological, and emergency general surgery. In-depth, semi-structured individual interviews will be conducted with key staff from six hospitals that initiated the intervention in the colorectal line, extended it to one or more surgical lines, and are currently participating in at least one of the surgical lines.

Users. Examples of Host Users include: state agencies, public health departments, hospital associations, hospital systems, and individual hospitals, multi-stakeholder alliances and coalitions, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), and health plans.

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN APPROVED: 3,383 Hours Per year

BURDEN USED TO DATE: 1687 hours.

BURDEN THIS REQUEST: 54 hours.

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $38,545__.

IS RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTED AS REQUIRED?

______YES ______ NO _x____ N/A

OBLIGATION TO RESPOND:

___x___ VOLUNTARY

______ REQUIRED TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN BENEFITS

______ MANDATORY

HOW WILL THIS SURVEY BE OFFERED?

______ WEB SITE

___X_ _ TELEPHONE INTERVIEW

_____ MAIL RESPONSE

____ IN PERSON INTERVIEW

__X__ OTHER: __Zoom -_Web Conferencing __________

CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: _Erwin Brown______________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 301.427.1652________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: _ebrown@ahrq.gov________________