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BLOG | June 8, 2021 The FY 2022 President’s Budget Request for AHRQ: Building Back Better
BLOG | April 5, 2021 Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare
July 1 Webinar: COVID-19’s Impact on Digital Healthcare
AHRQ Seeks Examples of Impact for Development of Case Studies
Funding & Grants
AHRQ Seeks Interest in Research Projects Aimed at Advancing Equity
Quality & Patient Safety
Tool Helps Improve Personal Protective Equipment Compliance in Nursing Homes
New Resource Helps Primary Care Practices Assess Patients' Social Needs
Highlights From AHRQ's Patient Safety Network
Research
New Interactive Tool Provides Social Determinants of Health Data on Internet Access
AHRQ Resource Supports Increasing COVID-19 Vaccinations Among Certified Nursing Assistants
Searchable AHRQ Database Provides Access to Health Services Research Findings
Featured Programs
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.
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).
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.
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.
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Featured Video
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.
