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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

CDC: 2019 Novel Coronavirus information | January 31, 2020

Secretary Azar Delivers Remarks on Declaration of Public Health Emergency for 2019 Novel Coronavirus | January 31, 2020

PRESS RELEASE | February 11, 2020

AHRQ Rewards Innovation in Social Determinants Data Visualization, Announces New Care Transitions Challenge Competition

USPSTF Nominations | January 23, 2020

March 15: Nominations Due for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

News and Events

AHRQ CHALLENGES | February 13, 2020

AHRQ Names Winner of Social Determinants of Health Challenge Competition, Announces New Challenge

BLOG | February 13, 2020

Laying the Groundwork for Better Heart Health in 2020 and Beyond

Funding & Grants

GRANTEE PROFILE | February 13, 2020

AHRQ Grantee Profile: Penny Hollander Feldman, Ph.D.

Quality & Patient Safety

PATIENT SAFETY NETWORK | February 21, 2020

Highlights From AHRQ's Patient Safety Network

Research

PUBLICATIONS | February 13, 2020

New Guide Helps Primary Care Practices Manage Patients’ Long-Term Opioid Use 

Available Now: Second Edition of Healthcare Simulation Dictionary 

 

 

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AHRQ is funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and what can be done to prevent them.
AHRQ supports patients getting higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and health care delivery organizations becoming better places to work.
Statistical portraits of how health care is delivered and paid for in the United States.
An early national portrait of patient safety event reports from AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
CAHPS surveys ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences.
Discover the latest literature, news, and expert commentary on patient safety topics.
The CUSP Toolkit improves safety culture by integrating safety practices into daily work of a unit or clinical area.
EvidenceNow is an AHRQ grant initiative dedicated to improving the heart health of millions of Americans.

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