Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Long COVID Grant Awards

AHRQ announced grants to nine clinics to address debilitating symptoms that persist after recovery from acute COVID infection

AHRQ Challenge Competitions

Learn about AHRQ competitions aimed at advancing healthcare quality, safety and equity.

National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety

Learn about the public-private collaboration to improve patient and workforce safety

Featured AHRQ Grantee: Alyse P. Gurses, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Newest profile of AHRQ grantee working to improve healthcare quality and safety

National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workplace Safety

Featured AHRQ Grantee: Alyse P. Gurses, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Long COVID Grant Awards

AHRQ announced grants to nine clinics to address debilitating symptoms that persist after recovery from acute COVID infection

AHRQ Challenge Competitions

Learn about AHRQ competitions aimed at advancing healthcare quality, safety and equity.

National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety

Learn about the public-private collaboration to improve patient and workforce safety

Featured AHRQ Grantee: Alyse P. Gurses, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Newest profile of AHRQ grantee working to improve healthcare quality and safety

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AHRQ COVID-19 Resources

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HHS: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Impact Case Studies

Learn how AHRQ-funded findings, products and tools have impacted healthcare delivery

AHRQ Research Studies

A compilation of research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.

Careers at AHRQ

Join the team that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans

Featured Programs

AHRQ programs provide information and resources to help healthcare organizations and providers deliver safe, high-quality, and equitable care across all settings.

National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research

Supporting transformative primary care research, tools and methods to improve the delivery of primary care.

Diagnostic safety tools including a tablet, chart and stethoscope

Improving Diagnostic Safety

Funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and how to prevent them

Climate Change

Support for decarbonization in healthcare

Digital Healthcare Research

Providing evidence on how digital healthcare can advance quality, safety, and efficiency for patients and their families

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making healthcare safer in all settings

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Data & Analytics

Providing data and analysis to help healthcare decision makers understand how the healthcare system is working and identify opportunities for improvement

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EvidenceNOW

Using external practice coaches to help primary care clinicians implement the best evidence into care

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Network of Patient Safety Databases

Providing non-identifiable patient safety data at the national level

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

Surveying patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with healthcare

Patient Safety Network

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

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Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program

Helping clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety

Effective Health Care Program

Improving healthcare quality by providing the best available evidence on benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and services

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

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.