Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

COVID-19

Resources and Data from AHRQ

AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

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

National Steering Committee Releases Patient Safety Action Plan

Achieving safer care and reducing harm to patients and caregivers

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making Care Safer in All Settings

COVID-19

Resources and Data from AHRQ

AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

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

National Steering Committee Releases Patient Safety Action Plan

Achieving safer care and reducing harm to patients and caregivers

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making Care Safer in All Settings

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Coronavirus.gov

CDC: Coronavirus Disease Situation Summary

HHS: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates

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

BLOG | October 14, 2020 Organizational Health Literacy More Essential than Ever for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease

BLOG | October 8, 2020 CAHPS®: 25 Years of Putting the Patient First

BLOG | October 5, 2020 AHRQ Launches Network To Prevent COVID-19 in Nursing Homes Nationwide

PRESS RELEASE | September 29, 2020 AHRQ Establishes National Nursing Home COVID Action Network

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.

Hospital manager discussing issue with staff member

Learning Health Systems (LHS)

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

HCUP and MEPS

Statistical portraits of how health care is delivered and paid for in the United States.

Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD)

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

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.

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.

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.