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              Long COVID Grant Awards
              AHRQ announced grants to nine clinics to address debilitating symptoms that persist after recovery from acute COVID infection.
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              Learn about the public-private collaboration to improve patient and workforce safety.
              TeamSTEPPS 3.0 Curriculum
              Updated TeamSTEPPS offers strategies and tools to enhance team performance and patient safety.
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              Newest profile of AHRQ grantee working to improve healthcare quality and safety.
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              PRESS RELEASE | September 20: HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID

              BLOG | Sept. 19: AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program Is Identifying the Technology To Advance Care Quality, Safety, and Effectiveness

              BLOG | Sept. 12: With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum

              WEBINAR | Sept. 26: National Action Alliance Will Address Advancing Toward Zero Harm and Becoming a Learning Health System

              WEBINAR | Oct. 11 Digital Healthcare Innovations To Engage and Empower Patients in Their Care

              VIRTUAL RESEARCH MEETING | Oct. 19 Patient Experience, Patient Safety, and Provider Well-Being: Associations and Paths for Quality Improvement

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              Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos

              AHRQ Updates Software for Quality Indicators

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              Issue Brief Describes Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting Diagnostic Errors

              Healthcare Expenditures for Heart Disease Among Adults Aged 18 and Older

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              New Funding Opportunities: AHRQ Invites Proposals for Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care

              Funding Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5: Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance

               

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              Network of Patient Safety Databases

              Providing non-identifiable patient safety data at the national level

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              Learning Health Systems

              Conducting research and provides training, tools, and data to help healthcare organizations improve care

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              Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems

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

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              Evidence-based Practice Centers Program

              Evidence-based Practice Centers Program

              Generating evidence reports on a wide spectrum of topics to inform clinician practice improvements, guide policymaking, and identify future research needs

               
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              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.
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