Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

COVID-19

Resources and Data from AHRQ

AHRQ National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

Training and mentoring to prevent infections among nursing home residents and staff

Now in Spanish: AHRQ’s QuestionBuilder App

A tool for patients and caregivers to prepare for medical appointments

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making Care Safer in All Settings

COVID-19

Resources and Data from AHRQ

AHRQ National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

Training and mentoring to prevent infections among nursing home residents and staff

Now in Spanish: AHRQ’s QuestionBuilder App

A tool for patients and caregivers to prepare for medical appointments

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making Care Safer in All Settings

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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CDC: Coronavirus Disease Situation Summary

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USA.gov: Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19

Featured Programs

Diagnostic safety tools including a tablet, chart and stethoscope

Improving Diagnostic Safety

AHRQ is funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and what can be done to prevent them.

Learning Health Systems (LHS)

AHRQ supports patients getting higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and health care delivery organizations becoming better places to work.

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HCUP and MEPS

Statistical portraits of how health care is delivered and paid for in the US from data from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS).

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Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD)

An early national portrait of patient safety event reports from AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).

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Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)

CAHPS surveys ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences.

PSNet

Discover the latest literature, news, and expert commentary on patient safety topics.

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The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)

The CUSP Toolkit improves safety culture by integrating safety practices into daily work of a unit or clinical area.

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EvidenceNow

EvidenceNow is an AHRQ grant initiative dedicated to improving the heart health of millions of Americans.

About our
work at AHRQ

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. We accomplish our mission by focusing on our three core competencies.

Health Systems Research

AHRQ invests in research that generates evidence about how to deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.

Practice Improvement

AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and frontline clinicians deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.

Data & Analytics

AHRQ data and analysis help healthcare decision makers understand how the US healthcare system is working and where there are opportunities for improvement.

Announcing the Making Healthcare Safer III Report

AHRQ Report Reviews 47 Practices To Improve Patient Safety

Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, identifies practices for improving patient safety across a variety of settings and stakeholders.